Health and Well-being budget 2021
Health and Well-being budget 2021 In her budget speech, the finance minister said the government expected to spend ₹2.23 lakh crore in the coming year on “health and well-being”. This would translate to a 135 percent increase from last year. However, the figure also includes Rs 60,030 crore allocation made towards drinking water and sanitation, a Rs 2,700 crore outlay on nutrition, and both of these are handled by separate ministries than health. It also includes Rs 49,000 crore as Finance Commission grants and Rs 35,000 crore toward the vaccination program against Covid-19. The budget allocation for the Department of Health and Family Welfare is Rs. 71,269 crores, which is an increase of 9.6 percent over the budget allocation of Rs. 65,012 crores last year. However, this too is lower than the revised estimates for the financial year 2020-21 at Rs. 78,866 crores. The allocation towards the government’s flagship health insurance scheme - Ayushman Bharat-PM Jan Arogya Yojana