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Changes Made in the Public Healthcare Infrastructure in Rural and Tribal India in Modi 1.0 Regime
J. Cyril Kanmony
Article Number - 61A10270C806B | Vol. 2(7), pp. 66-77, November 2021 |
Received: 25 April 2021 | Accepted: 13 August 2021 | Published: 30 November 2021
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Abstract
The main scope of the
people living in rural and tribal areas for getting treatment for their
ailments is the public healthcare infrastructure available there. The three
pillars of the public healthcare sector are: Sub Centres (SCs), Primary Health
Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs). To highlight the changes
made in the public healthcare infrastructure in Modi 1.0 regime this article
made use of two reports on Rural Health Statistics – 2013-’14 and 2018-’19. It
is inferred from the data analysed, in comparison with 2014 in 2019, there is
an improvement in the number of SCs in position, the number of SCs and PHCs
with regular water supply, power supply and approach road and a decrease in the
number of PHCs without doctors, lab technicians and pharmacists in rural areas.
However, the shortfall of healthcare centres and the average rural population
covered by a healthcare centre increased between 2014 and 2019. There is also a
shortfall in other facilities such as operation theatre and labour room. The
number of CHCs functioning without specialist increased. The number of SCs
without health workers and PHCs without health assistants increased. This is
almost true to tribal areas also. All these mean that the public healthcare
infrastructure and the manpower position and other facilities available there,
experienced a negative change in Modi 1.0 regime. Hence it is necessary to undertake
some policy measures to improve healthcare facilities available in rural and
urban India. Keywords: Sub Centres, Primary
Health Centres, Community Health Centres, Public Healthcare, Tribal People.
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Authors
J. Cyril Kanmony
Professor Emeritus & Former HOD, PG & Research
Centre, Department of Economics, Scott Christian College (Autonomous),
Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Email:
[email protected]
How to Cite this Article
Kanmony, J. C. (2021). Changes Made in the Public Healthcare
Infrastructure in Rural and Tribal India in Modi 1.0 Regime. Journal of Research in Science and
Technology, 2(7), 66-77.
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