Health and Wellbeing
There is substantial increase in investment in Health Infrastructure and the Budget outlay for Health and Wellbeing is Rs 2,23,846 crore in BE 2021-22 as against this year’s BE of Rs 94,452 crore, an increase of 137 percentage.
The Finance Minister announced that a new centrally sponsored scheme, PM AatmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64, 180 crore over 6 years. This will develop capacities of primary, secondary, and tertiary care Health Systems, strengthen existing national institutions, and create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases. This will be in addition to the National Health Mission.
1. Health and Wellbeing
3. Inclusive Development for Aspirational India
4. Reinvigorating Human Capital
6. Minimum Government and Maximum Governance
1. Health and Wellbeing
There is substantial increase in investment in Health Infrastructure and the Budget outlay for Health and Wellbeing is Rs2,23,846 crore in BE 2021-22 as against this year’s BE of
Rs94,452 crore, an increase of 137 percentage.
The Finance Minister announced that a new centrally sponsored scheme,
PM AatmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64, 180 crore over 6 years. This will develop capacities of primary, secondary, and tertiary care Health Systems, strengthen existing national institutions, and create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases. This will be in addition to the National Health Mission.
Union Budget 2021: Here is Full Text of Nirmala Sitharaman s Address at the Parliament
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Introduction
Honourable Speaker, the preparation of this Budget was undertaken in circumstances like never before. We knew of calamities that have affected a country or a region within a country, but what we have endured with COVID-19 through 2020 is sui generis. RELATED NEWS
When I presented the Budget 2020-21, we could not have imagined that the global economy, already in throes of a slowdown, would be pushed into an unprecedented contraction.
We could not have also imagined then that our people as those in other countries would have to endure the loss of near and dear ones and suffer hardships brought about due to a health crisis.
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.
Budget’s Healthcare Focus: 137% hike in outlay welcome, but it cannot be a one-off February 1, 2021, 9:12 PM IST
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Coming at a time when the country is still battling the Covid-19 pandemic, Union Budget 2021-22 was expected to deliver on healthcare. And on the face of it, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman appears to have given healthcare a shot in the arm. Declaring health and well-being as one of the six pillars of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, Sitharaman proposed a budget outlay of Rs 2,23,846 crore for 2021-22, marking an increase of 137% over the current financial year’s outlay of Rs 94,452 crore. Importantly, the expanded allocation includes Rs 35,000 crore for Covid vaccines with Sitharaman committing to provide more funds towards this direction if required.