NEW DELHI: The Union Budget-2023-24 is different in many aspects for the health sector as while presenting her full Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on stressed establishing 157 new nursing colleges, encouraging research and development by the pharmaceuticals industry and promotion of medical research by the private and public sectors and a mission to eliminate sickle cell anaemia by 2047 by allocating Rs 89,155 crore, which is around 13 percent more from the last fiscal allocation of Rs 79,145 crore.
As per the budget announcements, all 157 new nursing colleges will be established in co-location with the existing 157 medical colleges established since 2014.
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