HEALTHCARE FOCUS

The total budget outlay for healthcare is Rs 2.24 lakh crore, which is an increase of 137 per cent from last year. Health outlay to be used to establish critical care units and hospital blocks.

17,000 rural and 11,000 urban health and wellness centres will be set up integrated public health labs will be set up in each district.

Three areas - preventive health, curative health and well-being - to be strengthened during the current year.

The government will launch Mission Poshan 2.0 to improve nutritional outcomes across 112 aspirational districts. Pneumococcal vaccines, a Made in India product, will be rolled out across the countr y