The health workforce actually available in India could be just over half of what is estimated by the government. Though migration of healthcare workers abroad is often cited as one of the foremost reasons for shortage of personnel, about a quarter of medically qualified persons available in India are out of the labour force, according to a just published study.The health workforce actually available in India could be just over half of what is estimated by the government. Though migration of healthcare workers abroad is often cited as one of the foremost reasons for shortage of personnel, about a quarter of medically qualified persons available in India are out of the labour force, according to a just published study.