Healthcare Industries

Union Budget 2021: Healthcare likely to be top priority, COVID-19 pandemic highlighted its 'fragility', says survey

The Assocham-Primus Partners survey found that 67.3% of the respondents expect the allocation of a fund to 'modernise existing primary healthcare infrastructure'

Union Budget 2021: Govt should invest in clinical trials, enable policies to empower pharma sector

With poor historical spends on healthcare, there is an urgent need to raise the allocation substantially for health as a proportion of GDP

Union Budget 2021: Timely dissemination of vaccine, easy financial conditions may trigger growth in economy

With the near-term math upended by the pandemic, a realistic roadmap would be a timely guidepost to aid the Centre and states formulate their deficit and debt targets over the next 3-5 years.

Union Budget 2021: Healthcare should be accorded ‘National Priority’ status

It is crucial that the government provides appropriate fiscal incentives and creates a sustainable public policy to encourage investment in private healthcare infrastructure