<h1>India's 2021-22 Union Budget Boosts Health Sector by 137%, Launches New Schemes Amid COVID-19 Challenges.</h1> India's Union Budget for 2021-22, presented by the Finance Minister, emphasizes health and wellbeing as a key focus, reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget allocates Rs. 2,23,846 crore to the health sector, marking a 137% increase from the previous year. A new scheme, PM Aatma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, with an outlay of Rs. 64,180 crore over six years, aims to enhance health infrastructure. Additionally, Rs. 35,000 crore is allocated for COVID-19 vaccines. The budget also introduces Mission Poshan 2.0 to improve nutrition and plans for nationwide expansion of the Pneumococcal Vaccine.