Introduction: The Idea of Universal Healthcare: Its Passage Through Time Part I Ideas, Concepts, History and Practice of UHC in India 1. Universal Health Coverage: The Trojan Horse of Neoliberal Policies Imrana Qadeer 2. Universal Healthcare and Health Assurance Through Healthcare Industry and Market Mechanisms: Evidence Versus Ideology Indira Chakravarthi 3. National Health Policy 2015: Growth Fundamentalism Driving Universal Health Coverage Agenda? Indranil Mukhopadhyay 4. Interrogating the Proposed Universal Healthcare in India Through a 'Quality' Lens Prachinkumar Ghodajkar 5. Growth of Private Medical Colleges in Maharashtra and Its Implications for Universal Healthcare Archana Diwate Part II Evidences and Experiences of Public Private Partnerships and Health Insurance Schemes 6. A Critical Look at Public Private Partnership for Health Services in Karnataka Sylvia Karpagam, Akhila Vasan, Elangovan Gajraj, Bijoya Roy and Imrana Qadeer 7. Role of Public Private Partnerships in Ensuring Universal Healthcare for India Bijoya Roy 8. Unaccountable Deaths and Damages: An Analysis of Socio-Legal Implications of Sterilisation Camp Deaths in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh P.M. Arathi 9. Universal Healthcare and Universalising Health Insurance: Examining the Binary Through the RSBY/MSBY in ChhattisgarhRajib Dasgupta, Sulakshana Nandi, Kanica Kanungo, Madhurima Nundy, Ganapathy Murugan, Samir Garg, Dipa Sinha, Sangeeta Sahu and Reeti Mahobe 10. Aarogyasri Scheme in Andhra Pradesh, India: Some Critical Reflections Sunita Reddy and Immaculate Mary Part III Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Critique of Policies and Practices 11. Developments in India's Domestic Pharmaceutical Sector and Implications for Universal Healthcare in India Biswajit Dhar and Reji K. Joseph 12. Vaccine Policy of the Government of India: Driven and Controlled by Vested Interests? Jacob Puliyel 13. Availability and Access to Medicines: Some Issues in Pricing S. Srinivasan and Malini Aisola 14. Vaccines and Vaccine Policy for Universal Healthcare Y. Madhavi 15. Drugs and Vaccines in Healthcare: Problems and Possibilities Pushpa M. Bhargava Part IV Missing Links in the Debate 16. The Elusive Development: Poverty, Inequality and Vulnerability K.B. Saxena 17. Water Governance and Supply in Urban Areas Dunu Roy, Vasudha Akshintala and Ruchika Sharma 18. Challenges of Reclaiming the Public Health System: Experiences of Community-Based Monitoring and Planning in Maharashtra Abhay Shukla and P.M. Arathi 19. Constrained by Purchasing Power: The Story of Calorie Intake in India Post-Liberalisation Sourindra Mohan Ghosh |