 "Dr K M Cherian, chairman and CEO, Frontier Lifeline Hospital")
The current budget is a good attempt for overall development of the country. However, as a senior healthcare professional in the country, I would have been happier to see some budget initiatives for promoting healthcare R&D.
Nearly 40 percent of global academic papers in bioscience and technology comes from Asia, led by China which is forecast to overtake the US as a producer of academic papers by 2020. In terms of PPP adjusted R&D spending, US leads the world with $ 473 billion (2.7 percent GDP PPP) followed by China, spending $ 409 billion (2.1 percent). The number of papers authored
