ABSTRACT
Developing countries, both Asian and non-Asian, are the host countries for medical tourists. This chapter analyzes India's trade in services, focusing on one of its fast growing components, which is trade in health services. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) members for the purpose of structuring their commitments have used a classification system comprising 12 core service sectors. This includes the health sector which has been opened up for liberalization. The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS) in their pilot survey of eight cities in India, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Pune, and Delhi, in 2011, came up with the estimates of the amount of trade taking place in the health sector. India's schedule of commitments portrays four sectors of health: medical and dental services; services provided by the midwives, nurses, physiotherapists and paramedical staff; hospital service; and veterinary services.
