China and the US are two biggest suppliers of drugs to India, supplying mostly painkillers & diabetes drugs
Only 25% of hospitals, clinics and mental health professionals are in rural areas, where 70% of the population live.
Mortality from TB and pneumonia falls in India, more lives are lost to heart and pulmonary diseases.
India's will need to add 3.6 million hospital beds over the next 20 years to meet the needs of the growing population, PwC India estimate.
The concept of essential medicines has been adopted by many countries including India to meet healthcare needs of the majority of a population.
Annually around 500,000 people die of cancer in India and the WHO says the number is expected to rise.