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Union Budget 2025: ‘Heal in India’ Initiative Gets Boost as Importing Drugs Becomes Cheaper

The Union Budget 2025 outlines major changes in tax structure, enhancing regional connectivity, boosting tourism, and making medicines more affordable.

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Union Budget 2025: ‘Heal in India’ Initiative Gets Boost as Importing Drugs Becomes Cheaper

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set out in the Union Budget 2025 several significant policies meant to make India a world-famous medical center. One of the biggest highlights following the relief of cancer treatment drugs last year was the waiver of customs taxes on 36 cancer and rare disease medicines. This project seeks to increase patient access and affordability of essential drugs.

Under the & Heal program, Sitharaman also disclosed intentions to help medical tourism along with the private sector, including simplified visa policies. This would be one of the steps of the holistic approach by the government to making India a global healthcare hub.

It has also emphasized the creation of digital healthcare infrastructure. The government also intends to link broadband access all over its government secondary schools and primary healthcare facilities. The health ministry fund has been changed by also 12.9 percent to enhance the medical facilities of the whole nation.

Life-Saving Drugs will be Cheap.

The 2025 Union Budget also offers more cost-control initiatives for the health sector. Basic customs duty will apply to thirty-six lifeline drugs and hence they will be more costly in the market. Furthermore totally free to consumers, 37 other drugs and 13 patient support programs will be free of basic customs charge.

Ultimately, these projects will help to lower the cost of vital healthcare items, increase their availability to more patients, and reduce financial access barriers.

New Tax Regime to Benefit the Middle Class

The most anxiously anticipated part of the budget was the revamp of the tax system. Sitharaman, the Finance Minister, said “No income tax payable up to Rs 12 lakh.” With a direct benefit to the taxpayer, a revised tax structure is meant to cut taxes all across the board as follows: Up to Rs 4 lakh: 0% and Rs 4-8 lakh: 5% This means “the middle class will get significant relief.”

  • Upto Rs 4 lakh: 0%
  • Rs 4-8 lakh: 5%
  • Rs 8-12 lakh: 10%
  • Rs 12-16 lakh: 15%
  • Rs 16-20 lakh: 20%
  • Rs 20-24 lakh: 25%
  • Above Rs 24 lakh: 30%

UDAAN Programme to Enhance Regional Connectivity

Finance Minister also revealed an enhancement of the UDAAN program, which meant to raise regional connectivity everywhere in India. Improved connectivity to 120 fresh sites and help for transporting 4 million more passengers over the next decade will come from the latest UDAAN program. In addition, the plan would assist little helipads and airports in areas including the northeast, mountainous terrain, and future districts. The success motivated a revised UDAN scheme that she said would be launched next to link 120 new locations and transport 4 crore more passengers over the next decade.

Big Boost for the Travel Industry

Presently contributing 5% to the gross national product, India’s Union Budget 2025 will offer a many-pronged strategy for revitalizing its tourism sector. The government hopes this will be boosted to 9-12 percent to bring it in line with other nations. Achieving this aim will involve several important programs:

  • Enhancing last-mile connectivity
  • Expanding the UDAN scheme
  • Upgrading tourist destinations
  • Simplifying visa regulations
  • Improving hygiene standards

Apart from boosting the ranking of the nation among the top travel destinations of the planet, offering employment to a larger part of the population helps to improve both local and overseas tourism prospects.

Union Budget 2025 sets the stage for a stronger economy in India using better regional connectivity and access to vital services, thanks to all of these nationwide reforms.