Should Health be brought under Concurrent List

Like in most federal countries in the world, healthcare in India is listed as a State subject --- meaning that states are the primary agents tasked to deliver health-related services.

  • Under this arrangement, States are not vested with adequate financial powers to meet their expenditure responsibilities.
  • The central government makes specific-purpose transfers or grants on critical areas such as health and education. For example, the Union Government runs the National Rural Health Mission, one of the largest healthcare programmes in the country.
  • The Centre also plays a dominant role in the setting up and management of institutions, health infrastructure and policies.
  • It is the ....
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