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Rural Health is an important commodity not only at the individual level but also in terms
of the micro- and macroeconomic scale of a country. Improvement of health status is therefore
on the political agenda of every government. Health planning in India is an integral part of
national socio-economic planning. The guide-lines for national health planning were provided by a number of committees dating back to the Bhore committee in 1946. These committees were appointed by the Government in India from time to time to review the existing health situation and recommend measures for further action. Establishing health care planning in India is a key to improving the health of the Indian Population. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been facilitating Health needs in
India by establishing various schemes and organizations. The Government is conscious of the need for dynamic Indian health planning and management. All these programmes communities could only participate in the benefits but were not involved in the planning or implementation.