Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a big push for Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, in Part-A of her Budget speech.

“Aatmanirbharta consists of doubling farm income and strong infrastructure. It consists of good governance and women empowerment. Proposals for the FY22 Budget rests on 6 pillars,” she said.

The government’s Aatmanirbhar packages total Rs 27.1 lakh crore. The minister said that in addition to the National Health Mission, the ministry introduced the Aatmanirbhar Swasthya Yojana with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore over six years.

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“Even at the outset investment in health infrastructure in this budget increased substantially progressively as institutions observe more. Taking a holistic approach, we focus on strengthening three areas- preventing, curative and well being. Health system a new Centrally sponsored scheme PM Atmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana will be launched with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore,” she said.

“Over six years, this will develop the capacity for primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems and strengthen national institutions and create new institutions to cater and cure new and emerging diseases. This will be in addition to the National Health Mission,” she added.

The scheme will support over 17,000 rural and 11,000 urban wellness centres.