NEW DELHI : India's overall spending on the health sector is "low" and the situation must be "corrected", Niti Aayog member (Health) VK Paul said on Thursday.Emphasising that there is a need to request both the union and state governments to enhance spending on health, he said the COVID-19 experience will justify an increase in expenditure on health sector."India's overall spending on the health sector is low.
It has been coming from constrained resources... many many competing priorities. It is low and must be corrected," he said while addressing a virtual event organised by industry body CII.In 2018-19, India's spending on health sector was 1.5% of GDP, somewhat an improvement over the last decade, Paul said.While noting that "definitely.