India Spends Only 4% of Budget on Health as Opposed to Recommended 15%: Survey

India stood at 155th position out of the 158 countries which were surveyed regarding 'annual expenditure on health', by Oxfam. Reportedly, India spends only 4% of it's budget on health, as opposed to the recommended 15%. "Just half of its population have access to even the most essential-health-services," as reported by Oxfam. However, the report revealed that the trend is similar in other South-Asian countries: Pakistan (4%), Nepal and Bangladesh (5%).