₹64,180 crore over the next six years to improve healthcare services available across primary to tertiary care facilities, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her budget speech on Monday.AnnouncementThe new centrally sponsored scheme, PM Atmanirbhar Swasthya Yojana will also strengthen existing national institutions and create new institutions catered to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases, Sitharaman said.
This scheme is in addition to the existing National Health Mission.Also Read | How India can fight vaccine hesitancyThe minister said the scheme will support over 17,000 rural and over 7,000 urban health and wellness centres.