Highlights of Budget 2013

The following are the highlights of Union Budget 2013:

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare gets a budget allocation of Rs 37,330 crore
• New National Health Mission to get Rs 21,239 crore
• Medical education, training and research gets Rs 47,027 crore
• Increase in budget allocation for Ministry of Agriculture by 22 percent to Rs 27,049 crore
• Agriculture research gets Rs 3415 crore
• Government plans to bring "Nutrifarms" to increase new crop varieties
  Rs 200 crore allocated to start pilot for the nutri rich crops like iron rich bajra
• Setting up of Indian Institute of Biotechnology for Agriculture in Ranchi
• Setting up of National Institute of Biotic Stress Management to address plant protection issues at Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• Allocation of Rs 500 crore for crop diversification program and promote technological innovation
• Rs 1,069 crore to Department of AYUSH
• Rs 6275 crore allocated to Department of Science and Technology