India allocates $one.five bn for 'Modicare' health insurance
Fresh DELHI (Reuters) - India has allocated $one.54 bn for its ambitious health programme aimed at providing insurance cover for about half the inhabitance, the health minister said on Thursday, labeling it the largest such scheme in the world. Health Ministry officials said the Gov. has allocated hundred bn rupees ($one.54 bn) for the "National Health prevention Mission" for 2018/19 & 2019/20. It going to be the largest public funded health prevention scheme in the world," Health Minister J.P. Nadda said at a break news briefing. The measures are Modi's latest attempt to repair a public health system which faces a shortage of hospitals & doctors. continue, India spends just about one % of its GDP on public health, between the world's lowest, & the health ministry estimates such funding leads to "catastrophic" expenses which push seven % of the inhabitance into poverty each year.according to
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