Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said health and education are two areas where the private sector is welcome to make investments but the government needs to be dominant. He said, the total availability of health facilities is not upto what is required. In human resources the country has shown some improvement in the patient-doctor ratios but they are concentrated in urban areas only. Mr Ahluwalia said this at the 16th convocation function of the National Board of Examinations, NB in New Delhi<br/>In a message read out at the convocation, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad said, that there is an urgent need for more doctors and appealed to the medical practitioners to concentrate on rural areas.<br/>
News On AIR | April 5, 2010 9:06 PM
Health, education open for private sector but government's dominance to remain: Montek