Another noteworthy feature of the budget speech is that out of the six pillars on which the vision of the budget is said to rest, health is announced as the first pillar. Accordingly, it allocated ₹ 223,846 cr towards ‘health and wellbeing’ of people as against ₹ 94,452 cr—an increase of 137%—spent in 2020-21. But there is a catch: it being only a ‘road map’ for spending over the coming six years, the yearly outlay, which alone matters for the current year, lost sight amidst the whopping allocation figures. For, allocation to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the current year does not reveal any significant rise.