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Includes ₹60,030 cr for drinking water, ₹35,000 cr on vaccination
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman presents the Union Budget 2021 in the Parliament, New Delhi on February 1, 2021. Videograb: LSTV
Includes ₹60,030 cr for drinking water, ₹35,000 cr on vaccination
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech that the government expected to spend ₹2,23,846 crore in the coming year on “health and well being... a 137% increase (from last year).” This includes a ₹60,030 crore outlay on drinking water and sanitation, a ₹2,700 crore outlay on nutrition — both of these are handled by separate ministries — nearly ₹49,000 crore as Finance Commission grants and ₹35,000 crore toward vaccination.