RTI reveals BJP Modi Govt fails to start 13 more AIIMS promised in 2014

RTI reveals BJP Modi Government fails to start 13 more AIIMS promised in 2014

BJP in its manifesto in 2014 had promised to "increase the number of medical and paramedical colleges to make India self-sufficient in human resources, and set up an AIIMS like institute in every state."

BJP announced 13 AIIMS after coming to power. 48 months later, all of them exist only on papers.

AIIMS - All India Institute Of Medical Sciences

BJP in a tweet said following – From Family Raj to Swaraj – 7 AIIMS were established till 2014 whereas 13 AIIMS or AIIMS like institutions have been approved during 48 months of BJP Modi government.

But now Right to information a tool given by Congress party in the hands of Indian citizens  revealed following regarding 13 AIIMS promised by BJP government.

Right to information application was filed by Indiatoday  India Today filed a Right to Information (RTI) query with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

RTI revealed following regarding AIIMS construction ,funding and with this information one can eaisly understand when 13 AIIMS will become functional.

1-No funds have been allocated to five of the approved AIIMS yet. They are situated in Jammu, Kashmir, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat.

2-No time frame has been fixed by the cabinet for five AIIMS which are in Jammu, Kashmir, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

3-Less than 10 per cent of the sanctioned fund has been given to the AIIMs in Uttar Pradesh which is expected to be functional by March 2020

4-The response to RTI revealed that no funds have yet been allocated to five of the approved 13 AIIMS by the Modi government.

5-no funds have been released to four of the approved AIIMS which are proposed in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat.

6-Status of AIIMS Uttar Pradesh -
The site finalised for the project is in CM Yogi Adityanath's home turf Gorakhpur. The project was approved at a cost of Rs 1,011 crore but so far only Rs 98.34 crore has been released. It has to be completed by March 2020. It is very difficult to complete work and fund them 90% remaining money in a 1 or 2 years.
Looks impossible that before 2020 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

7-Status of AIIMS Andhra Pradesh -
The approved cost of the project was Rs 1,618 crore but so far only Rs 233.88 crore has been released. The time limit for its completion is October 2020 It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years. Looks impossible that before 2020 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

8-Status of AIIMS West Bengal -
A site has been finalised at Kalyani. The project was approved at a cost of Rs 1,754 crore however, only Rs 278.42 crore has been released. There is a deadline for October 2020
It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years. Looks impossible that before 2020 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

9-Status of AIIMS Maharashtra -
The deadline for a AIIMS in Nagpur is again October 2020 but out of Rs 1,577 crore that were approved only Rs 231.29 crore have been released. It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years. Looks impossible that before 2020 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

10-Status of AIIMS Assam -
The approved cost for this project at Jalah village in Mouza Sila Sindhuri Ghopa in Kamrup district is Rs 1,123 crore. So far, only Rs 5 crore has been released but the deadline remains April 2021.
It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years. Looks impossible that before 2021 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

11-Status of AIIMS Punjab -
It is supposed to come up in Bathinda and the project was approved for Rs 925 crore. As of now, only a mere Rs 36.57 crore has been released. The deadline for its completion is June 2020.
It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years. Looks impossible that before 2020 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

12-Status of AIIMS Jammu and Kashmir -
The site for Jammu region was finalised at Vijaypur in Samba district, and for the Kashmir division the site was finalised at Awantipora in Pulwama district. So far, no money has been allocated. But interestingly, Rs 90.84 crore has been released. No deadline has been fixed for it It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years.
Looks impossible that before 2020 or 2021 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

13-Status of AIIMS Himachal Pradesh -
The site finalised for this project is in Bilaspur. The total cost approved for it is Rs 1,350 crore. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project on October 3, 2017. However, no funds have been released with the deadline being December 2021. It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years.
Looks impossible that before 2021 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

14-Status of AIIMS Bihar -
The project was proposed in the 2015-16 Union Budge. However, in the last three years neither the site has been finalised nor the funds have been allocated.
Zero percent progress

15-Status of AIIMS Tamil Nadu -
Like AIIMS Bihar, no site has been finalised for AIIMS Tamil Nadu. Moreover, no funds have been allocated and there is no deadline.
Zero percent progress

16-Status of AIIMS Jharkhand -
The site identified for the project is at Deogarh. The approved total cost for the project is Rs 1103 crore out of which only Rs 9 crore has been released so far. It has to be completed by 2021.
It is very difficult to complete work and fund them remaining money in a 1 or 2 years. Looks impossible that before 2021 this AIIMS will start or it will get completed

17-Status of AIIMS Gujarat
Like Bihar, Tamil Nadu, this too neither has a site nor funds. Obviously, there is no deadline.
Zero percent progress

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Wednesday,June 27,2018

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