Tamil Nadu Budget 2017 - Highlights for Health and Family Welfare

Finance minister D.Jayakumar presented his maiden budget in the Tamil Nadu assembly on  16-03-2017 (Thursday).

Here are the highlights of the budget for Health and Family Welfare

• Smart canes to be given to 10,000 blind people.
• Disability pension raised from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000.
• Rs 61 crore set aside for the sanitary napkin provision scheme.
• Number of PG medical seats raised from 1,188 to 1,362.
• Rs 352 crore allotted for improving schools infrastructure.
• Public health and family welfare gets 10,158 crore allotment.
• Old tenements constructed by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board will be reconstructed.
• 30 new Primary Health Centres to come up at a cost of Rs 43.76 crore.
• Urban Swachh Bharat Mission gets Rs 600 crore allocation.
• Medical Park to come up in Kanchipuram at a cost of Rs 130 crore.

Source: Times of India