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Budget to spend Rs 2.84 trillion on health, raising expenditure by 137%

Sitharaman has announced Rs 35,000 crore for Covid-19 vaccination this year

Nirmala Sitharaman. Photo: @ANI
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Nirmala Sitharaman. Photo: @ANI

BS Web Team New Delhi
India will spend Rs 64,180 crore in over six years on a programme to improve its health infrastructure, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday as she presented the Union Budget 2021-22. 

The budget for "health and wellness" is Rs 2,83,846 crore (Rs 2.83 trillion)--137 per cent greater than last year.

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"The investment on health infrastructure in this budget has increased substantially. Progressively, as institutions absorb more, we shall commit more. We focus on strengthening three areas - preventive, curative and well-being," she said in Parliament.

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