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Budget 2021: Healthcare May Finally Get Its Due Thanks To COVID-19


Budget 2021: Healthcare may finally get its due thanks to COVID-19
India has long been languishing at the bottom of the health-spending pecking order. The pandemic might significantly change the scene.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest health emergencies of our times, may well propel the Centre to significantly increase spending on public health in the coming fiscal. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has already spoken of a Budget like “never before” and hinted at an increased emphasis on healthcare in FY22.
India has long been languishing at the bottom of the health-spending pecking order, with the latest Oxfam report showing that the country s expenditure on health as a percentage of the total budget is the fourth lowest anywhere in the world. ....

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