Budget 2020: FM introduces campaign against tuberculosis, announces Rs. 69,000 for Health sector
4 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2020: FM introduces campaign against tuberculosis, announces Rs. 69,000 for Health sector

India TV News  

Health Budget 2020: Finanace Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government has allocated Rs. She said the Government will launch 'Jal Jeevan Mission' to provide save drinking water and sanitation programme 'Swachh Bharat Yojna' have been launched to tackle health concerns. In her maiden budget speech, last year, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 64,559 crore to the ministry of health and family welfare, which contributes to 2.32 per cent of the total budget and 0.34 per cent of the country’s GDP. A day before the Budget, the Economic Survey said that access to health services through Ayushman Bharat and Mission Indradhanush across the country has improved.

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Healthcare faces significant challenges in infrastructure
13 hours, 35 minutes ago

Healthcare faces significant challenges in infrastructure

Live Mint  

Mumbai: The healthcare industry has recommended several reforms to reduce costs of key medicines, enhance accessibility, as well as promote innovation. Lowering GST on health insurance premiums to 5% could improve insurance penetration, while Viability Gap Funding and low-interest capital investments are needed to add 2.5-3 million hospital beds. In 2018, the government launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan …

Doctors urge govt. to allocate more funds to health sector
5 days, 22 hours ago

Doctors urge govt. to allocate more funds to health sector

The Hindu  

Medical professionals on Thursday urged the government to urgently strengthen primary health centres, community health centres and district health centres in the State. Health Budget-2025’, organised by Praja Aarogya Vedika at MBVK Bhavan in Vijayawada, doctors discussed the importance of raising the allocation for the health sector in the upcoming Budget. Some of their demands include attention to preventive healthcare; …

A ‘corrective’ budget’ to repair AP: Health Minister Yadav
2 months ago

A ‘corrective’ budget’ to repair AP: Health Minister Yadav

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: AP’s annual budget for the 2024-25 financial year is a “corrective budget” aimed at repairing the economy “destroyed due to the YSRC’s misgovernance,” Health Minister Satya Kumar has said. The Rs 2.94 lakh crore annual budget reflected the aspirations of the people, he said on Monday.Speaking to the media, Yadav noted that the government made a total allocation of …

A Budget that places health on the margins
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A Budget that places health on the margins

The Hindu  

With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, the Union Budget expectedly shifted focus to levers of economic growth such as infrastructure and employment. It was also hoped that the recognition of population health as a vital investment for accelerating as well as protecting economic growth would see continued investment in strengthening our health systems. In the Interim Budget, …

Cheaper cancer meds and more: How Union Budget 2024 is a shot in the arm to the health sector
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Cheaper cancer meds and more: How Union Budget 2024 is a shot in the arm to the health sector

Firstpost  

Nirmala Sitharaman’s seventh consecutive Union Budget focuses on lowering the cost of medications, especially for cancer patients. Overall, the government has allocated Rs 89,287 crore for the sector, a slight increase from Rs 88,956 crore in FY24 The government has also suggested exempting three additional cancer medications from basic customs duties, Finance Minister Sitharaman's announced on Tuesday. The government has …

Budget 2024: From focus on anganwadi workers to cervical cancer vaccine for girls, key points of FM's speech
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: From focus on anganwadi workers to cervical cancer vaccine for girls, key points of FM's speech

India TV News  

In the unveiling of the interim budget for 2024-25, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has underscored significant strides in the healthcare sector, emphasising its pivotal role in the nation's overall well-being. Over 300 million families in India, including seniors and disabled citizens, have healthcare covered under the AB- scheme providing over Rs 79,000 crore for 62 million hospital admissions since …

Union Budget: Healthcare challenges and how the government can navigate them
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget: Healthcare challenges and how the government can navigate them

Firstpost  

The healthcare industry has always been the core of any flourishing civilisation. Modern medical challenges Public expenditure on healthcare contributes to only 1.3 per cent of GDP, resulting in compromised healthcare standards. As per some projections, AI utilisation in healthcare resource optimisation could contribute $25 billion to India’s GDP by 2025. Role of government in shaping healthcare The government must …

