14 new AIIMS will be ready by 2025: Health minister

Written by Dr. Shafali Bakshi Published On 2021-04-03T15:00:30+05:30 | Updated On 3 April 2021 3:00 PM IST

14 new AIIMS will be ready by 2025: Health minister

New Delhi: The Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Choubey recently briefed the upper house about the Status of 22 new AIIMS approved under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

The minister was responding to a series of queries relating to the number of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) under construction in the country, the current status of the undergoing projects; and the time period within which these projects are proposed to be completed.

According to the written response of the Minister tabled in Rajya Sabha, out of the 22 AIIMS approved 6 institutes located at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh are already functional while the rest 16 AIIMS are at different stages of physical progress.

Eight institutes each at Raebareli, Mangalagiri, Nagpur, Kalyani, Gorakhpur, Bathinda, and Bilaspur are at the later stages of development and expected to come up by the end of 2021.

Furthermore, the institutes approved for Guwahati, Madurai, Deoghar, Rajkot, and Bibinagar are targeting towards completion by the latter half of 2022 while the institutes at Samba and Manethi are expected to complete in the year 2023.

Similarly, Sept 2024 has been set as the date of completion of AIIMS Darbhanga pending handover of 200-acre encumbrance-ree land by the State government.

However, AIIMS Awantipura, approved on 10.01.2019 will be completed by Jan 2025 as only 3% progress has been made in the construction work of the institute.

DETAILS OF NEW AIIMS (16) UNDER PMSSY

S. No.	Location of AIIMS under PMSSY	Date of Cabinet Approval	Approved Outlay (Rs Cr)	Date for completion (target)	Physical Progress
1	AIIMS, Raebareli	05.02.2009 [RCE was approved by EFC on 22.06.2017]	823	March, 2021	Residential and OPD block completed. Medical College / Hospital Progress – 98%
2	Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh	07.10.2015	1618	June, 2021	Progress of construction work: Phase I - OPD Block & Residential Complex: 98% Phase II – Hospital and Academic Campus: 64%
3	Nagpur, Maharashtra	07.10.2015	1577	June, 2021	Progress of construction work: Phase I - OPD Block & Residential Complex: 100% Phase II – Hospital and Academic Campus: 86%
4	Kalyani, West Bengal	07.10.2015	1754	June, 2021	Progress of construction work: Phase I - OPD Block & Residential Complex: 92% Phase II – Hospital and Academic Campus: 84%
5	Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh	20.07.2016	1011	June, 2021	Progress of construction work: 78.9%
6	Bathinda, Punjab.	27.07.2016	925	June, 2021	Progress of construction work: 78.75%
7	Guwahati, Assam	24.05.2017	1123	June, 2022	Progress of construction work: 40.12%
8	Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh	03.01.2018	1471.04	Dec, 2021	Progress of construction work: 54%
9	Madurai, Tamil Nadu	17.12.2018	1264	Sep, 2022 (Depends on JICA collaboration)	Negotiation for loan from Japan International Co- operation Agency (JICA) completed.
10	Darbhanga, Bihar	15.09.2020	1264	Sep, 2024	Agency for Pre-investment activities appointed. State Govt is required to handover 200 acre encumbrance free land which is still awaited.
11	Samba, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir	10.01.2019	1661	Jan, 2023	Progress of construction work: 10%
12	Awantipura, Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir	10.01.2019	1828	Jan, 2025	Progress of construction work: 3%
13	Deoghar, Jharkhand	16.05.2018	1103	March, 2022	Progress of construction work: 30%.
14	Rajkot, Gujarat	10.01.2019	1195	Oct, 2022	Executing Agency for the main work appointed. Design Consultant appointed. Construction agency for the main work appointed. Construction work started.
15	Bibinagar, Telangana	17.12.2018	1028	Sep, 2022	Agency for pre-investment work appointed. Agency for the main work appointed. Design Consultant appointed.
16	Manethi, Haryana	28.02.2019	1299	Feb, 2023 (Depends on getting encumbrance-free land from the State Govt.)	Encumbrance free land yet to be handed over by State Govt.

To view the official notice click on the following link:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/au3140-2-150715.pdf

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Dr. Shafali Bakshi

Dr. Shafali Bakshi is a practicing dentist with 10 years of clinical experience. Apart from being an exceptional dental professional, she also takes pleasure in immersing herself in meticulously researching and learning about the new developments in the medical field. She has pursued her BDS from Himachal Dental College, affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.