Health Sector Reforms from Indian Perspective

Health is the most important socio-economic aspect of every individual‟s life. It is usually termed as “Health is wealth.” Health is not only a base towards a happy life of an individual, but also essential for creative activities in the economy. The entire developmental phase of a person depends upon his rational ability, snooping and practical thinking, but all these qualities depend on his good health. Hence, to meet these necessitates of the healthy citizens and society, health services are outcome for the government. Health of an individual can be considered as important social asset. Present paper attempts to check the role of Government in health sector reforms, to study the various Committees and Recommendations of health sector and to offer appropriate suggestions towards improvement of health sector in India. During independence, the Indian health care system was characterized by low level of public expenditure on health care, poor quality in health care services. Reforms in the health sector have better addressed the need for increasing public spending on health care, focus on preventative health care, ensuring greater access to BPL community, and significantly has improved the productivity of public expenditure. The paper has evaluated the introduction of many health programmes initiated from Bhore Committee of 1946 to Ayushman Bharat 2018, health policies in India have been formulated and revised timely.