DIGITAL & TRENDS

Digital health in India

 Table of Contents

01 Overview 04 Telemedicine and eHealth

Growth trend in Indian healthcare sector 2008-2022 04 Use of telemedicine among consumers in India 2022, by level of usage 23
India's public expenditure on health as a share of GDP FY 2010-2018 05 Use of health and wellness apps among Indians in 2022, by level of usage 24
Budget allocation to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India FY 2021-2022 06 Consumer views on health and sustainability in India 2022, by level of usage 25
Expected direct jobs in Indian's healthcare sector 2017-2022, by type 07 Grievances resolved under PM-JAY in India 2020-2021 26
Government health expenditure in India 2021-2023, by major head 08 Number of teleconsultation conducted through eSajeevani in India 2021-2022 27
Healthcare funding in India 2019-2021 09 Number of patients and provides on eSanjeevani platform in India 2022 28
Value of funding in healthtech startups across India 2021, by sector 10
05 Emerging technologies
02 Key driver - Connectivity AI market share India 2021, by industry 30
Mobile data traffic per device in India 2019-2027 12 Deep-tech startup ecosystem in India 2021 31
Market of used smartphone in India FY 2016-2026, by sales channel 13 Share of deep-tech startups India 2021, by location 32
Total number of internet connections in India FY 2015-2022, by location 14 AI adoption rate by Indian companies 2022 33
Internet penetration rate in India 2007-2021 15 Number of open innovation ecosystems setup in India 2022, by program 34

03 Hospitals 06 Ayushman Bharat

Share of hospitals empanelled under PM-JAY in India 2020-2021, by type 17 Allocation for project Ayushman Bharat India 2021-2022 36
Share of patients hospitalised under PM-JAY in India 2020-2021, by type 18 Share of Ayushman Bharat health accounts created India 2022, by gender 37
Public opinion on services of PM-JAY in India 2020-2021 19 Share of Ayushman Bharat health accounts created India 2022, by age 38
Hospital treatment costs in outpatient care India 2019, by sector and disease type 20 Number of Ayushman Bharath Health and wellness centers operating in India 2018-2022 39
Public opinion on empanelled hospital in India 2020-2021, by satisfaction level 21

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07 Healthtech startups
Tech startup investments in India 2022 41
Value of funding in healthtech startups across India 2014-2021 42
Number of healthtech startups in Indian ecosystem 2021 43
Distribution of deep tech startups in India 2021, by sector 44

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CHAPTER 01

Overview
 Growth trend in Indian healthcare sector from 2008 to 2017, with a forecast for 2020
and 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Growth trend in Indian healthcare sector 2008-2022

400

350
Growth trend in billion U.S. dollars

300

250

200

150

100

50

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020* 2022*

4 Description: the There was a rapid growth in the Indian healthcare sector over the last few years. In 2022, the healthcare sector is forecasted to grow to 373 billion U.S. dollars. The compound annual growth rate of the healthcare sector between 2008 and 2022
was noted to be 16.28 percent. Read more
Note(s): India; 2008 to 2017; *Forecasts Data for 2013 is not available. Read more
Source(s): NITI Aayog
 Public health expenditure as a share of India's GDP from financial year 2010 to 2018
India's public expenditure on health as a share of GDP FY 2010-2018

1.6%

1.4% 1.35%
1.28%

1.2% 1.17%
1.12% 1.1% 1.09%
1.07%
1% 1.02%
0.98%
1.0%
Share of GDP

0.8%

0.6%

0.4%

0.2%

0.0%
FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019

5 Description: According to the budget estimates for fiscal year 2019, about 1.28 percent of India's GDP was spent on public health. This was a slight decrease compared to the previous fiscal year when about 1.35 percent of the GDP was spent on healthcare.
Read more
Note(s): India; FY 2010 to FY 2019
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
 Government budget allocation to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India from
financial year 2021 to 2023 (in billion Indian rupees)
Budget allocation to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India FY 2021-2022

900
829.21 830
800 775.69
Budget allocation in billion Indian rupees

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0
FY 2021 FY 2022* FY 2023**

