Second, the southern states have always had impressive Health indices – judge yourself against the best or abandon the whole exercise. Third, these states are the powerhouses of Indian economy, as can be seen by their Real GDP growth rates. There is money being made, and correspondingly, there should be money being invested in Health. Fourth, they have a similar private to public Health expenditure ratio, dispelling the notion that Gujarat doesn’t need to spend on Health as much of it is taken care of by private expenditure. Well, barring Karnataka, all the other states have a higher ratio than Gujarat (Table 2). Fifth, all these states have significant rural, tribal and migrant populations as well as substantial slum households, to take care of another caveat that many communities in Gujarat are remote and inaccessible, or that Gujarat’s figures are undone by migrant labour that lives in slums. Maharashtra, as one can see, has more tribals, migrants and slums than Gujarat. Sixth, all these states have been under stable rule, something that affords a deeper understanding of systemic problems and a compassionate stance towards them. A state must take care of its migrant labour, tribals and residents equally. No village is too far, no tribe too remote. The fruits of prosperity must reach every citizen, howsoever poor or inaccessible he or she is. As Narendra Modi said so himself: Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.