State’s budgetary allocation for public health on the decline in last three years
1 year, 5 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 down in the last three years and on the other hand, the number of patients taking treatment in government hospitals has increased. Of this, ₹18,802.80 crore was allocated for the public health department and ₹4,265.61 crore was allocated for the medical education department, which put together constituted 5.09% of the budget. Out of a budget of ₹5,47,449.98 crore in the 2023-24 financial year, ₹17,386.39 crore was given to the public health department and ₹4,553.84 crore was allocated for the medical education department.

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Telangana Health Budget Up by Rs 1,000 Crore
1 week, 2 days ago

Telangana Health Budget Up by Rs 1,000 Crore

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy CM and finance minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has allocated Rs 12,393 crore to the health, medical and family welfare department, an increase of over Rs 1,000 crore from Rs 11,468 crore in 2024-25. An allocation of Rs 1,215 crore was made under Aarogyasri, marking a 50 per cent increase in funding and ensuring uninterrupted healthcare access for 2.84 …

Budgetary allocation alone is insufficient to tackle healthcare challenges: IMA Telangana
1 week, 2 days ago

Budgetary allocation alone is insufficient to tackle healthcare challenges: IMA Telangana

The Hindu  

Reacting to the allocation of ₹12,393 crore for the Health Department, the Indian Medical Association Telangana has said that budgetary allocation alone is insufficient to tackle the State’s critical healthcare challenges. The current allocation remains far below the 8% of the total budget recommended by the National Health Policy 2017, with Telangana’s allocation amounting to just 4%, said Dr. Burri …

Telangana health budget up by 8%, focus on dialysis and medical education
1 week, 2 days ago

Telangana health budget up by 8%, focus on dialysis and medical education

The Hindu  

The Telangana government has allocated ₹12,393 crore for the Health, Medical and Family Welfare department in the State budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, marking an increase of ₹925 crore from the previous year’s allocation of ₹11,468 crore. Telangana Budget 2025 LIVE updates Presenting the budget on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka underscored the government’s …

What did Tamil Nadu’s budget have for the health sector?
1 week, 2 days ago

What did Tamil Nadu’s budget have for the health sector?

The Hindu  

Compared to 2024-2025, Tamil Nadu allotted a little more for the health sector in its budget for 2025-2026, maintaining its focus on non-communicable diseases, particularly cancer. Cervical cancer vaccine decision welcomed A number of doctors and health activists welcomed the decision of the State government to provide HPV vaccination for girls. Malliga J.S., head of preventive oncology at Cancer Institute, …

Health Gets 30 per Cent More Funds Than Last Year: Minister
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Health Gets 30 per Cent More Funds Than Last Year: Minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Health Minister Satyakumar Yadav has said five multi-specialty hospitals are being constructed in tribal areas at a cost of Rs 50 crore each. The minister thanked the state assembly for sanctioning a budget grant of Rs 19,264 crore for medical and health, and noted that this was 30 per cent more than the budget allocations for health from the …

Karnataka health sector likely to get bigger slice of budget pie this year
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Karnataka health sector likely to get bigger slice of budget pie this year

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Health, a key sector in the state budget, received 4 per cent of the total allocation in both 2023 and 2024. However, this time, the allocation is likely to increase, with expectations of higher funding for healthcare infrastructure, medical services and public health programmes. This year, the health department began setting up critical care hubs in every district, while …

Praja Arogya Vedika slams Andhra Pradesh budget over inadequate health funding
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Praja Arogya Vedika slams Andhra Pradesh budget over inadequate health funding

New Indian Express  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Praja Arogya Vedika has criticised the State Budget for 2025-26, citing inadequate funding for the healthcare sector. The organisation expressed concern that the allocation of Rs 19,264.63 crore to the Medical, Health, and Family Welfare Department falls significantly short of both World Health Organisation guidelines and the government’s own commitments. With AP’s GSDP estimated at Rs 16,41,000 crore for …

Uttar Pradesh govt presents Rs 8 lakh crore budget for fiscal year 2025-26, largest in state’s history
1 month, 1 week ago

Uttar Pradesh govt presents Rs 8 lakh crore budget for fiscal year 2025-26, largest in state’s history

Op India  

On Thursday, the Finance Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Suresh Kumar Khanna presented the state’s Rs 8,08,736 crore budget for the Financial Year 2025-26 on Thursday, marking a 9.8 per cent increase from the previous fiscal. pic.twitter.com/TNAScb2yL1 — The Uttar Pradesh Index February 20, 2025 Uttar Pradesh’s budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 prioritizes infrastructure development, technology, education, healthcare, and social …