6 Description: In financial year 2021, the government of India allocated approximately 775 billion Indian rupees to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the Union Budget. It is expected to increase to 830 billion Indian rupees in fiscal year 2023 as per the
budget estimates. Read more
Note(s): India; FY 2021 to FY 2023; * 2022 - revised estimates**2023 - budget estimates India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2021 started in April 2020 and ended in March 2021. One Indian rupee is equal to [...] Read more
Source(s): Ministry of Finance (India); Various sources (PRS legislative research, Ministry of Finance (India))
 Expected direct job opportunities in India's healthcare sector in 2017 and 2022, by
type (in thousand)
Expected direct jobs in Indian's healthcare sector 2017-2022, by type

2017 2022

4,000

3,000

2,000

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Number of jobs

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7 Description: In 2022, the Indian healthcare sector was expected to add over 7.4 million direct jobs. Over 3000 thousand nurses and midwives were expected to be employed by the healthcare sector. Since the healthcare sector employs a large number of women, it
was expected to have a positive impact on India's female labor force participation rate. Read more
Note(s): India; 2017 and 2022
Source(s): NITI Aayog
 Government health expenditure in India from 2021 to 2022 with estimates for 2023,
by major head (in billion Indian rupees)
Government health expenditure in India 2021-2023, by major head

2021 2022* 2023**

National health mission 370.8 344.47 370

AIIMS, ICMR, CGHS and other autonomous and statutory 121.97 139.79 152
bodies

COVID-19 119.41 165.45 2.26

Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana 68.4 74 100

Others 66.79 67.35 84.09

National AIDS & STD control programme 28.15 23.5 26.23

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana 26.81 31.99 64.12

Family welfare schemes 4.62 3.06 4.84

Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure 10.4 58.46

Mission

8 Description: In financial year 2021, the government health expenditure in India stood at approximately 807 billion Indian rupees. About 370 billion Indian rupees were spent on the National Health Mission. Health expenditure is expected to increase to 862 billion
Indian rupees in fiscal year 2023 as per the budget estimates. Read more
Note(s): India; 2021-2022; * 2022 - revised estimates **2023 - budget estimates AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences ICMR- Indian Council of Medical Research CGHS- Central Government Health Scheme One Indian rupee is equal to 0.012 [...] Read more
Source(s): Various sources (Union Budget (India), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India), PRS Legislative Research)
 Healthcare funding in India as of 2019 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Healthcare funding in India 2019-2021

Funding in billion U.S. dollars

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

2019 92

2021 96

9 Description: In 2021, healthcare funding in India amounted to 96 billion U.S. dollars. This was an increase compared to the year 2019, in which the amount of health care funding amounted to 92 billion U.S. dollars. Read more
Note(s): India; 2019-2021
Source(s): NASSCOM (India)
 Value of funding received by healthtech startups across India in 2021, by sector (in
million U.S. dollars)
Value of funding in healthtech startups across India 2021, by sector

Funding in million U.S. dollars in $

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Online Pharmacy 726$

Healthcare analytics 454$

Fitness & Wellness 422$

Medtech 256$

Personal Health management 172$

Telemedicine 132.5$

Others 38$

10 Description: In 2021, the Indian healthtechpharmacies ecosystem received a total of 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in investment. The online pharmacy received about 726 million U.S. dollars of the total funding.The value of startup funding in healthcare increased in the
wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more
Note(s): India; 2021
Source(s): Inc42
CHAPTER 02

Key driver - Connectivity

 Mobile data traffic per device in India from 2019 to 2021, with forecasts up to 2027 (in
gigabytes per month)
Mobile data traffic per device in India 2019-2027

60

49.61
50

42.48

40
Gigabytes per month

35.73

30.15
30
25.35
21.44
20.06
20
14.64
13

10

0
2019 2020 2021 2022* 2023* 2024* 2025* 2026* 2027*

12 Description: The Indian mobile data traffic reached 20 gigabytes per month per device in 2021, and it was estimated to increase to over 49 gigabytes in 2027. The mobile data traffic was accelerated by rapid adoption of 4G network and the need to work from
home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Note(s): India; 2019 to 2021; *forecast
Source(s): Ericsson
 Market of used smartphone in India between financial year 2016 and 2021, with an
estimate for 2026, by sales channel (in billion U.S. dollars)
Market of used smartphone in India FY 2016-2026, by sales channel

