| Modi Govt uplifted India's health infrastructure, says Amit Shah in Hisar | | | Agencies
HISAR, Mar 31: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Narendra Modi government, over the past decade, has uplifted India's health infrastructure by taking a holistic approach to improve the health sector across the entire country.
Shah stated that the health infrastructure has been improved from the primary to tertiary level.
He was addressing a gathering after unveiling a statue of Maharaja Agrasen at the Maharaja Agrasen Medical College campus in Agroha here.
On the occasion, he also inaugurated the newly built ICU and laid the foundation stone for the postgraduate hostel. Shah highlighted several initiatives of the Narendra Modi government taken in various fields.
He mentioned that 25 crore people have been lifted out of poverty during the Modi government's tenure. Four crore houses have been built for the poor, providing shelter to 20 crore people, Shah said.
He also discussed the Central government's provision of free food grains to over 81 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana and the provision of toilets to every household under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
"Until 2014, 12 crore families in this country did not have toilets. Imagine the plight of girls in families without toilets," Shah said.
He emphasised that much work has been done by the Modi government to uplift medical infrastructure.
"In 2013-14, the Government of India's budget for the health sector was Rs 37,000 crore, and in 2025-26, it will be Rs 1.37 lakh crore," he said.
When Narendra Modi became PM, there were seven AIIMS in the country, six of which were established during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government. Now, there are 23 AIIMS. |
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