The Rs 35,000-crore allocation set aside for anti-Covid vaccination in the Budget is intended to cover 50 crore people with the cost of the shots and the accompanying logistic and administrative expenses working out to Rs 700 per beneficiary who is inoculated.
Updated Feb 01, 2021 | 22:56 IST
The amount would be in addition to the National Health Mission. Overall, the budget for health and well-being would be around Rs. 2 lakh crore. FM Sitharaman announces all-inclusive health plan- Atmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana | Photo Credit: BCCL
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today made ‘Health and Well Being’ the first pillar of Union Budget in the Covid era. She proposed the introduction of the Aatmanirbhar health programme with a total outlay of Rs 64,180 cr over the next six years.
The amount would be in addition to the National Health Mission. Overall, the budget for health and well-being would be around Rs. 2 lakh crore.
The Narendra Modi government on Monday announced the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ with an outlay of Rs 2.87 lakh crore for 4,378 urban local bodies. Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman further said that the ‘Swachh Bharat 2.0’ will be implemented with an outlay of Rs 1,41,678 crore over a period of five years. In order to boost manufacturing in India, the Finance Minister also announced a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme with an outlay of Rs 1.97 lakh crore for 5 years starting this fiscal.
137% increase in Budget outlay for health
The government has proposed Rs 2,23,846 crore Budget outlay for health and well being for 2021-22, compared to Rs 94,452 crore in the current fiscal, an increase of 137 per cent. Sitharaman announced a new Centre-sponsored scheme Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore to boost healthcare infrastructure across the country. Under the new scheme, capacity for primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems in the country will be developed. The main interventions under the scheme will support over 17,000 rural and 11,000 urban wellness centres.
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Soon after the Union Budget 2021-22 was presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman where she strongly positioned Health & Wellbeing as one of the 6 crucial pillars of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat, industry s responses started pouring in.
BioSpectrum brings to you the post-budget reactions of the pharma & healthcare industry-
I am happy to see the investment in healthcare increase to such a level because it has been long overdue.
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon, Bengaluru
Setting up of rural and urban health and wellness centres could be an opportunity to create a PPP model. The partnership-driven approach is a sure step for the entities to bring to these hospitals their inherent areas of strength, thus building a quality model of care. Thi