India Leads the World in Vaccine R&D and Health Tech Says Jitendra

India is presently a global healthcare innovation leader, a drug manufacturing hub, and a vaccine maker, Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Jitendra Singh stated at the Times Now Doctors Day Conclave 2025, presented by Lupin.

Emphasizing the role of the country in global healthcare, Singh said India has supplied more than 100 countries with vaccines through the Vaccine Maitri program. "In the days ahead, such collaborations will be instrumental in governing world health from India," he further asserted.

Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel outlined the Centre's vision for healthcare in the long term under India@100 to create a strong, integrated, and technology-enabled ecosystem by 2047. "Our vision is accessible and affordable healthcare to all our citizens, and the National Health Policy is a paradigm shift from disease-specific interventions to a comprehensive integrated approach on the basis of universal health coverage. This repositions the definition of health and wellbeing, and aligns India's ambitions with international priorities," she said.

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Other VVIPs present on the occasion were Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, Tripura Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu, and Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav.

Kataria pointed out the Centre's increasing focus on health, pointing out that the budget for healthcare had almost doubled, from Rs. 33,000 crore in 2014 to Rs. 99,000 crore in 2024 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nallu identified the initiative by the government to enhance access using telemedicine as an unbreakable instrument for providing affordable healthcare across the country.