The NITI Aayog’s (National Institute for Transforming India) health division has observed glaring issues in healthcare with limited budget allocation. Disparity in healthcare exists across states and there is an excessive focus on vertical disease control programmes and inadequate attention to health system strengthening. Enormous challenges are facing the sector with limited funds. The government will need to look at maximizing returns from available financial resources and also increase investments in health, views the NITI Aayog health division.  India’s progress in health outcomes has been slower in comparison to other countries with comparable incomes and at a similar stage of development. For instance, infant mortality rate (IMR) in India has declined by 50 per cent from 1990 to 2012, while the decline in countries such as Bangladesh (67 per cent), Nepal (66 per cent) and Cambodia (60 per cent) has been steeper for the same period.

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