State’s budgetary allocation for public health on the decline in last three years
1 year, 3 months ago

State’s budgetary allocation for public health on the decline in last three years

Hindustan Times  

While chief minister Eknath Shinde is talking about doubling the expenditure on public health, an analysis of the last three budgets has revealed that the allocation has been on a downward spiral - from 5.09% in 2021-22 to 4.01% in the current financial year. As per a presentation made at the meeting, the government spending on health infrastructure has gone …

₹2,828.33 crore for public health in Kerala Budget
1 year, 11 months ago

₹2,828.33 crore for public health in Kerala Budget

The Hindu  

The State Budget 2023-24 speaks about transforming Kerala into global healthcare capital, providing better healthcare services, focussing on health tourism and expanding and modernising existing facilities. “Navakerala Karma Padhati-2”, which has clubbed Rebuild Kerala Initiative and four Missions — Haritha Keralam, Aardram, LIFE and Vidya Kiranam — together gets an outlay of ₹10 crores in the Budget, while a chunk …

Budget 2023 | Marginal increase of 3.43% for health, research budget slashed by 6.87%
1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023 | Marginal increase of 3.43% for health, research budget slashed by 6.87%

The Hindu  

The Union Budget 2023-24 has announced an allocation of ₹89,155 crore for the Ministry of Health, which is 3.43% higher than its FY23 outlay of ₹86,200.65 crore. Of the ₹89,155 crore outlay, ₹86,175 crore has been earmarked for the Department of Health and Family Welfare and ₹2,980 crore for the Department of Health Research. As compared to FY22-23 when ₹3,200 …

Budget 2023 Reactions LIVE: Amit Shah Says Push To Cooperative Sector 'All-inclusive, Visionary'
1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023 Reactions LIVE: Amit Shah Says Push To Cooperative Sector 'All-inclusive, Visionary'

ABP News  

Budget 2023: The crucial day is here when Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government 2.0 will be presenting its last full-fledged budget ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. Taxpayers are hoping for further exemption in the current taxable income from Rs 2.5 lakh per annum to Rs 5 lakh per annum. Introduced in Budget 2020, the new tax …

Budget 2023: Experts Hope For Increased Thrust On Medical Education, Drug Research, AYUSH, Child And Maternal Health Initiatives
1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023: Experts Hope For Increased Thrust On Medical Education, Drug Research, AYUSH, Child And Maternal Health Initiatives

ABP News  

Budget 2023: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to announce India’s budget for the year 2023 on Wednesday, February 1. Experts have called for heavy investment in medical colleges, healthcare infrastructure, and disease awareness initiatives, and expect the budget to focus on drug research, child and maternal health initiatives, traditional medical practices, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, among others. …

Economic Survey 2022-23 | Out-of-pocket health spending still high, despite hike in government expenditure
1 year, 11 months ago

Economic Survey 2022-23 | Out-of-pocket health spending still high, despite hike in government expenditure

The Hindu  

Almost half of all health spending in India is still paid by patients themselves directly at the point of treatment, although this has dropped as the government’s share of spending on health went up significantly after 2013-14, according to the Economic Survey 2022-23. The share of government health expenditure in total health expenditure was just 28.6% in the financial year …

Healthcare Budget 2022 Fails to Learn Lessons Taught by the Pandemic
2 years, 11 months ago

Healthcare Budget 2022 Fails to Learn Lessons Taught by the Pandemic

The Quint  

The Finance Minister has announced that 23 telehealth centres of excellence for mental health will be established. According to 2017 data released by the World Health Organisation, there are approximately 9,000 psychiatrists and 49 child psychiatrists in India. This amounts to 0.75 psychiatrists per lakh population and 0.021 child psychiatrists per one lakh adolescents. The WHO pegs the desirable ratio …

Budget 2022: Will it impact ‘Gati’ of pharmaceutical industry?
2 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2022: Will it impact ‘Gati’ of pharmaceutical industry?

