The New National Health Policy (NHP),announced by the Federal Government of India this week holds great hopes for millions of common people for whom ailment issues perennially take heavy toll of their health and financial resources. Despite plethora of good intentioned programmes envisaged in the charted course,serious doubts linger atop the policy about availability of financial resources. The health Ministry proposes increase in the health expenditure to 2.5 per cent of the GDP against ,the existing level of 1.2 per cent of the GDP. The mute question which is baffling many that the bold initiative will be funded finally by them in form of a health cess. the Health minister J.P Nadda who looks quite enthusiastic about the policy has not made any case for such a cess,but the health sector drivers speculate that given talks of cess on tobacco cigarettes and ...