Completion of medical colleges in Nagaland depend on State Government, alludes the Ministry
Morung Express News
Dimapur | July 31
There is no proposal under consideration of the Central Government to establish an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Nagaland; the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
The Minister of State in the Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar said this in written reply to query posed by Tokheho Yepthomi, Nagaland’s lone member in the Lower House of the Indian Parliament.
Meanwhile, in reply to another query from Yepthomi, the MoS alluded that only the State Government can give an estimate of the ‘time by which the medical college in Nagaland expected to be completed and become functional.’
The MoHFW administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’ under which two medical colleges have been approved in Nagaland, the MoS said.
“As per the scheme guidelines, the State Government is the implementing agency and the planning, execution and commissioning of the projects is to be done by the State Government,” he added.
The Minister, however, informed that the Central Government regularly follows up with the State Government for expediting these works.
Full amount of GoI’s share released for Kohima
Meanwhile, the MoHFW Minister’s reply informed that the central share of finance (90%) for the construction of the medical college in Kohima has already been fully released.
The total approved cost for the same is Rs 189 crore out of which the GoI has already released Rs 170.10 crore (90%), he said.
For the establishment of the medical college in Mon, the GoI has released over 50% of its share of finance, he added.
The total approved cost for medical college in Mon is Rs 325 crore, out of which the Central share is Rs 292.50 crore. The GoI has already release Rs 155 crore, the MoS highlighted.
