2021, Vol. 4, Issue 2

Good health is a key to human happiness. This social well-being encourages human beings to act efficiently and have a sense of accomplishment. Therefore, investment in healthcare facilities is a valuable investment and has implications in the economic development of any country. So, every nation has given due importance to the health care infrastructure and has started to invest heavily to improve the public health system. India is showing its commitments to provide accessible, affordable and equitable quality of health care facilities to the marginalized and underprivileged section of the society. But India has smudged picture in health care facilities at the international stage characterized by poor quality of services, high cost of medical services, high infant mortality rate, and no check on communicable diseases, poor sanitation, malnutrition, female health issues and no access to safe drinking water. So, the present study is a miniature effort to study the health development in India with special reference to Haryana. For in depth analysis, inter-district variations are analyzed with the help of health development composite index (HDI). The research resulted that Jhajjar district has better health care infrastructure in terms of a greater number of hospitals per lakh of population, birth rate, number of doctors per lakh population & number of PHCs and CHCs per lakh of population followed by Panchkula and Rohtak. While Kaithal, Fatehabad and Nuh districts are lagged far behind in health care facilities and categorized as highly backward districts.