The Bhore Committee Report was eventually formulated into a full-fledged policy, the first National Health Policy (NHP), in 1983. The objective was to provide primary healthcare to one and all by the year 2000 through a network of primary healthcare services, an army of volunteers, a seamless referral system, and a network of specialty hospitals. But it soon became apparent that our healthcare system was not robust enough to cater to the needs of a burgeoning population. Keeping this in mind the NHP-2 was formulated in 2002 to include the private healthcare industry and alternative medicine in the broader scheme of things. As it stands, the governance of the healthcare system in India is a responsibility shared by the Union and the State governments. Areas like public health and sanitation come under the purview of the states. The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare takes care of national-scale programs like family planning and welfare, prevention and control of major communicable diseases, promoting alternative medicine, setting guidelines for the states, etc. Grave issues concerning public health like epidemics, food adultery, and quality of manufactured drugs, are however taken care of by the Union and the State governments jointly. However, much work still needs to be done, particularly in the area of healthcare cost.