HEALTH FINANCE

Sept. 28, 2020

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that government is committed to increase the public healthcare spending from the existing 1.15 % of the GDP to 2.5 % by 2025.

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  • He added that the 15th Finance Commission’s high-level group on health has concurred that healthcare spending must be raised substantially in the next five years in view of the present pandemic.

  • Harsh Vardhan was answering questions posed by his social media interactors on the third episode of Sunday Samvaad.

  • Besides the present COVID crisis, these questions covered a multitude of queries concerning the medical infrastructure, the future of Public Health in India, India’s contribution to Climate Change Research and advancements in Meteorology.