Advantage India
Strong
Demand
* The Indian healthcare market, which was valued at US$ 110 billion in FY16 is now projected to reach US$ 638 billion by FY25.
* The healthcare sector, as of FY24, is one of India’s largest employers, employing a total of 7.5 million people.
* The demand for Indian healthcare professionals is expected to double nationally and globally by FY30 due to a shortage of healthcare workers in India, where there are only 1.7 nurses per 1,000 people and a doctor-to-patient ratio of 1:1,500 nationwide.
Attractive
Opportunities
* India’s public expenditure on healthcare is expected to be 1.9 % of GDP in FY26, compared to 2.5% in FY25, as per the Economic Survey 2024-25.
* The Indian healthcare sector is witnessing unprecedented growth, with private equity and venture capital investments surpassing US$ 1 billion in the first five months of FY24, marking a 220% increase from the previous year.
Rising
Manpower
* Availability of a large pool of well-trained medical professionals in the country.
* India's healthcare workforce has already exceeded 6 million as of CY24. However, this represents only the beginning, as the sector is anticipated to experience substantial growth, with over 6.3 million additional jobs expected by CY30.
Policy and
government support
* The government has allocated Rs. 99,858 crore (US$ 11.50 billion) to the healthcare sector in the Union Budget 2025-26 for the development, maintenance, and enhancement of the country's healthcare system. This reflects a 9.78% increase from the previous allocation of Rs. 90,958 crore (US$ 10.47 billion) in FY25.
* The Indian government is planning to introduce a credit incentive programme worth Rs. 50,000 crore (US$ 6.8 billion) to boost the country’s healthcare infrastructure.
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited is a healthcare provider. It is engaged in offering healthcare services and operating standalone pharmacies. The company's segments include healthcare, pharmacy, and others. The healthcare segment consists of hospitals, hospital-based pharmacies, and projects and consultancy services. Its tertiary care hospitals provide care in over 50 specialties, including cardiac sciences, oncology, neurosciences, critical care, orthopaedics, radiology, gastroenterology, and transplant. The company also provides project consultancy services, health insurance services, education and training programs, and research services. It also operates birthing centres, day surgery centres and dental clinics.
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Thyrocare Technologies Limited
Thyrocare Technologies Limited is an India-based healthcare service provider. The company operates with a Centralized Processing Laboratory (CPL) in Mumbai, India for esoteric tests and regional processing laboratory in metro cities of India and other parts of Asia. The company offers technologies like Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA), Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Capillary Electrophoresis (CE), Ion Selective Electrode (ISE), Fluorescence Flow Cytometry, Nephelometry, Photometry, Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and Cytogenetics. The company offers cancer diagnosis and water testing through its brands, Nueclear and Whaters, respectively. The company tests cover varied age groups from offerings for prenatal screening to screening for hormonal imbalance, nutritional deficiencies and tracking lifestyle disorders.
Read MoreFortis Healthcare Limited
Fortis Healthcare Limited is an integrated healthcare delivery service provider. The company is engaged in establishing, maintaining, operating, running, managing, or administering hospitals, Medicare, healthcare, diagnostic, health aids and research centres. The company operates through the Clinical Establishments Division and the Medical Services Division. The Clinical Establishments Division owns, maintains, and operates clinical establishments (being fully air-conditioned institutions established, and specifically customized and duly fitted with all fixtures, fittings, certain medical equipment, and infrastructure required for running and operating the hospitals), as well as provides services under outpatient division and radio-diagnostic services. The Medical Services Division undertakes the business of running hospital operations, including in-patient services and emergency services. The company operates its healthcare delivery services in India, Dubai, and Sri Lanka.
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