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Health insurance is picking up slowly as a support to the development of
market for healthcare services in India. Several health insurance schemes are
available to the people from many service companies.
Education
Education is a critical input for the development of human resources. India,
with a population of over a billion, cannot a ord to ignore this area. e Gov-
ernment of India has been striving hard to promote education in the country
a er independence. Due to continuous e orts, the literacy rate, which was
only 18.33 per cent in 1951, rose to 65.4 per cent in 2001. Among males, the
literacy rate was 75.85 per cent and among females the literacy rate was 54.16
per cent at the end of 2001. ...