Actual increase in healthcare budget is only 11% February 02, 2021 × Excluding Covid vaccinations and water and sanitation expenditure, the healthcare budget is only a modest rise, say players While the government claimed that the allocation for healthcare in the Budget 2021-22 received 137 per cent increase as compared to that in the current fiscal, the actual increase is merely 11 per cent if the funds allocated for Covid vaccination and water and sanitation are excluded. “The increase in healthcare budget from ₹94,500 crore to ₹2.23 lakh crore is driven in large part by budgetary a...