Organized channel Unorganized channel

120%

100%

80%
Share of market

60% 75%
90%
97%

40%

20%
25%
10%
0% 3%
FY 2016 FY 2021 FY 2026*

13 Description: In financial year 2021, India's used smartphone market reached five billion U.S. dollars, of which 90 percent went through unorganized channel. The same year, Indian customers purchased over 15 billion dollars worth of new smartphones online. It
was estimated that in 2026 the market will be doubled in the size. Read more
Note(s): India; FY 2016 and FY 2021; *estimates
Source(s): Redseer
 Number of internet connections in rural and urban areas of India from financial year
2015 to 2022 (in millions)
Total number of internet connections in India FY 2015-2022, by location

Rural Urban

600

502.53 497.69
500
Total internet connections in millions

457.24
409.72
400
348.13 336.6
322.77
300 285.68 285.98

230.71 227.01
194.77
200
136.52 145.83
107.56 111.95
100

0
FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022*

14 Description: In financial year 2022, the total number of internet connections in India reached 834.29 million. Thereby the connectivity has almost tripled since 2015, in comparison to 302.33 million connections. Although around 70% of India's population is living in
rural areas the number of connections remains higher in urban areas compared to rural areas. In 2022, there were 497.69 million connections in urban areas and 336.6 million connections in rural areas. Read more
Note(s): India; FY 2015 to FY 2022; *until the 2nd quarter
Source(s): Department of Telecommunications (India); TRAI
 Internet penetration rate in India from 2007 to 2021
Internet penetration rate in India 2007-2021

60%

50%
50% 47%
45%
Internet penetration rate

40% 38.02%
34.8% 34.4%

30% 27%

20% 18%
15.1%
12.6%
10.1%
10% 7.5%
4% 4.4% 5.1%

0%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

15 Description: Internet penetration rate in India went up to nearly around 47 percent in 2021, from just about four percent in 2007. Although these figures seem relatively low, it meant that nearly half of the population of 1.37 billion people had access to internet
that year. This also ranked the country second in the world in terms of active internet users. Read more
Note(s): India; 2007 to 2021; not sourced from social media platforms.
Source(s): DataReportal; Hootsuite; We Are Social
CHAPTER 03

Hospitals
 Share of hospitals empanelled under PM-JAY in India between 2020 and 2021, by type
Share of hospitals empanelled under PM-JAY in India 2020-2021, by type

60%

53%

50% 47%

40%
Share of hospitals

30%

20%

10%

0%
Private Public

17 Description: During 2020-2021, over 26 thousand hospitals in India were empanelled under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Public hospitals accounted for 53 percent of the total empanelled hospitals. PM-JAY is the largest health insurance scheme in
the world. Read more
Note(s): India; 2020 to 2021
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India) (National Health Authority)
 Share of patients hospitalised under PM-JAY in India between 2020 and 2021, by type
Share of patients hospitalised under PM-JAY in India 2020-2021, by type

60%
55%

50%
45%

40%
Share of patients

30%

20%

10%

0%
Public Private

18 Description: During 2020-2021, about 21 million patients across India were hospitalised under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Patients hospitalised in private hospitals accounted for 55 percent of the total share. PM-JAY provides a cover of 500
thousand Indian rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care across public and private empanelled hospitals in India. Read more
Note(s): India; 2020 to 2021
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India) (National Health Authority)
 Public opinion on services of PM-JAY in India between 2020 and 2021
Public opinion on services of PM-JAY in India 2020-2021

Share of respondents
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Beneficiaries have great experience on PM-JAY scheme 97%

Beneficiaries haven't paid any money to the hospital 97%

Beneficiaries satisfied with PM-AM 94%

Beneficiaries have received post discharge medicine 82%

19 Description: According to a survey conducted between 2020 and 2021, 97 percent of the beneficiaries had great experience on Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) scheme. About 82 percent of respondents reported to having received post discharge
medication. PM-JAY is the largest health insurance scheme in the world fully funded by the government of India. Read more
Note(s): India; September 2020 to July 2021; 1.66 million respondents
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India) (National Health Authority)
 Treatment costs in outpatient hospital care in public and private sector as of
November 2019 in India, by disease type (in Indian rupees)
Hospital treatment costs in outpatient care India 2019, by sector and disease type

Cost of treatment in Indian rupees

Public Private

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000
Cancers
TB/Filer/Titanus
Injuries
Gento-Urinary
Obstetric
Mental/Neuro
Others
Muscle/Skeleton
Eye/Ear
Vectorborne
Gastro
Total
Cardio
Respiratory

