Public health system in India has collapsed: Ramesh
Agencies: New Delhi, Nov 16 2012, 20:51 IST
that health would remain his top priority, Ramesh said improvement in hygiene and sanitation has led to improvement in infant mortality rates.
He emphasised that the state cannot abdicate its role in poverty alleviation.
The minister also noted that degradation of the environment contributed to poverty.
During the last 25-30 years, with accelerated economic growth and the pressure that economic growth has brought to bear on our natural resources, it has created this "new animal of ecological poverty that we have to now address," said Ramesh, a former Environment Minister.
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