Budget 2024 For Health: In the Union Budget 2024, the Government of India seemed serious about the healthcare sector

Budget 2024 For Health: In the Union Budget 2024, the Government of India seemed serious about the healthcare sector. It has provisions for various exemptions ranging from the development of health services.

Budget 2024 For Healthcare Sector: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first budget of the third term of the Modi government in which many gifts were also given to the healthcare sector. Health is one such sector where people always expect better services from the government. Let us know what the general public has got in the health sector this time.

What did the health sector get in the budget?

1. This time the healthcare budget has been kept at Rs 89,287 crore, through which efforts will be made to improve health services.

2. The government has also allocated Rs 2,143 crore for PLI for the pharmaceutical industry

4. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed changes in the basic customs duty for X-ray tubes and flat panel detectors under the phased manufacturing program.

5. The central government proposed that 3 medicines for cancer treatment will be completely exempted from basic customs duty. Cancer patients will directly benefit from this. This is a relief news for those patients who cannot afford expensive cancer medicines. The number of people suffering from this disease is increasing a lot in India, so many people were expecting such a step from the government.

6. The government has also said that technology will be improved in many sectors including the health sector, and efforts will be made to reduce economic inequality by creating digital infrastructure