Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has reiterated the the Narendra Modi government’s commitment to increase the expenditure on public health to 2.5 per cent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025.
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He added that the 15th Finance Commission’s high-level group on health has concurred that healthcare spending must be raised substantially in the next five years in view of the present pandemic.
Harsh Vardhan was answering questions posed by his social media interactors on the third episode of Sunday Samvaad.
Besides the present COVID crisis, these questions covered a multitude of queries concerning the medical infrastructure, the future of Public Health in India, India’s contribution to Climate Change Research and advancements in Meteorology.
