According to the National Health Accounts, 2017, 66 per cent of spending on healthcare is done by the states. Unsplash
The Union Finance Ministry on Friday pressed on the need for higher public spending on healthcare, its accessibility and affordability.
As health is a state subject in India, spending on healthcare by the states matters the most when examining government healthcare spendings, according to the Economic Survey 2020-21, which was presented in the Parliament on Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. According to the National Health Accounts, 2017, 66 per cent of spending on healthcare is done by the states.
In terms of healthcare budget, India ranks 179 out of 189 countries in prioritisation accorded to health in its government budgets. This is similar to donor-dependent countries such as Haiti and Sudan.
Economic Survey 2021 | Government schemes can help India achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
The Economic Survey 2020-21 also called for increased cohesion between the central and state governments, to achieve the targeted goals through effective implementation of the welfare programmes.
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Government welfare schemes can help India achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of reducing poverty, improving access to drinking water, sanitation and housing by 2030, said the
Seventeen SDGs, including elimination of poverty and hunger, universal access to drinkable water, sanitation, and healthcare, among others, were adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. The member nations were directed to attempt achieving them by 2030.
The Union Finance Ministry on Friday pressed on the need for higher public spending on healthcare, its accessibility and affordability. As health is a state subject in India, spending on healthcare by the states matters the most when examining government healthcare spendings, according to the Economic Survey 2020-21, which was presented in the Parliament on Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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According to the National Health Accounts, 2017, 66 per cent of spending on healthcare is done by the states.
In terms of healthcare budget, India ranks 179 out of 189 countries in prioritisation accorded to health in its government budgets. This is similar to donor-dependent countries such as Haiti and Sudan.
Inside Bloombergâs Covid Resilience Ranking
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January 25, 2021
(Bloomberg) Everyone is fighting the same coronavirus, but about a year into the pandemic, quality of life and control of the pathogenâs spread look vastly different across the world.
Bloombergâs Covid Resilience Ranking scores the largest 53 economies on their success at containing the virus with the least amount of social and economic disruption.
We considered many datasets, indicators and indexes produced by organizations around the globe and applied three fundamental criteria in whittling the list down to the 11 components that make up our Ranking:
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The beneficiary identification system like the National Health Authority’s (NHA) information technology platform has been customised to implement this scheme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday launch the AB- Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme for Jammu and Kashmir residents that will provide healthcare benefits to 21 lakh eligible people on the basis of the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011.
Officials said that those eligible will get the Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) as per the SECC 2011 database.
A senior government official quoted by news agency ANI said that with the launch of SEHAT, all Jammu and Kashmir residents, irrespective of their socio-economic status, will get covered the scheme.