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Despite Pandemic, Health Budget Sees Little Real Increase

Anoo Bhuyan
February 2, 2021
The budget speech made it look like the Indian government had allotted a massive flush of money to healthcare this year
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The Finance Minister claimed that healthcare had received a boost of 137% from the last budget
Read more in our analysis of the claim
But the health ministry, which has faced the brunt of the pandemic, has received 10% less than what it is estimated to have spent in 2020-21
How so? Read more here
A close look at the numbers shows that existing budget allocations have been reorganised, combined in some cases, inflating the overall number