Rs 3 per day: That's how much India spends for each Indian's health

Indians are the sixth biggest out-of-pocket (OOP) health spenders in the low-middle income group of 50 nations

The amount India spends on public health per capita every year is Rs 1,112, less than the cost of a single consultation at the country’s top private hospitals–or roughly the cost of a pizza at many hotels. That comes to Rs 93 per month or Rs 3 per day.

At 1.02 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP)–a figure which remained almost unchanged in nine years since 2009–India’s public health expenditure is amongst the lowest in the world, lower than most low-income countries which spend 1.4 per cent of their GDP on health, according to the