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next three years. A gas pipeline project will primary, secondary and tertiary care Health
be taken up in Union Territory of Jammu & Systems and strengthen existing national
Kashmir. The Budget also talks about big institutions, and create new institutions,
schemes related to road, railway and metro to cater to detection and cure of new and
transport. Developing infrastructure has a emerging diseases. The Pneumococcal
special focus in this Budget. vaccine, which is currently limited to only 5
states, will be rolled out across the country.
The health sector was never an important In BE 2021-22, there is a provision of Rs
issue in politics, but for the first time the 35, 000 Crore for COVID-19 vaccine. The
Government has taken steps towards Budget outlay for Health and Wellbeing is
universal health care, an example of Rs 2,23,846 Crore in BE 2021-22 as against
which is PMJAY Ayushman Bharat this year’s BE of Rs 94,452 Crore. This is an
Yojana. How effective will be the Budget increase of 137 per cent.
in the direction of making India healthy
and empowered? What is the roadmap of the Government
The investment on health infrastructure behind digital economy and what steps will
has increased considerably in this Budget. be taken to promote it further?
We are focusing on further strengthening There has been a manifold increase in
the three areas of prevention, cure and digital payments in the recent past. To give
wellbeing. A new centrally sponsored a further boost to digital transactions, the
scheme, PM AatmaNirbhar Swasth Budget has proposed Rs 1,500 Crore. The
Bharat Yojana, has been launched with proposed scheme will provide financial
an outlay of around Rs 64,180 Crore incentive to promote digital modes of
over 6 years. This will strengthen the payment.
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