New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The allocation for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here witnessed a marginal drop in the budget for 2015-16 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday.
Overall, India's health budget has been cut by 5.7 percent percent as Jaitley allocated Rs.33,152 crore against last fiscal's Rs.35,163 crores, with a special focus on AYUSH and setting up of six more AIIMS-like institutes in different parts of the country.
The ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) was allotted Rs.1,214 crore with the aim to propagate traditional methods of medicines in the country. AYUSH till last year was a department under the health ministry.
Of the medical institutes, AIIMS got Rs.1,470 crore, down from last fiscal's Rs.1,565 crore. In 2013-14, it was Rs.1,355 crore.
AIIMS is among India's top medical colleges, with its hospital catering to almost 8,000 patients daily, mostly from the underprivileged sections. It has over 2,200 beds.
With six more AIIMS-like institutes, the number of such super specialty institutes has gone up to 14 in the country.
However, many other hospitals and research institutes saw a rise in the allotments.
Safdarjung Hospital, adjacent to AIIMS, has been allocated Rs.520 crore, up from Rs.486.90 crore.
While the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital will get Rs.400 crore as compared to Rs 322.77 crore in the last fiscal.
Lady Hardinge Medical College has been allotted Rs.250 crore as against Rs.238.15 crore in 2014-15.
Kalawati Saran Hospital in the national capital, which caters specifically to children, was allotted Rs.73.80 crore as against Rs.67.44 crore last year.
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh has been allotted Rs.650 crore as against Rs.620 crore.
The department of AIDS control too got a hike of 7.4 percent. It was allotted Rs.1,397 crore this fiscal as against Rs.1,300 in 2014-15.
Modi bats for 'greater cooperation' with Cuba
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday batted for "greater cooperation" between India and Cuba in areas like trade and investment, health and renewable energy."The prime
Jawan Box Office Day 13: Jawan again blows your senses, business crosses Rs 500 crore, preparations begin to crush Bahubali 2
Shahrukh Khan's film is just running without stopping. The business of the film surprised me from the first day. At the same time, once again the collection of Jawan has come into discussion, because
India-China: China will kneel in eastern Ladakh, these 3 steps will be adopted to chase the dragon
The India-China border dispute, which started in eastern Ladakh in April, is expected to end soon. The armies of both countries have agreed to disengagement from the East Ladakh sector. The Chinese
Vivo Y20 smartphone launched with 4 cameras, will compete directly with Redmi 9 Power
If you want to buy a new and latest features phone and your budget is low, then Vivo Y20 is the perfect option for you. Vivo has recently launched its phone in Malaysia. The design of the phone is
LokSabha Election 2024 Polls: 'The election is between the one who opened fire on Ram Mandir servants and the one who built Ram Mandir', Amit Shah said
On Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held an election rally in favor of BJP candidate Shivesh Ram at Jagjivan Maidan Bhabua in Kaimur district of Bihar. During this, BJP leader Shah made
PM Modi: Rajnath Singh took a jibe at the opposition, and said - after Gandhi, it is Modi who understood the feelings of the people
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that after Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only leader who understood the sentiments of the people. Also said that he connects
Canada: Demand for action against Khalistani Pannu for supporting Hamas, Hindu Forum made this appeal to the government
Recently, Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu threatened similar attacks on India by supporting the terrorist organization Hamas. Also threatened to attack Indian embassies in G7 countries.
A befitting reply to America: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said – Europe buys more oil from Russia than India
There has been a series of counter-attacks between the US and India for several days to buy oil from Russia at an affordable price. Now in this matter, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has said
Ukraine crisis: Indian students should leave the city of Kyiv today under any circumstances, the embassy issued advisory
Amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine has once again issued an advisory. This advisory states that all Indian students should leave the city of Kyiv with immediate effect. You
Mastodon App: Will this social media app replace Twitter, why suddenly its 'users' started increasing, know the reason
Mastodon vs Twitter: Amid the ongoing stir in the legendary social media platform Twitter, the Mastodon app is once again in the news because of Twitter's announcement of charging $8 a month from its
