"This budget is status quo for health concerns, with only two silver linings: customs duty exemptions on diagnostics and cancer drugs. The economy has moved from USD 3.4 trillion to USD 4 trillion," said Dr Asokan.
In the upcoming Union Budget 2023-24, the focus is expected to be on increasing the number of nursing colleges, and medical colleges, introducing of HPV vaccine in the National Immunisation Program and enhancement of Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) coverage, the sources informed.
With the aim of providing quality health services to the people, Odisha's health budget got doubled in three years, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Friday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 23 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Friday that the state health budget has doubled in the past three years as his government was committed to providing universal access to quality medical services.
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Terming this year's Health Budget as extraordinary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that last year was "trial by fire" for India and its health sector because of COVID-19 but the country successfully overcame the challenge.
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday slammed the Congress for "not fully utilising" the health budget under its rule and said the budget has increased by 137 per cent since last year under the National Democratic Alliance's (
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI), which represents leading research-based medical technology companies with a large footprint in manufacturing and healthcare worker training in India, has welcomed the increase in health budget to Rs
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): A day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed certain healthcare measures as a part of the Budget proposals for 2018-19, people across the country hailed the same.