Increase health spending to 2.5% of GDP, says 15th FC chairman N K Singh

Bats for a PPP model to address the deficit in health infrastructure

The Fifteenth Finance Commission (15th FC) Chairman, N K Singh, on Wednesday said the combined public sector spending on health should go up to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2024. The call comes as the Covid-19 pandemic continues 

to overwhelm the already-stretched health care infrastructure of the country and puts pressure on state governments that are at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19.

Singh said the recently submitted finance commission report outlines how the public private partnership (PPP) model can address the deficit in India’s health infrastructure.

“There is no doubt that public sector spending, both by the