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Union

D g ta B get o t e t t e F a e M te N a a S t a a a e e te t e t get o t e e a e a t at too a g ta o e, t e
a o o e e e te COVID 19 No a o a te t t e

common man. In Budget 2021-22, there has BUDGET 2021 RISE IN SENSE
been a 137 per cent increase in investment in 46,617 46,875
Health and Wellbeing sector. This amount is not Opened Budget
just for ensuring proper treatment but will help Speech
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in developing capacities of primary, secondary,
and tertiary care Health Systems, strengthen 48,600
existing national institutions, and create new 47,333 Closed
institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new Speech
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and emerging diseases. Centrally sponsored
‘PM AtmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana’ was
launched with an outlay of about Rs 64,180 Crore since 2014 and Budget 2021-22 is no different.
over 6 years. In a bid to strengthen nutritional The Government allocated Rs 1.18 Lakh Crore
content, delivery, outreach, and outcome, the for road infrastructure. Economic corridors are
Government will launch Mission Poshan 2.0. also being planned to further augment the road
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR infrastructure in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal
DEVELOPMENT and Assam and other states. The National
Infrastructure is the base for any kind of Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) has been expanded
development. Realising this, the Government to 7,400 projects.
has made infrastructure development a priority To make travel faster and smoother, Indian

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