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- Published: July 11, 2022 18:39
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jharkhand’s Deoghar and Bihar’s Patna on July 12, informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday.
PM is set to will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various developmental projects worth more than Rs 16,000 crores in Deoghar.
Modi will inaugurate the newly-built Deoghar Airport as well as the Deoghar All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) on Tuesday.
PM Narendra Modi himself laid the foundation stone of Deogarh airport in Jharkhand on 25 May 2018. It will be the second international airport in Jharkhand after Ranchi.
Prior to 2014, India had 74 airports in India but in 7 years, 66 new airports have been established taking the total to 140 airports (including Heliports and water domes) as of April 2022.
Under the UDAN scheme, more than 420 routes are operationalised as of June 2022. More than 1 lakh 79 thousand flights have flown under this scheme.
UDAN scheme has immensely benefited several sectors pan-India including the Hilly States, North-Eastern region, and Islands.
Similarily, Modi laid the foundation of AIIMS Deoghar on 25th May, 2018. The setting up of new AIIMS at Deoghar will help in achieving the dual purpose of providing super speciality health care to the population while also helping to create a large pool of doctors and other health workers in this region.
There were only 7 AIIMS before 2014. During the last eight years, 16 AIIMS have been approved. Out of these 16 AIIMS, MBBS classes and OPD services have started in 10 new AIIMS. Limited IPD services have also been operationalized in 6 AIIMS.
Also, there has also been a phenomenal increase in the number of medical seats across the country thereby substantially increasing the number of doctors in the country.
The number of UG seats have increased from around 51,000 before 2014 to around 90,000 seats in 2022 which is an increase of almost 80 %. The numbers of PG seats have increased by 93% from around 31,000 seats before 2014 to around 60,000 seats.
