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• India is well on the path to have one doctor per thousand population by 2024, which is World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended doctor to population ratio and is increasing the number of beds from 11 lakh to 22 lakhs : Member, NITI Aayog

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• As of last survey in 2020, The doctor-population ratio in India is 1:1456.
• This is against the WHO recommendation of 1:1000. 

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1744052