Firstpost  

Union Budget 2022-23: With PLI scheme, tele mental health programme, the road ahead is bright for the pharmaceutical industry COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for the world economy. Particularly for the pharmaceutical industry, the Economic Survey indicated extraordinary growth of Foreign Direct Investment during 2020-21 mainly on account of investments to meet COVID-19 related demands for therapeutics and vaccines. …

Union Budget 2022 | Stable health budget sees no changes from last year
2 years, 11 months ago

Union Budget 2022 | Stable health budget sees no changes from last year

The Hindu  

The government perceives the pandemic to be in retreat, going by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech as well as a perusal of the Budget documents. The 2022 Budget estimate is nearly 16% more than the ₹71,000 crore budgeted last year. Further evidence that COVID-19 is seen as a diminished threat this year comes from allocation to a budgetary head …

Govt estimates centralised vaccine scheme to cost ₹45,000-₹50,000 crore
3 years, 7 months ago

Govt estimates centralised vaccine scheme to cost ₹45,000-₹50,000 crore

India Today  

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced free Covid-19 vaccine to all above the age of 18 years, the Central government has estimated that inoculating approximately 94 crore adults in the country would cost between Rs 45,000 to Rs 50,000 crore. New scheme pushes vaccine budget In her last budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had set aside Rs 35,000 …

Uttarakhand focuses on health, rural infra in Rs 57,400 crore budget for 2021-22
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand focuses on health, rural infra in Rs 57,400 crore budget for 2021-22

India TV News  

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday presented a budget of Rs 57,400.32 crore for 2021-22 fiscal in the Assembly here with emphasis on health, rural infrastructure, employment generation and agriculture. A provision of Rs 245 crore has been made in the budget for payment of sugarcane prices besides that of Rs 87.56 crore under Traditional Agricultural Development Scheme …

Union budget focuses on spending to boost economic growth, strengthen health sector: Prasad
3 years, 11 months ago

Union budget focuses on spending to boost economic growth, strengthen health sector: Prasad

India TV News  

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said the central budget for 2021-22 fiscal has focused on spending to build infrastructure and boost the economic growth of the country. Prasad said the budget should be seen in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the announcement of Rs 27 lakh crore Atma Nirbhar Bharat scheme. He also said the allocation …

Why This Budget Reflects a New India That Refuses to Compromise on Aspirations, Come What May
3 years, 11 months ago

Why This Budget Reflects a New India That Refuses to Compromise on Aspirations, Come What May

News 18  

A century after Spanish Flu, the world was struck again by a devastating pandemic. Push for Making Railways Future-Ready For the rail sector, one the most critical transport infrastructure, this year’s allocation witnessed highest-ever plan for capital expenditure, to the tune of a whopping Rs 2,15,058 crore, of which Rs 1,07,100 crore is being allocated from the Union Budget while …

Mumbai: BMC unveils Rs 39,038 crore budget, focuses on health and infrastructure
3 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai: BMC unveils Rs 39,038 crore budget, focuses on health and infrastructure

Firstpost  

In a relief to citizens, no additional civic tax or licence fee was proposed in the budget by the city’s civic body, which is set to go to polls early next year Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday unveiled Rs 39,038.83 crore budget for the year 2021-22. In a relief to citizens, no additional civic tax or licence fee …

What The 137% Hike in Health Budget Means: From a Doctor Petitioning for Healthy India
3 years, 11 months ago

What The 137% Hike in Health Budget Means: From a Doctor Petitioning for Healthy India

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented India’s budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 on Monday. Emphasizing that the Budget proposal of 2021-2022 rests on 6 pillars including that of Health and Wellbeing, Sitharaman proposed more than doubling India’s healthcare and wellbeing spending to 2.2 trillion rupees. Dr Sarika Verma, an ENT surgeon based out …

What India’s Finance Minister Doesn’t Tell You About Budget 2021
3 years, 11 months ago

