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Discuss the following as a source of Human Capital Formation.

(1) Expenditure of Education

(2) Expenditure on Health.

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1. Health infrastructure: The various forms of health expenditures are as follows:

  • Preventive medicine vaccinations to prevent deadly ****.
  • Curative medicine obtaining medical treatment during illness.
  • Social medicine spread of awareness about keeping good health and its importance.
  • Provision of clean drinking water and good sanitation.

The healthy individuals are a food source of human capital as they directly contribute for regular and higher productivity of labour. A **** labourer without access to medical facilities has to remain absent from work. This leads to loss of productivity. Hence, expenditure on health is an important source of human capital formation.

2. Expenditure on migration: People migrate from their native places in search of jobs which may bring higher salaries. Unemployment is the only reason for rural-urban migration in India. Technically qualified persons like engineers and doctors migrate to other countries to earn better income.

Though there is a high cost of transport, high cost of living and other factors, the enhanced income will motivate people to migrate. Hence, expenditure on migration is also a source of human capital formation.

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