Economic Survey 2020-21 report.Following the Covid-19 pandemic, a key portfolio decision that healthcare policy must make is about the relative importance placed on communicable versus non-communicable diseases (NCDs), stated the survey authored by chief economic advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian.Also Read | Covid vaccination faces slow start“As the next health crisis could possibly be drastically different from Covid-19, the focus must be on building the healthcare system generally rather than a specific focus on communicable diseases," the economic survey report said.The report highlighted that 71% of global deaths and about 65% of deaths in India are caused by NCDs.