India, March 26 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced an allocation of Rs.19,291 crore for healthcare, focusing on expanding health and wellness centers, known as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, and signalling the integration of Delhi's health programs with those of the Centre.

Gupta also used her budget speech to criticise the previous government's refusal to implement the Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme, calling it an act of "stubbornness." She reiterated that the BJP-led Delhi government would provide an additional Rs.5 lakh in insurance coverage alongside the Rs.5 lakh already offered under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), effectively doubling health insurance benefits.

"It is proposed to allocate about Rs....