A revolutionary step towards a New India- In 2014, PM Modi evolved a policy to develop AIIMS in every state.
AIIMS Under PM MODI
As per a Lok Sabha reply given in September 2020, a total of 22 AIIMS have been announced/sanctioned to be established under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
(6 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure + 1 during Manmohan Singh’s tenure + 15 during Narendra Modi’s tenure)
Out of the ones announced under the , six AIIMS that were set up in the first phase are functional, remaining 16 AIIMS are at different stages of construction.
MEDICAL COLLEGE Under PM MODI
Under Modi administration a total of 157 medical colleges in different parts of the country in different stages of development. These include 58 medical colleges in phase 1 and 24 in phase 2 and another 75 in phase 3 which were announced recently.
Besides, there were 50,000 medical college seats in the country till 2014 and after that, in the last over six years, 30,000 additional medical colleges seats have been created. More seats would be added with the setting up of these new colleges.