What India’s Finance Minister Doesn’t Tell You About Budget 2021

The Quint  

You wouldn’t know that the government’s National Family Health Survey-5 shows that across India, children born between 2014 and 2019 are more malnourished than the previous generation. Yet, the FM simply merged existing central schemes to create “Poshan 2.0,” a staggeringly underfunded scheme whose allocation is barely 0.3 percent higher than its cash-starved predecessors. Allocations for Water and Sanitation and …

Budget Strikes Right Balance to Improve Health Infrastructure, Boost Growth, Say Bankers
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget Strikes Right Balance to Improve Health Infrastructure, Boost Growth, Say Bankers

News 18  

The Union Budget 2021-22 strikes a right balance to boost health infrastructure as well as support the COVID-19-hit economy as there has been a push for more spending, bankers said on Monday. Unveiling the Union Budget 2021-22, that was for the first time came in a digital format, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced capital infusion of Rs 20,000 crore into …

Budget 2021: FM Proposes 2.23 Lakh Crore Budget For Healthcare And Well Being
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2021: FM Proposes 2.23 Lakh Crore Budget For Healthcare And Well Being

ABP News  

The government on Monday 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. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed Rs 35,000 crore outlay for COVID-19 vaccines for the next fiscal and announced the rollout of pneumococcal vaccines across the country to help …

Budget 2021: Healthcare Sector Gets Massive Boost; FM Allocates 35,000 Crore For COVID Vaccine
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2021: Healthcare Sector Gets Massive Boost; FM Allocates 35,000 Crore For COVID Vaccine

ABP News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022. The Budget outlay for health and well being is Rs 2.23 lakh crore in 2021-22 as against BE of Rs 94,452 crore and marks an increase of 137 per cent," she said while presenting 2021-22 Budget in the Lok Sabha. Unveiling this year's budget, FM Nirmala announced …

Budget 2021: In first budget during coronavirus pandemic, FM announces massive outlay to strengthen health and wellness
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2021: In first budget during coronavirus pandemic, FM announces massive outlay to strengthen health and wellness

Op India  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday. The proposals for the FY22 Budget rests on 6 pillars, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listing the following as main pillars of Budget 2021 – health and wellbeing, physical and financial capital and infrastructure, inclusive growth, human capital, research & development and lastly minimum government and maximum governance. In …

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Income Tax Relief for Senior Citizens, 2 Public Sector Banks to Be Divested
3 years, 11 months ago

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Income Tax Relief for Senior Citizens, 2 Public Sector Banks to Be Divested

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during the Union Budget 2021, on Monday announced a slew of measures including in the health sector, railways, road infrastructure among others. She announced 3,500 km corridor in Tamil Nadu, 1,100 km in Kerala at investment of Rs 65,000 cr, 675 km in West Bengal at a cost of Rs 95,000 cr and 1,300 km in …

Budget 2021: What Sitharaman announced for Aatmanirbhar Swasthya Yojana
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2021: What Sitharaman announced for Aatmanirbhar Swasthya Yojana

India TV News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed the introduction of Aatmanirbhar Swasthya Yojana, with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crores. Tabling the Union Budget 2021-22, she said the Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana will develop the capacity for primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems in the country. The Finance Minister said that the Budget proposals for 2021-22 rest on …

In annual budget, India vows to boost spending to revive economy
3 years, 11 months ago

In annual budget, India vows to boost spending to revive economy

Al Jazeera  

India to double healthcare spending, increase cap on foreign investment in insurance to boost the industry. The current fiscal year ending on March 31 was expected to close out with a deficit of 9.5 percent, she said, much higher than the government’s earlier projection of 7 percent. Sitharaman proposed increasing healthcare spending to 2.2 trillion Indian rupees to help improve …

How Covid-19 will shape India's Budget 2021
4 years ago

How Covid-19 will shape India's Budget 2021

India Today  

After being shaken by a pandemic, India’s upcoming budget is likely to allocate more money on health and related infrastructure. The government's budget gap will likely widen more than 7 per cent of the GDP this year as tax collection has dropped due to economic slowdown. Data shows that India's out-of-pocket expenditure is more than 60 per cent of India's …