Odisha allocates Rs 23,635 crore for public healthcare, plans to establish new medical colleges
1 month, 1 week ago

Odisha allocates Rs 23,635 crore for public healthcare, plans to establish new medical colleges

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to achieve the goal of ‘Sustha Odisha: Health for All’, the Odisha government has proposed to spend Rs 23,635 crore for public healthcare in 2025-26, up by 11.5 per cent over last fiscal’s budget estimate of Rs 21,200 crore. The highest allocation of Rs 4,479 crore has been made under Gopabandhu Jana Arogya Yojana, which is …

Adequate allocations will be made to Medical and Health department in budget, says Bhatti
1 month, 1 week ago

Adequate allocations will be made to Medical and Health department in budget, says Bhatti

The Hindu  

The State government has announced its resolve to provide adequate allocation to Medical and Health department in the budget for the year 2025-26. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Health Minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha said the government has decided to provide sufficient funds to the Health department and Rajiv Aarogyasri health insurance scheme as a majority of the poor …

Kerala Budget: Not a substantial allocation for health care sector
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Budget: Not a substantial allocation for health care sector

The Hindu  

The outlay of the State Budget presented by Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal in the Assembly on health care, which excludes health-related expenditure such as water and sanitation, is around ₹3,000 crore, which accounts for 1.74% of the proposed total government expenditure. The issue of poor government spending in the health sector had been plaguing the public health-conscious State like …

Health spending dips in Telangana in 2022-23: NITI Aayog report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Health spending dips in Telangana in 2022-23: NITI Aayog report

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Health spending as a ratio of total expenditure has declined from 4.67 per cent in 2018-19 to 4.57 per cent in 2022-23 in Telangana, according to NITI Aayog Fiscal Health Index report-2025 for the financial year 2023. Health spending as a ratio of total expenditure has also declined from 4.67 per cent in 2018-19 to 4.57 per cent. With …

Budget allocation for health sector remains insufficient, say healthcare professionals
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget allocation for health sector remains insufficient, say healthcare professionals

The Hindu  

Healthcare professionals and activists in the State have expressed concern over the “dismal increase” in the Budget allocation for the healthcare sector from last year. Members of the Praja Arogya Vedika, affiliated to Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, have already written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressing concern over the continued shortfall in the Union government’s healthcare Budget allocations. Citing a …

Only 66% Budget Utilized For Medical Infrastructure By State Govt: Bombay HC Told In Suo Moto PIL On Deaths In Govt Hospitals
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Only 66% Budget Utilized For Medical Infrastructure By State Govt: Bombay HC Told In Suo Moto PIL On Deaths In Govt Hospitals

Live Law  

In a suo moto PIL concerning deaths in government hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court today orally questioned the State on why it was not utilizing the budget for developing medical infrastructure in the State. “You have to be sensitive to the nature of litigation.infants are dying in government hospitals.we don't want …

Telangana’s debt payment increased from ₹12,586 crore to ₹21,821 crore in 5 years, says NITI Aayog report
2 months ago

Telangana’s debt payment increased from ₹12,586 crore to ₹21,821 crore in 5 years, says NITI Aayog report

The Hindu  

The NITI Aayog has said that the Telangana Government is allotting considerable portion of its resources to debt and interest payments owing to reliance on debt while it termed the State’s strong revenue growth as encouraging. Payment of debt and interest increased by 73% from ₹12,586 crore in 2018-19 to ₹21,821 crore in 2022-23 consuming a high share of revenue …

Doctors urge govt. to allocate more funds to health sector
2 months, 2 weeks 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; …

Karnataka CM directs Medical Education Dept. to conduct study to identify reasons for rise in cancer cases in State
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka CM directs Medical Education Dept. to conduct study to identify reasons for rise in cancer cases in State

The Hindu  

With a rise in the number of patients suffering from cancer receiving treatment in hospitals, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday instructed Medical Education Department officials to conduct a study to identify the reasons for the increase in the number of people suffering from the disease in the State. work review The Chief Minister reviewed the progress of the various government-run …

UP government presents 2nd supplementary budget of RS 17865.72 crore
3 months, 1 week ago

UP government presents 2nd supplementary budget of RS 17865.72 crore

Hindustan Times  

uraghuvanshi@hindustantimes.com Finance Minister Suresh Khanna presenting a supplementary budget The UP government on Tuesday presented its second supplementary budget of ₹17865.72 crore for 2024-2025, including additional provisions for sprucing up the energy sector, making Prayagraj Mahakumbh secure and magnificent, creating development infrastructure, providing additional funds for maintenance of cows and ensuring the sanctity of examinations. The size of the second …

