Budget '18: CM Nitish  praises the healthcare schemes
Budget '18: CM Nitish praises the healthcare schemes
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Patna (Bihar) [India], Feb 1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on today itself greeted and applauded the schemes declared in the Union Budget 2018 to provide better healthcare facility to the public. He also hailed the initiatives taken by the Center in the education and agriculture sectors, saying that they would benefit the people at large.

"Announcements regarding education, health and agriculture were made in the Budget 2018. I welcome the initiatives taken in the respective sectors", Nitish announced. "A national health protection scheme to benefit 10 crore poor families was announced, it is a huge initiative. I would like to congratulate the government", he added. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stressed that this year's Union Budget would focus on four aspects namely - strengthening of agriculture, education, healthcare benefits and improving infrastructure.
Jaitley also stated two new measures in his fifth Budget under the government's Ayushman Bharat scheme, which are expected to take healthcare to greater heights. 

Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician who has been the Chief Minister of Bihar, a state in eastern India, since 2017. Previously he served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2017; he also served as a minister in the Union Government of India.

 

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