Ayush Dept seeks Rs.450 cr for hospitals, dispensaries during 12th Plan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">The Department of Ayush is looking for </span><span class="WebRupee" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: WebRupee; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Rs.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">450 crore under the scheme of hospitals and dispensaries during the next five-year plan period to complete the works initiated in the current plan period and to set up new hospitals and dispensaries for Indian systems of medicine.</span><br> <br> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">The department was given </span><span class="WebRupee" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: WebRupee; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Rs.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">162.80 crore during the current plan period. The components under the scheme were All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi (</span><span class="WebRupee" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: WebRupee; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Rs.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">150 crore); CGHS expansion of Ayush dispensaries (</span><span class="WebRupee" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: WebRupee; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Rs.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">6.30 crore); Advanced Ayurvedic Centre for Mental Health in NIMHANS, Bangalore (nil allocation) and CGHS Ayurveda Hospital, New Delhi (</span><span class="WebRupee" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: WebRupee; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Rs.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">6.50 crore).</span><br> <br> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">During the 11th Plan, establishment of AIIA has been taken up vigorously, construction of its buildings started since 2009-10, services of Director, personal staff and Clinical Consultants have been engaged, OPD facility started and several posts got created. The Department has now sought a whopping </span><span class="WebRupee" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: WebRupee; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Rs.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">300 crore to complete the remaining capital works and make the institute function in the academic and clinical departments, sources said.</span><br> </div>

Ayush Dept seeks Rs.450 cr for hospitals, dispensaries during 12th Plan

The Department of Ayush is looking for  Rs. 450 crore under the scheme of hospitals and dispensaries during the next five-year plan period t...

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