A ‘corrective’ budget’ to repair AP: Health Minister Yadav
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

The burden of health care on India’s poorest
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The burden of health care on India’s poorest

Hindustan Times  

In recent years, the Indian government has made significant strides in reducing the burden of health expenditure on the common citizen. A particular focus of the government has been to reduce the burden of severe economic shocks due to “catastrophic” health care expenditure such as hospitalisation. In order to understand the character of catastrophic health expenditure, Artha Global’s Centre for …

Health sector sees reduced allocation
8 months ago

Health sector sees reduced allocation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The government's health, medical and family welfare allocation was reduced to Rs 11,468 crore in Thursday’s state Budget, reflecting a decrease of Rs 910 crore from the Rs 12,161 crore allocated in 2023-24. However, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka pointed out that according to the revised estimates, the previous BRS government had spent only Rs …

Telangana’s health Budget dips by ₹693 crore from last fiscal
8 months ago

Telangana’s health Budget dips by ₹693 crore from last fiscal

The Hindu  

The Health Medical and Family Welfare Budget for Telangana in the fiscal year 2024-25 has seen a reduction compared to the previous year. Telangana Budget 2024 LIVE updates: ₹500 crores proposed for Metro extension to Old City,₹100 crores for extension to Airport While presenting the Budget, Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka highlighted several concerns. The previous government could not even …

A Budget that places health on the margins
8 months 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
8 months 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: Health and Pharma industry eyes increase in GDP
8 months ago

Budget 2024: Health and Pharma industry eyes increase in GDP

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Ahead of the union budget presentation which is scheduled to be presented on 23 July, Tuesday by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, eyes lie on the heath sector with high expectations from the healthcare and pharma sector. Dr. Harsh Mahajan Chair-FICCI Health Services Committee and Founder & Chief Radiologist, Mahajan Imaging & Labs noted that the healthcare industry …

Uttarakhand Govt Allocates Over Rs 89,000 Crore Budget For FY25
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarakhand Govt Allocates Over Rs 89,000 Crore Budget For FY25

ABP News  

The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday proposed its budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 in the state assembly, earmarking over Rs 89,000 crore for various initiatives. State Finance Minister Premchand Agarwal presented the budget of Rs 89,230.07 crore in the assembly, highlighting its inclusive nature aimed at fostering a developed, well-administered, and resilient Uttarakhand. The budget also allocates Rs 1,010.66 crore …

Odisha Finance Minister Presents Rs 2.55 Lakh Crore Budget for 2024-25
1 year, 1 month ago

Odisha Finance Minister Presents Rs 2.55 Lakh Crore Budget for 2024-25

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha finance minister Bikram Keshari Arukha on Thursday presented the Annual Budget for 2024‐25 in the State Assembly with an outlay of Rs 2,55,000 crore, which is about 11 per cent more than 2023-24 budget. The other departments which have got maximum allocations are the panchayati raj department Rs 22,543 crore, health and family welfare Rs 19,729 crore, water …

Union Budget: Healthcare challenges and how the government can navigate them
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Budgetary provisions: UP depts have barely used 50% of funds
1 year, 3 months ago

Budgetary provisions: UP depts have barely used 50% of funds

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh government’s major departments have spent only about 50% of the budgetary allocations for various development projects in 2023-2024. Besides an annual budget of ₹6.90 lakh crore approved for 2023-2024, the state government got a supplementary budget of ₹28,760.67 crore passed in the state legislature, taking the size of UP’s total budget to ₹7.19 lakh crore. Besides allocations …

Centre mandated spending on health has positive impact: study
1 year, 8 months ago

Centre mandated spending on health has positive impact: study

The Hindu  

Measures taken by the National Health Mission have given a positive fillip to the health sector across the country in the past 15 years, a study published in the Public Health For All journal has concluded. The States received funding only if they complied with the Central Government’s schemes, and States were nudged to enhance investment in primary health care. …

Health department outlay hiked to Rs.12,161 cr
2 years, 1 month ago

Health department outlay hiked to Rs.12,161 cr

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Finance minister T. Harish Rao provided Rs 200 crore to implement the KCR Nutritional Kits initiative, which will benefit about 4 lakh pregnant women, in the State Budget for 2023-24 on Monday. Harish Rao, who is also health minister, hiked the outlay for the department to Rs 12,161 crore, against Rs 11,237 crore last year and Rs 5,816 crore …

