<h1>Viability Gap Funding for hospital PPPs proposed to expand empanelment and strengthen public health infrastructure nationwide.</h1> The Budget allocates substantial funding for health care, including designated support for PMJAY, and proposes a Viability Gap Funding window to enable hospital creation in the public-private partnership mode-targeting Tier 2/3 cities and aspirational districts without Ayushman empanelled hospitals-funded in part by medical device tax proceeds; it also advances AI enabled preventive strategies, TB elimination efforts, and expansion of Jan Aushadhi Kendras to all districts with an enlarged medicines and surgicals list.