Photo: MintThat rural India was to be the focus of Budget 2018 was expected, indeed urgently needed. To this end, the finance minister’s budget speech made all the right noises. Health insurance schemes are not new to India. Health insurance programmes that are not embedded in a health system reform effort are unlikely to achieve this. A new and evolving political statement, but one that is unlikely to improve Indians’ “ease of living”.

Source: Mint February 01, 2018 20:37 UTC