India Inc’s Budget Wish List Takes a Lesson From Covid-19 With Rare Health Spending Demand
4 years ago

India Inc’s Budget Wish List Takes a Lesson From Covid-19 With Rare Health Spending Demand

News 18  

India has a dismal ratio of doctors and hospital beds, and the fragility of our healthcare infrastructure was amplified in 2020, when a global pandemic threatened to overwhelm our hospitals and medical centres. Covid-19, the gravest health threat in recent memory, has now pushed the country’s apex business chambers to also emphasise the need for hiking government health spend in …

Covid-19: Health expenditure will be increased, says Sitharaman
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Health expenditure will be increased, says Sitharaman

Live Mint  

In the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Union finance minister Nirmal Sitharaman on Sunday said that health expenditure will be increased and health reforms will be made at the grassroots level. Speaking at her fifth consecutive press conference regarding allocation of ₹20 trillion economic package in different sectors, the minister said, "To prepare India for any future pandemic, …

Bihar Budget: Highest fund allocation to education, healthcare sectors in proposed Rs 2.11 lakh cr budget
4 years, 10 months ago

Bihar Budget: Highest fund allocation to education, healthcare sectors in proposed Rs 2.11 lakh cr budget

India TV News  

The Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday presented a Rs 2.11 lakh crore budget for 2020-21 with special emphasis on education, health and infrastructure. Presenting the budget with a revenue surplus of Rs 19,172.80 crore, state Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said the proposed allocations made for 2020-21 are Rs 11,260.48 crore more than the current fiscal's. Bihar's budget has increased …

A summary of the Union Budget speech 2020: What all has the government promised
4 years, 11 months ago

A summary of the Union Budget speech 2020: What all has the government promised

India TV News  

Budget 2020 Summary Presenting her second union budget on the trot, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman literally spared no effort in presenting the annual document, making history of sorts by delivering a speech that lasted a whopping 160 minutes. The Union Budget 2020 has been structured on the overall theme of “Ease of Living,” This has been achieved by farmer-friendly …

Nirmala Sitharaman unveils Budget aimed at boosting incomes; introduces alternative tax regime to simplify taxation; full text of her speech
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman unveils Budget aimed at boosting incomes; introduces alternative tax regime to simplify taxation; full text of her speech

Firstpost  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday unveiled the budget for fiscal 2020-21, vowing to boost income of Indians and their purchasing power, in a bid to revive domestic economic growth that has slumped Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday unveiled the budget for fiscal 2020-21, vowing to boost income of Indians and their purchasing power, in a bid to revive …

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman’s sweeping proposals for rural development, health and education
4 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman’s sweeping proposals for rural development, health and education

The Hindu  

The three prominent themes in Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s second Budget — Union Budget 2020 — are aspirational India, economic development for all and a caring society that is both humane and compassionate. Under aspirational India, the Finance Minister focussed on rural development; wellness, water, sanitation and education and skills. About ₹2.83 lakh crore has been allocated ₹1.2 lakh …

Budget 2020: Govt allocates 99,300 cr for education sector, to introduce FDI
4 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2020: Govt allocates 99,300 cr for education sector, to introduce FDI

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs 99,300 crore for the education sector and Rs 3000 crore for skill development in her 2020-2021 Union Budget speech on Saturday. Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre would announce a new education policy soon, and announced a degree-level full-fledged online education programme to be offered by institutes ranked in the top 100 …

Indian Medical Association terms budgetary allocation for health sector 'inadequate'; says health India's blind spot
5 years, 6 months ago

Indian Medical Association terms budgetary allocation for health sector 'inadequate'; says health India's blind spot

Firstpost  

The Indian Medical Association on Saturday termed the budgetary allocation in the health sector “inadequate”. New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association on Saturday termed the budgetary allocation in the health sector “inadequate” as the body lamented that public spending on health remained at 1.2 per cent of GDP. The Indian Medical Association, however, said the 15.4 per cent higher allocation …