20 Description: As of 2019, cancer treatment in outpatient care of private sector hospitals cost around five thousand Indian rupees across India. By contrast, in public sector hospitals the cost was around 2.6 thousand in that time period. Read more
Note(s): India; as of November 2019
Source(s): Ministry of Finance (India); MOSPI
 Public opinion on empanelled hospital experience in India between 2020 and 2021,
by satisfaction level
Public opinion on empanelled hospital in India 2020-2021, by satisfaction level

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Very good 57.9%

Good 38.4%

Satisfactory 3.3%

Poor 0.3%

Very poor 0.2%

21 Description: According to a survey conducted between 2020 and 2021, over 57 percent of the beneficiaries had very good experience in hospitals empanelled under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) scheme. About 3.3 percent of respondents reported
their experience to be satisfactory. PM-JAY is the largest health assurance scheme in the world fully funded by the government. Read more
Note(s): India; September 2020 to July 2021; 1.66 million respondents
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
CHAPTER 04

Telemedicine and eHealth

 Use of telemedicine among consumers in India as of August 2022, by level of usage
Use of telemedicine among consumers in India 2022, by level of usage

Just started using Using less Using same Using more

120%

100%

80% 38% 35%

Share of respondents

60%

33%
35%
40%

5%
5%
20%
22% 27%

0%
Telemedicine for physical health care Telemedicine for mental health care

23 Description: According to a survey conducted in August 2022, Indian consumers saw an increase in the usage of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 22 percent of the respondents started using telemedicine for physical health, while 33 percent
started using telemedicine for mental health during the pandemic. Read more
Note(s): India; August 19 to 26, 2022; 1,125 respondents; 18 years and older
Source(s): McKinsey
 Use of health and wellness apps among Indians as of August 2022, by level of usage
Use of health and wellness apps among Indians in 2022, by level of usage

Just started using Using less Using same Using more

120%

100%

27%
36%
80% 40%
Share of respondents

60%
38%
36%
40% 36%
6%
5%
20% 3%
30%
24% 21%

0%
Online personal training, fitness Wellness apps Digital workout bike

24 Description: According to a survey conducted in August 2022, Indian consumers had increased using health and wellness apps during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 21 percent of the respondents started using wellness apps, while 40 percent reported to using
more during the pandemic. Read more
Note(s): India; August 19 to 26, 2022; 1,125 respondents; 18 years and older
Source(s): McKinsey
 Consumer views on health and sustainability in India as of August 2022, by level of
usage
Consumer views on health and sustainability in India 2022, by level of usage

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Focus on health 61%

Willingness to pay additional premium 41%

Sustainable and environmentally friendly brands 35%

Purpose driven brands 26%

25 Description: According to a survey conducted in August 2022, awareness among Indian consumers on health and sustainability had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 35 percent of the respondents were willing to switch to more sustainable and
environmental friendly brands, while 44 percent were ready to pay the additional premium on sustainable brands. Read more
Note(s): India; August 19 to 26, 2022; 1,125 respondents; 18 years and older
Source(s): McKinsey
 Grievances resolved through online monitoring systems under PM-JAY in India
between 2020 and 2021
Grievances resolved under PM-JAY in India 2020-2021

120%

100% 96%
88%
Share of grievances resolved

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%
CGRMS* CPGRAMS**

26 Description: From September 2020 to July 2021, about eight thousand grievances were registered under the CGRMS portal, wherein 88 percent of the grievances were resolved on the portal. On the other hand, over one thousand grievances were registered on
CPGRAMS portal, and 96 percent of the grievances were resolved. Read more
Note(s): India; September 2020 to July 2021; *CGRMS: Central Grievance Redressal Management System **CPGRMS: Centralized Public Grievance Redressal Monitoring System. Read more
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India) (National Health Authority)
 Number of teleconsultations conducted through eSanjeevani in India from March
2021 to March 2022 (in 1,000s)
Number of teleconsultation conducted through eSajeevani in India 2021-2022

4,000

3,500 3,345.6
3,186.23
Number of teleconsultation in thousands

3,000 2,786.35
2,475.28
2,500
2,212.69

2,000 1,903.09 1,875.88

1,428.77
1,500
1,067.77
1,000 769.95
600.09 629.47
505.82
500

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2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
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27 Description: In March 2022, over 3.3 million teleconsultations were conducted through eSanjeevani portal. There was a steady increase in teleconsultation since March 2021. About 23.4 million teleconsultations were conducted across various Ayushman Bharath
Health and Wellness Centers in India. Read more
Note(s): India; March 2021 to March 2022
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
 Number of patients and provides on eSanjeevani platform in India as of October 2022
(in million)
Number of patients and provides on eSanjeevani platform in India 2022

