The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Health Policy 2017 which aims to increase public healthcare expenditure to 2.5 percent of GDP with more than two-thirds of those resources going towards primary healthcare. The policy is expected to reach healthcare to all corners of the country, particularly the underserved and underprivileged. The last national health policy was framed in 2002. “The policy envisages a time-bound implementation framework with clear deliverable and milestones to achieve the policy goals,” said Union heath minister JP Nadda, unveiling the National Health Policy in Lok Sabha today.

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