Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, presented the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Parliament on July 23, 2024.
In Priority3, the FM laid emphasis on the healthcare sector.
“Ourgovernment is committed to all-round, all pervasive and all inclusive development of people, particularly, farmers, youth, women and poor. For achieving social justice comprehensively, the saturation approach of covering all eligible through various programmes including those for education and health will be adopted to empower them by improving their capabilities.”
Priority 8
Innovation, Research & Development
“We will operationalize. the Anusandhan National Research Fund for basic research and ptototype development. Further, we will set up a mechanism for spurring private sector-driven research and innovation at commercial scale with a financing pool of ₹ 1 lakh crore in line with the announcement in the interim budget.”
SOURCE – Medical Buyer
