India spends a little over one per cent of its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) on public healthcare -one of the lowest proportions in the world -- a sum the government is aiming to increase to 2.5 per cent by 2025.
Health sector offers employment to around 4% of the population.
The doctor-patient ratio in India is 1:1,700.
Health comes under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Provisions regarding public health are mentioned in Directive Principles of State Policy of the Indian Constitution.
100% FDI through automatic route is permitted for the hospitals sector.
Healthcare market in India is expected to reach ....
