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The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures to boost healthcare sector, as a part of first full term budget of the second term of the Government presented in the Parliament on Saturday. With an objective to improve healthcare infrastructure, the government allocated Rs.69,000 crore for the healthcare sector. In addition, Budget announced scaling up of Ayushman Bharat initiative, expansion of Jan Ausadhi programme, anti-TB campaign by 2025. “Propose public-private partnership (PPP) mode hospitals in 112 aspirational districts,” she said presenting first budget of the decade.

Govt will provide viability gap funding for setting up hospitals under Aayushman Bharat in districts which don’t have empaneled hospitals. Proceeds from taxation on medical devices to be used to fund the above, said Minister in the parliament.