Given below are some statements. Read them carefully and choose the correct statement (s) from the given options.

Statement 1: It is essential that the government should provide education and health services free of cost for the deserving citizens and those from the socially oppressed classes.   

Statement 2: Basic education and health care is considered as a right of the citizens . 

Both statements are correct.

In a developing country like India, with a large section of the population living below the poverty line, many people cannot afford to access basic education and health care facilities. Moreover, a substantial section of India’s population cannot afford to reach super specialty health care and higher education. Furthermore, when basic education and health care is considered as a right of the citizens, then it is essential that the government should provide education and health services free of cost for the deserving citizens and those from the socially oppressed classes. Both, the union and state governments, have been stepping up expenditures in the education sector over the years in order to fulfil the objective of attaining cent per cent literacy and considerably increase the average educational attainment of Indians.