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Stress on education, health for all

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI FEB. 27. The economic survey today has emphasised that if the country had to achieve the social goals of education and health for all, there was a need to scale down the subsidy to higher education and non-basic health facilities and recover costs in these public services from those who were in a position to pay. Observing that user charges would give a sound financial foundation for the production of health and education services and reduce the vulnerability of service delivery to public finances, the document has also called for a mix of public-private partnership in the provision of the services.

Noting that harnessing of private sector and NGOs for the actual production of the services would improve cost efficiency, it, however, reiterated the need for appropriate measures to ensure that delivery of health and education services was not denied to those who cannot pay such user charges.

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