The health care sector in India is characterized by:
- a government sector that provides publicly financed and managed curative and preventive health services from primary to tertiary level, throughout the country and free of costs to the consumer (these account for about 18% of the overall health spending and 0.9% of the GDP)
- a fee-levying privat sector that plays a dominant role in the provision of individual curative care through ambulatory services and accounts for about 82% of the overall health expenditure and 4.2% of the GDP
The responsibility for health is at three levels. First, health is primarily a state responsibility. Second, the center is responsible for health services in union territories without a legislature and is also responsible for developing and monitoring national standards and regulations, linking the states with funding agencies, and sponsoring numerous schemes for implementation by state governments. Third, both the center and the states have a joint responsibility for programmes listed under the concurrent list. Goals and strategies for the public sector in health care are established through a consultative process involving all levels of government through the Central Council for Health and Family Welfare.
General information (estimation 2004)
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Population (mio)
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1065
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Population growth
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1.5%
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GDP (mia USD)
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605.6
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GDP growth
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5.9
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Budget Saldo
(% of GDP)
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5.3
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Contacts:
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health
A-Wing, Nirman Bhavan
New Delhi 110001, India
Phone: +91 (0)11 230 61 438
Phone: +91 (0)11 230 61 806 (Office of the Drugs Controller)
E-mail: dghs@nb.nic.in
Homepage: http://mohfw.nic.in/Swiss representations:Swiss Business Hub India
102 Maker Chambers IV
10th floor
222, Jamnalal Bajaj Marg
Nariman Point
Mumbai 400 021 / India
Phone: +91 (0)22 2288 45 63
Fax: +91 (0)22 2285 65 66
Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce
Service Secretariat SICC
c/o SOFI
Stauffacherstrasse 45
8026 Zurich
Phone: +41 (0)44 249 21 87
Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce
Madras India
Mr. R. Muthu, Honorary Representative
"The Grove", 224, T.T.K. Road
IN - Madras – 600 018
India
Phone: +91 (0)44 433 27
Fax. +91 (0)44 434 23 63
E-mail: muthurama@eth.net
Embassy of Switzerland
Nyaya Marg
Chanakyapuri
IN-New Delhi 110021
P.O. Box 392
IN-New Delhi 110001
Phone: +91 (0)11 26 87 83 72
Fax: +91 (0)11 26 87 30 93
E-mail: vertretung@ndh.rep.admin.chHomepage: http://www.eda.admin.ch/newdelhi
