Rajasthan : 23 new medical colleges to come up under centrally sponsored scheme
New Delhi: In Rajasthan, around 23 new medical colleges have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under three phases of a centrally sponsored scheme, out of which seven colleges have become functional so far.
The scheme for the "Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals", provides financial support to the states/UTs to establish medical colleges by upgrading the district hospitals in districts which do not have either a government or a private medical college.
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While giving an oral reply in the Lok Sabha, the minister of health and family welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare administers the centrally sponsored scheme "to increase the availability of health professionals and to improve tertiary healthcare." The minister stated, "Fund sharing between the Central Government and States is in the ratio of 90:10 for NE/special category States and 60:40 for other States"
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