Union Budget 2013-14: Health gets Rs 37330 crore
India’s health budget gets a hike by over 28 percent in 2013-14 with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram proposing Rs.37,330 crore (Rs.373 million) to healthcare, with special focus on medical education,...
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Why Chidambaram’s budget won’t excite the healthcare sector
The Budget session is always something of a disappointment. Dreams and hopes are shattered every time the Finance Minister reads out the current year’s allocations and plans. The healthcare industry...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: More funds needed, insiders feel
The increase in allocation for the health sector was welcome but more funds were needed, insiders said on Thursday. The union budget, presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, has hiked health...
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthy or not so healthy?
The Union budget proposal to integrate rural and urban heath missions has been received well though experts lamented the rather ‘poor’ outlay under the combined scheme. Finance Minister P....
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