chandigarh even as the punjabs health budget has increased 11 the experts find it insufficient to improve the system because a long neglect of the rural hospitals has aggravated the ailmentthe state government proposes to overcome the shortage of staff infrastructure medicine and equipment out of rs4781crore budget finance minister harpal singh cheema kept only rs 39 crore for the special project of strengthening all secondary healthcare institutions which includes facelifting the hospitals while filling 363 posts of medical officer specialist and 470 of medical officer generalfor building trauma centres at amritsars government medical college and patialas rajendra hospital besides a nursing college at thikriwal village in barnala district the government has proposed to spend rs 100 crore cancer treatment and upgrading of drug management facilities will get rs 40 crore while rs 61 crore is proposed for running 24hour emergency services rs 17 crore for procurement of pet scan and spect ct machines for homi bhabha cancer centre and rs 16 crore for building seven maternal and child health mch wings and upgrading fivejan swasthya abhiyan national coconvener amulya nidhi said the allocated money is insufficient for the required improvements the budget has been a disappointment given that health is one of the focus areas of the aam aadmi party aap government social and health activist dr pyare lal garg said the proposals wont make any notable change to the health system12 hike for education the state government has allocated rs 17072 crore for school and higher education which is 12 higher than the previous year of this rs 2847 crore has been kept for school education rs 186 crore for higher education rs 103 crore for technical education rs 200 crore for schools of eminence rs 324 crore for upgrading infrastructure rs 456 crore for midday meal rs 100 crore for installation of solar panels in schools rs 90 crore for free books rs 60 crore for prematric scholarships for sc students rs 30 crore for punjab yuva udyami programme rs 25 crore for preprimary uniform rs 20 crore for staffs skill enhancement and rs 18 crore for prematric scholarship scheme for the obcs other backward classesthe higher education department gets money for professional training under two new schemes while rs 68 crore will go to the libraries rs 116 crore to rashtriya uchchattar shiksha abhiyan and rs 2 crore to malerkotlas urdu academy rs 63 crore to the industrial training institutes itis and rs 40 crore to industrial skill development programme