Impact of health in Economic Development of Chhattisgarh State

In the 21st century, world is heading towards development in different dimensions, especially in the field of Science and technology. In the run of development, standard of living also changes around the globe. On one hand human beings enjoy these developments, on other hand they actually they pay for it. It is their health. Now a days health is going to be a serious issue all over the globe to worry. Basically, it effects under developed and developing countries a lot. Recently many researches show that technological development and globalization also shares ample of health problems to its citizens. Some are incurable and new kinds of diseases came to light which effect the maximum population. These health problems have a great impact on the individuals’ economic condition which ultimately effect the nation’s development. The present research paper is factually a discussion paper, based on secondary data from national and state resources which discusses on the health issue and their impact on economic development of Chhattisgarh state. Chhattisgarh is a state with dense forest cover and many of these areas are conflict-affected, under-served areas are more where doctors are not available to work and lack of adequacy in other staff also. Government has been taking all possible steps to eradicate the problem by implementing health programs and planning. It is an attempt to know the impact of health on economic development, discussion of the problem and its solution as well. This paper analyses current health status affecting economic development of state and its consequences on future which is going to take the shape of a burning issue in the coming future.