The new estimate of USD 25 billion for a three-year extension of the flagship health programme , down from an initial figure of about USD 33 billion, comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushes a multi-pronged agenda to revamp health services. India's health ministry has trimmed its cost estimates for extending its main public health programme by 25 percent after criticism from a federal think-tank over inefficiency and slow progress.
The new estimate of USD 25 billion for a three-year extension of the flagship health programme, down from an initial figure of about USD 33 billion, comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushes a multi-pronged agenda to revamp health services. Planned reforms include streamlining spending and bureaucracy, slashing prices of life-saving drugs and medical devices, and nudging companies such as PepsiCo to make more healthy products.To extend the National…