80

70 68.6

60

50
Number in million

40

30

20

10

0.21
0
Providers onboarded Patients served

28 Description: As of October 2022, there were over 200 thousand healthcare service providers on the eSanjeevani portal. It served over 68 million patients across India. eSanjeevani is a telemedicine technology deployed by the government under the Ayushman
Bharath scheme. Read more
Note(s): India; October 2022
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
CHAPTER 05

Emerging technologies
 AI market share in India in 2021, by industry
AI market share India 2021, by industry

AI market share
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

IT services 51.8%

Technology 20%

BFSI 6%

Retail 5.8%

Engineering 5%

Pharma and Healthcare 1.9%

Energy, mining and Metals 1.5%

Telecom 1.5%

Other sectors 4.6%

30 Description: The AI market share of the IT services industry in India reached 51.8 percent in 2021. Artificial intelligence has been responsible for drastic changes in the technology sector where it can greatly improve productivity through process simplification and
automation. It is also an integral part and one of the fundamental bases of Industry 4.0. In several developed countries, AI could potentially maximize labor productivity by more than 30 percent in the next 15 years. Read more
Note(s): India; 2021
Source(s): Analytics India Magazine
 Deep-tech startup ecosystem in India as of 2021
Deep-tech startup ecosystem in India 2021

78%
80%

60%

40% 28%
Sh are o f deep-tech startu ps

20% 12%

0%

31 Description: In 2021, over 75 percent of deep-tech start-ups had a B2B business model. By contrast, during the same year, 28 percent of AI-based deep-tech startups had a convergence with other technologies. Read more
Note(s): India; 2021
Source(s): NASSCOM (India)
 Share of deep-tech startups in India as of 2021, by location
Share of deep-tech startups India 2021, by location

45%
40%
40%

35%
Share of deep-tech startups

30%
30%

25%
20%
20%

15%
12%

10%

5%

0%
Others Bengaluru Delhi Mumbai

32 Description: In 2021, 30 percent of deep-tech startups were located in Bengaluru. In contrast, 20 percent of the deep-tech startups were located in Delhi while only 12 were located in Mumbai during the same time period Read more
Note(s): India; 2021
Source(s): NASSCOM (India)
 AI adoption rate by Indian companies as of April 2022
AI adoption rate by Indian companies 2022

60% 57%

50%

40%
Adoption rate

30% 27%

20%

10%

0%
Exploring AI Deployed AI

33 Description: According to a survey conducted in 2022, 57 percent of companies in India had deployed AI in their business. By contrast, only 27 percent of the companies were exploring AI as a future possibility. AI adoption rate was higher among larger companies
in comparison to smaller ones. Read more
Note(s): India; March 30 to April 12, 2022; Representative sample of 500 business decision makers
Source(s): IBM
 Number of open innovation ecosystems setup in India in 2022, by program
Number of open innovation ecosystems setup in India 2022, by program

Number of open innovation ecosystems

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Academic institutions 360

Government 85

Large MNCs 80

Investors 55

34 Description: As of 2022, academic institutions across India had setup over 360 open innovation ecosystems. Similarly, government and large MNCs setup over 80 open innovation programs. Types of open innovation programs offered are incubators, accelerators
and partner programs. Read more
Note(s): India; 2022
Source(s): NASSCOM (India)
CHAPTER 06

Ayushman Bharat
 Allocation for project Ayushman Bharat in India as of 2021 to 2022 (in billion Indian
rupees)
Allocation for project Ayushman Bharat India 2021-2022

70
64
Government allocation in billion indian rupees

60

50

40

30

19
20

10

0
Allocations for Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) Allocation for health and wellness centres (HWCs)

36 Description: In the financial year 2020 to 2021, the government of India allocated over six billion Indian rupees for Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana initiative under the Ayushman Bharat project. Moreover, in the same year the government of India also allocated
close to two billion Indian rupees for the health and wellness centers under the Ayushman Bharat project. Read more
Note(s): India; 2021 to 2022
Source(s): CPR
 Share of Ayushman Bharat health accounts created in India as of November 2022, by
gender
Share of Ayushman Bharat health accounts created India 2022, by gender

