International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR)

From Bhore Committee to National Health Policy of 2017: A Drive Towards Universal, Comprehensive and Basic Health Care in India

India’s journey towards “universal comprehensive primary health care” system marked by a series of landmark policy interventions and institutional reforms, which ranges from Bhore Committee Report of 1946 to National Health Policy (NHP) of 2017. The study seeks to analyse India’s major health policies and programs and to examine their collective role in shaping public health in the country. The study is analytical in nature and based on available secondary sources like books, journal articles, government reports, and newspapers etc. India, though has made some notable progress in health sector, especially in reducing IMR, MMR and in terms of life expectancy, yet, there is lot to be done to meet the global standard of health. In fact, India firstly needs to resolve all the problems with primary health care, and must accelerate health spending growth, ensure efficient allocation, and gradually raise expenditure to 5% of GDP, if really wants to achieve universal health coverage at al.