The Union Health Ministry has launched SHRESTH, India’s first State Health Regulatory Excellence Index, to evaluate the performance of state health regulators. The initiative aims to strengthen transparency, accountability, and efficiency in healthcare governance across the country.

Key Points:

• The SHRESTH index is the first-of-its-kind framework in India to assess and rank state health regulatory bodies.
• It focuses on parameters such as transparency, efficiency, accountability, and quality of services.
• The initiative is designed to identify gaps in health regulation and promote best practices across states.
• It will help policymakers take evidence-based decisions to improve healthcare governance.
• The Union Health Ministry expects the index to encourage healthy competition among states for better regulatory performance.