Frontline soldiers find health budget in the pink of health
A healthcare worker gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Sion Hospital, in Mumbai on Saturday.
ANI
The health budget for the year 2021-22 has been hiked by 137 per cent compared to the financial year 2020-21. On Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the annual budget in which Rs 2,23,847 crore has been allocated for the health budget which has been increased from 94,542 crores which were allocated in the year 2020-21. City doctors have welcomed this budget stating for the first time health has been given priority amid ongoing pandemic. Moreover, they believe it as a âDream Health Budgetâ which will not only enhance the health infrastructure but also it will help to fight against such pandemic in future.