A SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES IN VIJAYAPURA DISTRICT

Book excerpt: 1.1 Introduction: Over the years plan priorities have changed. In the beginning, they were growth-centric. Now, these have become human-centric. Human development is accorded a prime place; it depends upon Education, Health, and Sanitation. To achieve economic development, human development is most essential, but still, around 270 million i.e. 21.9 percent of people in India are unable to afford major health care facilities and services at the market price. So, Government of India and respective State Governments have made special efforts to solve this problem through the means of government Healthcare Schemes with government funding and Public Private Partnership, to improve Life expectancy and to minimize health related issues like Infant Mortality Rate, Neonatal Mortality Rate, and Maternal Mortality Rate and also to boost the productivity of people to work more and earn more for attaining economic development and growth to build a strong nation.