Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health.
Q4. Analyse how the growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is reshaping India’s public health priorities. Examine the policy and institutional measures required to strengthen prevention and control. (10 M)
Difficulty Level: Medium
Reference: TH
Why the question:
The rising share of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in India’s disease burden and the ongoing shift in public health governance from curative to preventive care, highlighted by recent ICMR–INDIAB findings.Key Demand of the question:
To analyse how the growing burden of NCDs is transforming India’s health priorities and to examine the institutional and policy measures required for their effective prevention and control.Structure of the Answer:
Introduction:
Briefly introduce the epidemiological shift in India’s health profile and its implications for governance.
Body:
- Explain how rising NCDs are reshaping public health priorities—focus on preventive care, economic burden, and integration with national programmes.
- Suggest institutional and policy measures—strengthening primary healthcare, inter-ministerial coordination, fiscal interventions, and digital health systems.
Conclusion:
Conclude with the need for a preventive, data-driven, and multi-sectoral health governance model to tackle NCDs sustainably.
