15th Finance Commission constitutes a high level group to examine strengths, weaknesses for enabling balanced expansion of health sector

The 15th Finance Commission has constituted a high level group to examine the strengths and weaknesses for enabling balanced expansion of health sector. The group headed by Director AIIMS, Dr. Randeep Guleria will have eminent experts of health sector. It will evaluate the existing regulatory framework in the sector and examine its strength and weaknesses for enabling a balanced yet faster expansion of the health sector keeping in view India’s demographic profile. The high level group will also suggest ways and means to optimize the use of existing financial resources and incentivise the state governments’ effort on fulfillment of well-defined health parameters. Besides, it will holistically examine best international practices and seek to benchmark the country’s frameworks to these practices for optimizing benefits.