Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
4. The ”eSanjeevani” digital platform has enabled telemedicine services which have been successful in containing the spread of COVID while simultaneously enabling provisions for non-COVID essential healthcare. Critically analyze its performance. (250 words)
Reference: Live Mint
Why the question:
eSanjeevani, the government’s telemedicine platform, has achieved 1 million cumulative tele-consultations till December 2020.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the eSanjeevani, initiative of the government, its successes, its limitations and suggest steps for its improvement.
Directive:
Critically analyze – When asked to analyse, you have to examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them as a whole in a summary. When ‘critically’ is suffixed or prefixed to a directive, one needs to look at the good and bad of the topic and give a fair judgment.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving context of launch of eSanjeevini initiative and its usage till date.
Body:
In the first part, write about the positives of eSanjeevini. The large scale consultations, specialized healthcare services to masses in both rural areas and isolated communities, and surveillance and containment activities etc.
In the next part, write about limitations of the eSanjeevini, Availability of Doctors, Abuse of doctors -especially female doctors, limited specialized services, Access, Language barriers etc.
Suggest steps to overcome the same.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
