Union Science & Technology Minister Jitendra Singh stated Thursday that the health of India’s population in 2047, when the nation marks its centenary of independence, will be fundamental to achieving the Viksit Bharat vision.

Singh said this while inaugurating the two-day national conclave on ‘Longitudinal Cohort Studies: Cohort Connect 2025’ at Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) here.

“When we talk of Vikas Bharat 2047, the health of India is going to be the basic parameter. India’s health in 2047 will be the key to Viksit Bharat,” he said.

Highlighting the national cohort’s scope, he noted that it focuses on four critical determinants of health, biological, environmental, genetic, and lifestyle factors, each shaped by the country’s extraordinary diversity in diet, e

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