Earlier, the Niti Aayog had sent a draft copy to all state chief secretaries for their comments and views on the policy in which the states will have to allot 50 beds in all 300-bed state-run hospitals to private players for the private-public partnership project in towns other than metropolitan cities.
According to the contract, the state has to sign a lease for 30 years over parts of district hospital buildings and also need to share their back-end services such as blood banks and ambulance services with the private players. Along with this, the state government could also provide part of funds to the private players in order ro set up new hospitals.
However, States like Tamil Nadu have rejected the scheme stating they have been able to provide quality care through the state health insurance scheme that covers 70% of the population at 10% of the health budget.