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Health, housing, and c neutrality are the cardinal absorption areas of the Kozhikode District Panchayat Budget for 2026–27.
The ₹18.71-crore surplus Budget, with a gross of ₹145.65 crore and an expenditure of ₹126.94 crore, was presented by Kozhikode District Panchayat vice president K.K. Navas connected Monday (March 9). He besides presented the revised estimates for the 2025-26 Budget.
The Budget has allocated ₹23.75 crore for the wellness sector. This includes ₹5 crore for the Cancer Society to make consciousness and supply screening, superior attraction and palliative care. A sum of ₹10 crore has been acceptable speech for territory hospitals, with precedence to beryllium fixed to the improvement of Vadakara District Hospital. It has besides earmarked ₹2 crore to acceptable up pathology centres and gymnasiums successful a bid to tackle manner diseases.
One of the highlights of the Budget is an allocation of ₹14 crore for the Kozhikode District Panchayat’s ‘Race to Net Zero’ enactment plan, which aims to execute c neutrality and clime resilience. Of this, ₹5 crore has been acceptable speech for flood power measures successful some municipality and agrarian areas, portion ₹4 crore has been earmarked to amended the ratio of discarded treatment, greenish vigor and discarded disposal. Another ₹4 crore has been allocated to guarantee assemblage participation, sustainability, vigor mitigation, and improved aerial quality. A further ₹1 crore has been acceptable speech for h2o information and clime resilience.
The lodging assemblage received an allocation of ₹15 crore. The territory panchayat volition provide full enactment to initiatives undertaken by grama panchayats to supply lodging for eligible beneficiaries nether the LIFE Mission lodging scheme,” Mr. Navas said.
The Budget has acceptable speech ₹12.46 crore for the accumulation sector, including ₹4 crore for agriculture, ₹3 crore for carnal husbandry and dairy and ₹1.5 crore for fisheries.
For women’s empowerment, the Budget has allocated ₹7 crore. It has besides earmarked ₹20 crore for the “comprehensive development” of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities. A sum of ₹30 crore has been acceptable speech for infrastructure development.
