Modi catapults public health issues to political centre-stage

Its valuable, but it shouldn't distract from his government's actual performance far

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has catapulted public health issues into political arena like no other predecessor of his has in the recent past. The previous UPA government spread the National Rural Health Mission deep and kicked off the National Urban Health Mission over its 10 years along with several other health sector interventions. But as is his ability and style, Modi has made more out of his government’s  modest steps in the sector than UPA even tried to in 10 years.

Modi first injected a public health issue in his political campaigns when taking credit for setting prices for stents