{"id":165873,"date":"2022-02-02T20:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=165873"},"modified":"2022-02-02T20:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:49:16","slug":"health-sector-in-budget-2022-despite-covid-pandemic-health-no-longer-the-highlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/health-sector-in-budget-2022-despite-covid-pandemic-health-no-longer-the-highlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Sector in Budget 2022: Despite Covid pandemic, health no longer the highlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In Budget 2022, the Finance Minister has announced several initiatives for the Health Sector. But the <\/span>Budget 2022-23 has not allocated much to the health sector as required despite the ongoing pandemic.<\/p>\n

What are the initiatives announced in the Health Sector in Budget 2022?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Health Budget:<\/b> The health\u00a0<\/span>sector saw a muted hike amid a still looming Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Overall, the health budget is up merely 0.8% over the current fiscal’s revised estimates and 16% over the budgetary estimates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Covid vaccination support to states: <\/strong>The government has pledged Rs 5,000 crore as support to states for COVID vaccination. Where,\u00a0 FY22\u2019s Revised Estimate shows a spend of Rs 39,000 crore on the vaccination drive that has covered over 75% of the adult population since its launch on January 16, 2021.<\/p>\n

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Schemes related to health: <\/strong>Budget has seen an increase of over 7% in the allocation towards the National Health Mission<\/strong><\/a>. Pardhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana<\/strong><\/a> has also seen an allocation increase from Rs 7,400 crore to Rs 10,000 crore. The health infrastructure mission<\/strong>, too, has seen its budget go up from Rs 315 crore to Rs 978 crore.<\/p>\n

PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>has seen a substantial increase from Rs 585 crore last year to Rs 4,177 crore this year.<\/p>\n

Focus on mental health:<\/strong> Because of rising in mental health problems in people of all ages due to the pandemic, FM announced a \u2018National Tele Mental Health Programme’<\/strong>. It will include a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with NIMHANS being the nodal centre. International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore will provide the technical support. The scheme will support private players and start-ups to increase the current coverage of the locations, including tier-2 and tier-3 cities.<\/p>\n

National Digital Health Ecosystem: <\/b>It will be an open platform. It will <\/span>comprise an exhaustive list of digital registries of health providers and health facilities, unique health identity, consent framework and universal access to health facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital Health:<\/b> The Budget has increased <\/span>the allocation for the<\/span> national digital health mission <\/span><\/a>by more than two and half times to Rs 200 crore for 2022-2023, up from merely Rs 75 crore in the revised estimates for the current financial year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Women health:<\/b> Budget allocation has been improved for Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, And Saksham Anganwadi And Poshan 2.0.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the drawbacks for the Health Sector in Budget 2022?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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According to health experts, budget 2022-23 is a shift to a post-pandemic phase by the government. The drop in allocation for vaccination<\/strong> indicates that the government feels that adequate jabs have been administered.\u00a0 The government has allocated none to Covid -19 Emergency Response and Heath system preparedness<\/strong>, which means covid is no longer a threat to the government.<\/p>\n

Also, there is no mention of vaccines, betterment of hospitals, improving public health facilities<\/strong>. Experts are also disappointed as there are no strategic stated measures to boost domestic manufacturing of medical devices<\/strong>. Presently, this industry is 80-85%\u00a0 import-dependent.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>This post is based on the following articles:<\/p>\n

“Budget 2022: Despite Covid pandemic, health no longer the highlight”\u00a0<\/strong>published in the\u00a0Business Standard <\/strong>on\u00a02nd February 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“16% hike in healthcare sector allocation”\u00a0<\/strong>published in\u00a0The Hindu <\/strong>on\u00a02nd February 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFinance Minister <\/b>prescribes 2.5x booster shot for Mission Digital Health<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>TOI <\/b>on<\/span> 2nd Feb 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

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