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HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
India on the road to health prosperity

The COVID disaster has highlighted the importance of health infrastructure. This disaster
demonstrated and taught that even developed systems in prosperous countries can fail
in such a large disaster. In such a situation, improving healthcare facilities for disease
prevention is just as important as focusing on disease treatment. The central government
is now working to build such a health infrastructure with a holistic approach and the
mantra "One Earth, One Health" so that citizens can be protected from not only such
epidemics but also other diseases in the future.

Budget Proposals

n 157 nursing colleges will be established in 157 government medical colleges built after 2014.

n Target to eradicate sickle cell anaemia by 2047.
n Universal screening of seven crore people between the ages of 0 and 40 will be done.

n The budget was increased by 11.5 times to encourage innovation in the pharmaceutical
industry.

n Private medical colleges and private sector institutions are also permitted to conduct
research in ICMR-approved laboratories.

Citizens have saved approximately

one lakh crores of rupees through

just two schemes.

80,000 crore

rupees saved under Ayushman Bharat for the
free treatment facility available to patients

More than
50 crore

people have received free treatment
up to Rs 5 lakh.

By purchasing medicines from Janaushadhi Kendras, Rs.
20,000 crore

was saved for the poor and middle class. There are approximately
9000 Janaushadhi centres throughout the country.

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