Direct spending via Health Ministry continues to be low. After a 24 per cent increase during the current fiscal, allocations for FY22 fall by 11 per cent.
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Rural Job Scheme Sidelined; No Push for Nutrition, Health
Minimal budget increases for the social sector but a focus on infrastructure and capital expenditure seem to be the general theme in Budget 2021.
बजट समझने व विश्लेषण में मददगार है कार्यशाला: जांगिड़
इस कार्यशाला का मुख्य उद्देश्य बजट के विभिन्न भागों और प्रक्रियाओं को बारीकी से समझना था ।
Despite Pandemic, Health Budget Sees Little Real Increase
Water and sanitation outlays included in the health budget; nutrition outlay actually down.
CRY Webinar Highlights Need for Better Budgets to Improve Nutrition of Children and Women
Ahead of Union Budget 2021, CRY and CBGA held a national webinar to discuss the challenges in improving the nutrition and health of children and women during and beyond the pandemic.
Budget 2021 Explainer: Healthcare After The Pandemic
This explainer on public health financing in India ahead of Budget2021 delineates the key areas of central and state funding, and explains why this year’s budget is especially significant.
COVID-19 Calls for Increased Budget Provisioning for Child Health, Nutrition: Experts
To discuss the critical issues and practical challenges related to spheres of child nutrition and health of children and pregnant and lactating women, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Child Rights and You (CRY) and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) held a national webinar that brought together academicians, subject experts, and NGOs working on themes of child nutrition and child health.
Budget Explainer: How India Funds Public School Education
In 2019-20, India spent Rs 6.43 lakh crore ($88 billion) of public funds on education. How was this money spent? We explain how the government finances public school education in India, how the money is spent and what can be improved.
Budget Byte: Education Scheme ‘Samagra Shiksha’ Expenditure Fell in 2020
Samagra Shiksha is an integrated centrally sponsored scheme (CSS) focused on pre-school to senior secondary level. Release of funds for the scheme has been slow in 2020.
Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore – a.k.a. What’s Expected of the Health Budget This Year
At the end of a traumatic year, largely caused by a pandemic, it is indeed to be expected that health expenditure would be a central aspect of the budget to be presented in February 2021.