Poor still deprived of medical services: Naidu
India's poor are deprived of quality medical services despite 4% of the GDP being allocated towards the health sector, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said. He added India faces a deficit of 4 lakh medical professionals. Naidu further said a new health insurance policy for the poor will be launched on April 1, for which ₹1,500 crore has been allocated.