Budget 2021 to spend Rs 2.23 trn on healthcare, raising outlay by 137%

New central scheme called Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana gets Rs 64,180 crore in Sitharaman's budget

India will spend Rs 2.23 trillion on healthcare and launch a new central scheme with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore over the next six years to improve health systems nationwide, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday.

An amount of Rs 35,000 crore will be spend on Covid-19 vaccines as part of the Rs 2.23 trillion spending, she said in her Budget 2020-21 speech. "The investment on health infrastructure in this budget has increased substantially," said Sitharaman.

"There are signs that the political, economic and strategic relations in the post Covid era are changing and ... India is well