Others 0.02%

Female 47.61%
Male 52.37%

37 Description: In the year 2022, approximately 52 percent Ayushman Bharat health accounts were created for men in India. Comparatively, 47 percent of the health accounts created under the Ayushman Bharat project were created for women. Read more
Note(s): India; November 2022
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
 Share of Ayushman Bharat health accounts created in India as of November 2022, by
age
Share of Ayushman Bharat health accounts created India 2022, by age

0-6 years 0.99%

60 years or more 12.1% 7-18 years 8.56%

46-60 years 20.35%

19-45 years 58%

38 Description: The statistic shows that in the year 2022, 58 percent of Ayushman Bharat health accounts were created for people aged between 19 to 45 years old in India. In contrast, approximately 20 percent of the health accounts created under the Ayushman
Bharat project were created for peopled aged between 40 to 60 years old. Read more
Note(s): India; November 2022
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
 Number of Ayushman Bharath Health and Wellness Centers (AB-HWCs) operating in
India from 2018 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
Number of Ayushman Bharath Health and wellness centers operating in India 2018-2022

160
150

140
Number of AB-HWCs in thousands

120
110

100

80
70

60

40
40

20 15

0
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

39 Description: As of March 2022, there were about 150 thousand Ayushman Bharath Health and Wellness Centers (AB-HWCs) across India. There was an increase in AB-HWCs from 2018 to 2022. AB-HWCs provide free essential medicine and diagnostic services and
teleconsultation. Read more
Note(s): India; 2018 to 2022
Source(s): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
CHAPTER 07

Healthtech startups
 Tech startup investments in India in Q3 FY 2022
Tech startup investments in India 2022

90%
81%
80%

70%

60%
Tech startup funding

50%

40%

30%

20%
13%
10% 5%
1%
0%
Healthcare services B2B marketplace Others Online Pharmacy

41 Description: In 2022, healthcare services received the highest amount of investment at 81 percent. In contrast, online pharmacy received one percent of the tech startup investments in India during the same time period. Read more
Note(s): India; FY 2022
Source(s): NASSCOM (India)
 Value of funding received by healthtech startups across India from 2014 to 2021 (in
million U.S. dollars)
Value of funding in healthtech startups across India 2014-2021

2,500

2,199$

2,000
Funding in million U.S. dollars in $

1,500

1,000

532$ 546$
500 456$
327$ 352$
195$
144$

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

42 Description: In 2021, the Indian healthtech startup ecosystem received a total of 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in investment. Online pharmacy, healthcare analytics and fitness & wellness were the major sectors to receive funding. The value of startup funding in
healthcare increased in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more
Note(s): India; 2014 to 2021
Source(s): Inc42
 Number of healthtech startups in Indian ecosystem as of 2021
Number of healthtech startups in Indian ecosystem 2021

2,500

2,000
2,000
Number of healthtech startups

1,500

1,000

500
350

4
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Healthtech startups Funded Healthtech startups Heatlhtech Unicorns

43 Description: The statistic represents the number of the healthtech startups in Indian ecosystem. In 2021, there were two thousand healthtech startups in India. In contrast, the same year there were four healthtech unicorns in Indian ecosystem. Read more
Note(s): India; 2021
Source(s): NASSCOM (India)
 Distribution of deep tech startups in India as of 2021, by sector
Distribution of deep tech startups in India 2021, by sector

Share of deeptech startups

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Enterprise tech 28%

Other 26%

BFSI 9%

Healthtech 8%

Ed tech 6%

Advertising and marketing 5%

HRTech/Human resources 5%

Real estate and construction 5%

Industrial and manufacturing 4%

SCM and logistics 4%

44 Description: In 2021, the enterprise tech sector accounted for 38 percent of the startups in India. In contrast, the same year industrial and manufacturing sector accounted for four percent of the startups in India during the same time period. Read more
Note(s): India; 2021; 3,000 respondents
Source(s): NASSCOM (India)
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Analytics India Magazine We Are Social

CPR
DataReportal
Department of Telecommunications (India)
Ericsson
Hootsuite
IBM
Inc42
McKinsey
Ministry of Finance (India)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India) (National Health Authority)
MOSPI
NASSCOM (India)
NITI Aayog
PRS Legislative Research
Redseer
TRAI
Union Budget (India)
Various sources (PRS legislative research, Ministry of Finance (India))
Various sources (Union Budget (India), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India), PRS Legislative
Research)

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