The industry has been seeking rebates on marketing activities for medical tourism, GST waivers on foreign patients’ flights, and hospital and hotel bills. The central government’s Heal in India initiative, expected to push India’s position as a hub for medical tourism, still awaits its launch.
Services exports are recording a healthy growth rate and going by this trend, the outbound shipments will cross $300 billion in 2022-23, and tapping global opportunities would help achieve one trillion dollars target by 2030, SEPC said on Sunday.