₹2,828.33 crore for public health in Kerala Budget
2 years, 1 month 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%
2 years, 1 month 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: Experts Hope For Increased Thrust On Medical Education, Drug Research, AYUSH, Child And Maternal Health Initiatives
2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Budget 2023: Why last full budget of Narendra Modi govt should focus on health sector
2 years, 2 months ago

Budget 2023: Why last full budget of Narendra Modi govt should focus on health sector

Firstpost  

Since next year, 2024, the country will hold general elections, it would be a vote-on-account. It must include allocations for public hospitals, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, and digital health, including R&D and capacity building for healthcare at all levels. The providers from these smaller towns should be able to deliver healthcare, and government must ‘ONLY’ give local providers viability gap funding and …

Budget 2023: PHDCCI pitches for increasing health budget by 30-40%
2 years, 2 months ago

Budget 2023: PHDCCI pitches for increasing health budget by 30-40%

Live Mint  

Industry body PHDCCI on December 29 said the health budget should be increased by 30-40 percent as there is a growing need for health facilities and infrastructure across the country. Making the suggestion for the forthcoming Union Budget, Saket Dalmia, President of PHDCCI, said the budget for health has seen a rise of about 16 per cent in absolute terms …

Andhra Pradesh\'s health reforms package costs Rs 16,225 crore
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh\'s health reforms package costs Rs 16,225 crore

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Reddy said in the state assembly on Tuesday that the government is spending Rs 16,225 crore through the Nadu-Nedu on medical and health reforms, so as to provide best services to the public. He said the government was also spending Rs 12,268 crore for the establishment of 17 new medical colleges. Jagan said, “YSR Village Clinics …

Punjab FM presents AAP govt's first budget for FY 2022-23; health, agri, education key focus areas
2 years, 9 months ago

Punjab FM presents AAP govt's first budget for FY 2022-23; health, agri, education key focus areas

India TV News  

Highlights Cheema said the government has proposed to start the Punjab Young Entrepreneur programme Under this programme, the state government will provide seed money of Rs 2,000 per student Cheema also announced that the government will set up 16 new medical colleges over five years Punjab: AAP government's first budget for FY23 was presented in the state assembly by Punjab …

Telangana budget: Every district to get medical college
3 years ago

Telangana budget: Every district to get medical college

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government announced the construction of a medical college in every district of Telangana, in the Budget on Monday. Finance minister T. Harish Rao announced that in this calendar year, a medical college each would be established at Asifabad, Bhupalpally, Vikarabad, Sircilla, Jangaon, Kamareddy, Karimnagar and Khammam. Medak, Medchal, Ranga Reddy, Mulugu, Warangal, Narayanpet, Jogulamba Gadwal and Yadadri …

Healthcare Budget 2022 Fails to Learn Lessons Taught by the Pandemic
3 years, 1 month 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 …

Union Budget 2022 | Stable health budget sees no changes from last year
3 years, 1 month 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 …

Wanted: A truly generous health cheque for underserved Indians
3 years, 4 months ago

Wanted: A truly generous health cheque for underserved Indians

Live Mint  

At an annual spend hovering around ₹2,000 per capita, India’s public health expenditure remains one of the lowest among major economies in the world. Yet, in fiscal 2020-21, when the pandemic burst on the scene, India’s government health expenditure inched up to merely 1.5% of GDP. The National Health Policy, in addition to recommending an increase in overall public health …

‘More health for the money’: Obtaining more value from financing
3 years, 6 months ago

‘More health for the money’: Obtaining more value from financing

Hindustan Times  

Currently, we in India spend a total of about 4% of our Gross Domestic Product on health care, with almost 2.5% being directly paid for by us at the time that we use any health care services, and only 1.25% being spent by the government. Having failed to obtain substantial improvements within their current systems using traditional methods, a number …

Telangana Budget: Doctors allege neglect of health care sector by state government
4 years ago

Telangana Budget: Doctors allege neglect of health care sector by state government

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Doctors complain that the cause of development of Osmania General Hospital, including construction of new buildings and improvement of infrastructure, has been neglected by the state government. “The heritage building and the new building are in need of improvement, but there is no allocation for this in Budget,” said Telangana Government Doctors Association member Dr C. Ramesh. Dr Mohammed …

Uttarakhand focuses on health, rural infra in Rs 57,400 crore budget for 2021-22
4 years 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
4 years, 1 month 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
4 years, 1 month 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 …

What The 137% Hike in Health Budget Means: From a Doctor Petitioning for Healthy India
4 years, 1 month 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 …

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