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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Kamal Haasan welcomes 6% GDP allocation for education

Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Thursday welcomed the new education policy’s proposal that 6% of GDP would be spent on education.

In a tweet, however, he pointed out that immediate focus and reforms needed are in the healthcare sector now, which gets only 1% of GDP on an average.

This share has to be increased to 7-8% if we want to grow as a healthy nation , Mr. Haasan said.

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