India's health budget still in need of improvement, shows data

There is the problem of the current infrastructure being able to absorb higher levels of funding

The Department of Health Research (DHR) was created as a separate department under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2007. It became fully functional from November 2008 with the appointment of its first secretary. The aim of the DHR is to introduce modern health technologies to the people through research and innovations related to diagnosis, treatment methods, and vaccines for preventions.The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) comes under the overall ambit of the DHR.

However, funding to this crucial department has been erratic. India’s health research Budget is very small. The total health research Budget of the US