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Budget
2024-2025
Health
Everything from treatment to
testing will be affordable
सर्वेे भर्वेन्तुु सुखि�नःः सर्वेे सन्तुु खिनःराामयाःाः । सर्वेे भद्रााखि� पश्याःन्तुु मा कश्चिश्ित् दुःुः� भाग्भर्वेेत्॥
That is, may everyone be happy, may everyone be free from illness,
may everyone experience auspiciousness.
The Narendra Modi government at the Center is working with this objective. Through Ayushman
Bharat, the world's largest health insurance scheme, under which there is free treatment of up to
Rs 5 lakh per family per year. While treatment in remote areas of the country through Ayushman
Bharat Health and Wellness Center, is being bolstered to help ordinary citizens. Now taking
this forward, the government has decided to exempt the medicines used in the treatment of the
deadly disease cancer from customs duty…
nion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman customs duty. Considering the 27 lakh cancer
Uhas given a big relief to cancer patients and patients in the country, at the request of the
their families in the budget for the financial year Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the
2024-25. In the budget, it has been announced Finance Ministry has exempted these drugs from
to exempt three cancer drugs Trastuzumab customs duty to make them available to cancer
Deruxtecan, Osimertinib, and Durvalumab from patients at cheaper rates.
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