While the annual Military budget is 18.6% of the total Indian budget, the healthcare budget is a paltry 3.4%. The Indian healthcare budget is one of the lowest among developing countries. (source: http://visualeconomics.creditloan.com/how-countries-spend-their-money/). Private organizations have tried to bridge that gap, but a Return-On-Investment business model has only increased the inequality i
n the HealthCare System.On the other hand, Private non-profit NGOs did splendid job in pockets of India, but most of these efforts are lacking in the following aspects – 1. Very localized and cannot be scaled across India, 2. Often implements a parallel healthcare system, thus competing with existing local healthcare delivery system and changing public healthcare behavior and 3. Being mostly donor (grant) funded, cannot sustain after a certain period of time, thus creating a void in the local healthcare after the grant period. We agree that, government should do more, but government cannot do all alone. A collaborative business model is the need-of-the-hour between government and socially motivated private organizations. We, the Mission Arogya team in collaboration with R3G Foundation Inc will operate as a non-profit to strengthen and enhance the existing Healthcare delivery system in urban and rural India to enable all citizens to take control of their health, irrespective of their economic and social status.
