Impact of public expenditure on health and family welfare in Jammu and Kashmir (UT)

Abstract

Human capital, as characterized by good education and good health is an important determinant of economic growth. Health is the most important social service sector having direct correlation with the welfare of the human being. This sector assumes focus for reaping the demographic dividend having healthy productive workforce and general welfare of a UT. The (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir has performed relatively well in providing health and medical facilities to the people, but the level is still beneath the satisfaction. Among the various social services, health sector occupies an important position in the development of human resources. Up to the fourth plan, the broad objectives of health programme were to control and eradicate communicable diseases and to provide curative and preventive health services especially in the rural areas through the primary health centers on the base linked with referral hospital and by augmented training progrmmes of medical and para-medical personnel.