Health Equity in India: Strategies to Bridge the Gap in Healthcare Access Across Urban and Rural Areas
By- Colonel Hemraj Singh Parmar, Co-Founder, AyushPay
In the recently concluded budgetary session, the government allocated Rs 99,858.56 crore for the country’s healthcare system, a 9.78% increase from Rs 90,958.63 crore in FY25. The government also allocated Rs 2,445 crore for PLI for the pharmaceutical industry. Of the Rs 99,858.56 crore allocation, Rs 95,957.87 crore was earmarked for the Department of Health and Family Welfare, and Rs 3,900.69 crore to the Department of Health Research.
The government of India (GoI) wishes to bring the budgetary allocation to 2.5% of the country’s GDP from the current abysmal allocation of 1.9%. The global average is 8-10%, and that of the USA alone is more than 20% of their $31 trillion GDP – this is more than the entire GDP of India (~$ 4 trillion).
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