New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually laid the foundation stone of four medical colleges in Rajasthan. PM also inaugurated the Institute of Petrochemicals Technology in Jaipur’s Sitapura
The medical colleges are based in Banswara, Sirohi, Hanumangarh, Dausa.
After the inaugural PM Modi also informed that the government is working on a new national health policy to transform the health sector of the country. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to Ayushman Bharat and now Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. are part of this policy.
According to a statement by the PMO, these medical colleges have been sanctioned under the centrally sponsored scheme for the “establishment of new medical colleges attached with district/referral hospitals.”
“Preference to set up medical colleges is given to underserved, backward, and aspirational districts. Under three phases of the scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved across the nation,” the release informed.
Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot were also be present on the occasion. The PMO informed that together with the Rajasthan government, the government of India has established CIPET: Institute of Petrochemicals Technology, Jaipur.