Highlights
It is added comfort to know that two or more vaccines are also expected soon
Rs. 35,000 crore have been allocated for COVID-19 vaccine in BE 2021-22.
New Delhi: The Union Budget 2021-22 presented in Parliament on Monday (February 1) by the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman clearly reflected the deep imprint the global pandemic of COVID-19 has left on the country’s public health landscape.
Starting her Budget speech with the narration of the country’s fight against COVID-19, and the various timely, graded and proactive measures taken by the Union Government, the Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister strongly positioned Health & Wellbeing as one of the 6 crucial pillars of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. Healthy India, along with other sectors “will further strengthen the sankalp of Nation First”, she stated while presenting the Budget.