Health for all and education to all remains priority.
Rs. 37,330 crore allocated to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
New National Health Mission will get an allocation of Rs. 21,239 crore.
Rs. 4,727 crore for medical education, training and research.
Rs. 150 crore provided for National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly.
Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy are being mainstreamed. Allocation
of Rs. 1,069 crore to Department of AYUSH.
Rs. 1,650 crore allocated for six AIIMS-like institutions.
Allocation of Rs. 65,867 crore to the Ministry of Human Resource Development,
an increase of 17 perent over the RE of the current year.
Rs. 27,258 crore provided for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA).
An increase of 25.6 % over RE of the current year for investments in
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
Rs. 5,284 crore allocated to Ministries/Departments in 2013-14 for scholarships to
students belonging to SC, ST, OBC, Minorities and girl children.
Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) to be provided Rs. 13,215 crore.
Government committed to the creation of Nalanda University as a centre of
educational excellence.
ICDS
Rs. 17,700 crore allocated for ICDS in 2013-14 representing an increase of
11.7 % over 2012-13.
Allocation of Rs. 300 crore in 2013-14 for a multi-sectoral programme aimed at
overcoming maternal and child malnutrition. Programme to be implemented in
100 districts during 2013-14 to be scaled to cover 200 districts the year after.
