600-bedded medical college and hospital to come up in Begusarai

Begusarai: A new 600-bedded medical college and hospital will be established soon in Begusarai. The Education Minister Subhash Sarkar who recently visited Begusarai informed that the initiative for the college has already been taken.

He told TOI, "As per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive, union ministers have been visiting various districts to have a first-hand account of development works."

"Begusarai stands well on all the prescribed parameters. The progress under primary, secondary as well as college education segments in the district has been satisfactory," Sarkar said.

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Health, education, agriculture, and allied activities, basic infrastructure, and financial inclusion are five parameters primarily considered when assessing works in districts, according to the minister.

"I visited a government primary school at Mohanpur under Begusarai Sadar block and found it exemplary in terms of a teacher-student relationship, hygiene and greenery on the campus. The government has launched the 'Vidyanjali' portal to enable schools with the need of infrastructure development to register the requirements," he said.

Vidyanjali is an initiative taken by the Ministry of Education, Government of India with the aim to strengthen Schools through community and private sector involvement in schools across the country. This initiative would connect schools with varied volunteers from the Indian Diaspora namely, young professionals, school alumni, in service and retired teachers / Government officials/professionals, and many others.

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Sarkar also informed that now new farming technology has been introduced in organic farming and other agriculture and that farmers are using the technology to improve the insemination and fertility of milch cattle and the cultivation has also increased.

"The efforts to regularise Jan Dhan Yojana accounts are fetching good results in the implementation of various welfare schemes for the poor," adding that under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana, the rural road network in the district has also improved.