Budget 2019-20: IMA gives thumbs down to health sector budgetary allocation
5 years, 6 months ago

Budget 2019-20: IMA gives thumbs down to health sector budgetary allocation

India TV News  

The Indian Medical Association on Saturday termed the budgetary allocation in the health sector "inadequate" as the body lamented that public spending on health remained at 1.2 per cent of GDP. The Indian Medical Association, however, said the 15.4 per cent higher allocation is a myth and provides for only inflation. There is absolutely no indication of any vision towards …

Health Sector Budget: Rs 62,659-cr outlay announced, highest in the past 2 FYs; Rs 6,400-cr earmarked for AB-PMJAY
5 years, 6 months ago

Health Sector Budget: Rs 62,659-cr outlay announced, highest in the past 2 FYs; Rs 6,400-cr earmarked for AB-PMJAY

Firstpost  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday during the Union Budget 2019 announced Rs 62,659.12 crore outlay for the health sector in 2019-2020 fiscal, the highest in the last two financial years. New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced Rs 62,659.12 crore outlay for the health sector in 2019-2020 fiscal, the highest in the last two financial …

Union Budget 2019: Constitution makes healthcare the responsibility of state governments
5 years, 6 months ago

Union Budget 2019: Constitution makes healthcare the responsibility of state governments

Firstpost  

The private health care sector is responsible for the majority of healthcare in India, and most healthcare expenses are paid directly out of pocket by patients and their families. The private health care sector is responsible for the majority of health care in India, and most health care expenses are paid directly out of pocket by patients and their families, …

Budget 2019: Social sector seeks fiscal incentives for boosting health, education
5 years, 7 months ago

Budget 2019: Social sector seeks fiscal incentives for boosting health, education

India Today  

The social sector has sought several proactive steps from the Finance Minister including promoting social entrepreneurship amongst the young population, fiscal incentives for recycling of waste water and rainwater harvesting and increased budgetary allocation towards nutrition of infants, among its suggestions to the Finance Ministry to be considered for the upcoming Budget. The present government is committed for improving the …

Tuberculosis has 'profound financial implications' for India: Health Minister JP Nadda
5 years, 9 months ago

Tuberculosis has 'profound financial implications' for India: Health Minister JP Nadda

Firstpost  

India’s Health Minister J P Nadda’s authored a comment in the international medical journal The Lancet, where he says that tuberculosis “not only exacts a terrible mortality toll in India, it also has profound financial implications.” India has the highest number of tuberculosis patients of any country in the world: 27 percent of the global total. And while the individual …

Providing subsidised tuberculosis tests can help India save 80 lakh lives in 30 years, finds Lancet study
5 years, 9 months ago

Providing subsidised tuberculosis tests can help India save 80 lakh lives in 30 years, finds Lancet study

Firstpost  

The Lancet study noted that in 2018 alone, there were 2.15 million new tuberculosis cases in India, an increase of 3 lakh cases in a single year. It adds that India must increase domestic expenditures on health and research on TB and also provide universal TB care to eliminate catastrophic costs for people with the ailment.​ Union Health Minister JP …

Health budget focuses only on Ayushman Bharat, other schemes ignored
5 years, 11 months ago

Health budget focuses only on Ayushman Bharat, other schemes ignored

Live Mint  

Making Ayushman Bharat scheme the representative of all the healthcare initiatives in Budget 2019-20, Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government forgot to focus on unprecedented disease burden looming large on the country. While the total health budget allocated to the ministry of health and family welfare for 2019-20 is ₹61,398.12 crore against ₹52,800 crore in 2018-19, an increase of 16.3%, …

Budget 2019: Ayushman Bharat remained highlight of health initiatives by the government
5 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2019: Ayushman Bharat remained highlight of health initiatives by the government

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Ayushman Bharat scheme remained the highlight among healthcare initiatives taken by the Narendra Modi-led government during the speech of finance minister Piyush Goyal, who presented the interim budget 2019-20 on Friday. “We launched the world’s largest health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat because our government empathizes with the pain of the burden of expenditure on medical treatment by …

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