The latest health data in 2021 has revealed that the rural population of India is projected to grow by 905 million by the end of 2022.
As technology is advancing, many health tech startups are working on a wide variety of solutions to make rural India healthy. The government’s endeavor to promote tech deployment, telehealth, and telemedicine is accelerating the growth of the healthcare sector. This ensures that rural areas have access to top-notch healthcare services.
To upscale the healthcare market and provide state-of-the-art healthcare facilities in rural areas, the Government has launched various schemes such as Ayushman Bharat Health, Infrastructure Mission, and Jan Arogya Yojana.
Further, the government has permitted 100% FDI under the automatic route to boost the development of hospitals. Investment in hospitals has been increased to meet the increasing demand for healthcare workers in the country. Private players in the health tech industry are also coming up with cost-effective, feasible, and scalable solutions and delivering the best healthcare services to the rural population. Thus, we can conclude that technological advances have made healthcare affordable and accessible to the rural population.
