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Amartya Sen: Ayushman Bharat neglects primary healthcare, sector needs radical change

-The Indian Express

He said the government needs pursue health and education efforts in order to build opportunity for and capabilities of people.

Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen Wednesday said the idea that giving cash to people can help the economy grow misses out on the fact that real economy needs healthy and educated people who can drive growth. He said the government needs pursue health and education efforts in order to build opportunity for and capabilities of people.

The Ayushman Bharat scheme announced by the government does not help in boosting primary healthcare capabilities, he said, adding that both the BJP and UPA government had neglected primary healthcare. The new scheme aims at the wrong population and is not incentive compatible. He said the key is to boost immunity and health of infants and children through better dietary supplements at the primary healthcare level.

The government’s spending on health helps people get specialised care but only if they survive early dangers of life, Sen said. “What India needed was a radical change of primary healthcare,” he said at a panel discussion organised by publisher Orient BlackSwan during the launch of a book ‘A Quantum Leap in the Wrong Direction?’. With a bit of sarcasm, he criticised the governments’ penchant for policies aimed at producing ‘magic’ that can boost economy.

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