Analyzing Rural Health Care Services in Select Villages and Hamlets Around Pune City with Special Reference to Government Hospitals and Schemes

Notwithstanding seven decades of Independence, India is yet to attain the goal of ‘Health for All’. Human development indices are still below acceptable marks. India has been ranked 130 out of 188 countries in the United Nations Development's 2016 Human Development Index. The country has not shown any significant results in the improvement of health care services, especially in rural areas. The aim and objectives of this paper is to study the state of rural health care services in the country with special focus on villages and hamlets around Pune and stress the need for necessary course corrections. The paper is unique as no comprehensive study has so far been undertaken to improve the rural health services around Pune City. As the Modi Government has launched the National Health Policy, the paper seeks to fill in the missing gaps in research and contribute to knowledge and development of health care in the countryside.