The Lancet Commission for Global Surgery estimates that 5,000 surgeries are required ti meet the surgical burden of disease for 1,00,000 people in low and middle income countries, like India. But according to a pan-India surgery market report, in India only 1,463 surgeries happen per lakh, just 29% of the needed 5,000 per lakh.
About two crore surgeries (which require hospitalisation and general anesthesia) were conducted in the financial year 2019-20, and C-section was the most performed surgery, the report found. "Data for the study, which was done by Praxis Global Alliance, a consultancy firm, was collected from publicly available information on the ministry of health and family welfare, World Bank, doctor interviews and PGA Labs."