Union Budget 2026 puts mental health in sharp focus, announcing new national-level institutes to tackle India’s growing mental health crisis. The move aims to bridge long-standing gaps in specialised ...

Mental health experts welcome Budget proposals for new and upgraded institutions but express concern over the lack of dedicated funding for the National Mental Health Programme. They emphasize that ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major mental-health and emergency-care expansion in Budget 2026, upgrading ...

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This move, as per Sitharaman, comes due to the lack of mental health institutions in North India.

A 2026 budget proposal that retains the National Eye Institute as a stand-alone entity at NIH is advancing through Congress ahead of a Jan. 30 government funding deadline.The proposed HHS budget also ...

The Union Budget 2026–27 placed a clear emphasis on mental health, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing ...

While this year’s health-care allocations are aggressive in certain key sectors, it has failed expectations that Budget 2026 would be a milestone for increased health-care spending as a percentage of ...

The Union Budget for 2026–27 has placed strong emphasis on education, healthcare training and skilling, with Finance Minister ...

Childhood health is foundational to lifelong well-being. A new National Academies report makes recommendations on how NIH and ...