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Union Budget 2004-05 and the Health Sector

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  • Bhat Ramesh
  • Saha Somen

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The Union Budget 2004-05 of Government of India in some way marks a deviation from its preceding budgets in terms of its specific focus on social sector. The budget document is basic policy paper of the government and in some sense provides a mirror of government’s priorities. However, one basic question remains how to translate these policies into implementable plans and how to make sure that the government is able to deliver the planned development. Many times we focus on priorities and policies without giving due consideration to ground level realities and the policy pronouncements remain rhetoric. In some ways the recent budget has done the same with the health sector. There is probably lack of clarity on issues the health sector is facing. We aim at addressing some of these issues in context of health sector and describe how this year’s budget has missed the focus.

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  • Bhat Ramesh & Saha Somen, 2004. "Union Budget 2004-05 and the Health Sector," IIMA Working Papers WP2004-07-07, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
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    1. Bhat Ramesh & Jain Nishant, 2004. "Time series analysis of private healthcare expenditures GDP: cointegration results with structural breaks," IIMA Working Papers WP2004-05-10, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
    2. Bhat Ramesh & Jain Nishant, 2004. "Analysis of Public Expenditure on Health Using State Level Data," IIMA Working Papers WP2004-06-08, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
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    4. Bhat Ramesh & Maheshwari, Sunil Kumar & Saha Somen, 2004. "Treating HIV/AIDS patients in India with antiretroviral therapy: a management challenge," IIMA Working Papers WP2004-06-03, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
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