Modi govt uplifted India's health infrastructure, says Amit Shah in Hisar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Narendra Modi government over the past decade has uplifted Indias health infrastructure by taking a holistic approach to improving the health sector across the entire countryShah stated that health infrastructure has been improved from the primary to the 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 hostelShah highlighted several initiatives of the Modi government taken in various fields He mentioned that 25 crore people have been lifted out of poverty during the Modi governments tenure Four crore houses have been built for the poor providing shelter to 20 crore people Shah saidHe also touched upon the central governments provision of free food grains to over 81 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana the provision of toilets to every household under the Swachh Bharat Mission cooking gas connections to the poor and the provision of tap water to over 15 crore households along with making treatment worth up to Rs 5 lakh available for 60 crore peopleUntil 2014 12 crore families in this country did not have toilets Imagine the plight of girls in families without toilets Shah saidHe also highlighted the progress made in medical infrastructure stating In 201314 the Government of Indias budget for the health sector was Rs 37000 crore and in 202526 it will be Rs 137 lakh croreWhen Narendra Modi became PM there were seven AIIMS in the country six of which were set up during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee governments time and only one was set up during the Congress regime Today in 2024 there are 23 AIIMS reflecting the improvement in the countrys health infrastructure he saidHe also mentioned that the number of medical colleges has increased from 387 to 766 and the number of MBBS seats has risen from 51000 to 115 lakh He added that 85000 more seats will be added in the next five yearsThere were 31000 PG seats which have now increased to 73000 he said PG seats will also increase in proportion to the increase in MBBS seats he addedThere are 766 hospitals in 750 districts in the country he mentioned iquestIt is the resolve of every BJPruled state that there will be at least one hospital in each district He statedI am confident that in the next five years there will be no district in the country without a medical college and hospital offering free medical treatment He saidHaryana was infamous for corruption in government jobs he said referring to the previous Congress regimesDue to casteism one government would come and people from one region would get jobs and when another government came jobs would be given to people from a different region he saidNobody would get a job without a bribeiquest he asserted emphasizing the corruption in jobs during previous governmentsBoth Kharchi bribe and Parchi favouritism were needed for a job he saidShah said that without Kharchi and Parchi the BJP government provided government jobs and proved that in democracy politics should not be done on the basis of casteIn 10 years sportspersons from Haryana won three times as many medals he said Despite being a small state Haryana is the biggest producer of Basmati rice he added In the army every 10th person hails from Haryana he notedAfter Shah mentioned that 14 crops are bought at MSP in Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini corrected him saying 24 crops are bought at MSP Saini ji is very knowledgeable Earlier there were 14 crops and lets applaud Saini ji for increasing the number of crops to 24 He said also touching on several other initiatives of the BJP government in the state over the past 10 yearsWhen you see Saini ji he will appear calm shaant cheerful hasmukh and at the same time he is also a tough kathor administrator He holds full authority over the administration He saidSpeaking about his meeting with Saini at his home before the Haryana assembly elections last year Shah said that some decisions were made during the meeting I told Saini ji it is difficult to do this in two or three months He replied It will be done you do not worry Shah sharedBefore the announcement of the assembly elections all the proposed works were carried out by Saini he notedWhen a person from the public takes the reins of a state the kind of change that takes place is best exemplified by our Nayab Saini Therefore whatever problem arises he welcomes it and resolves it he saidHaryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini state BJP Chief Mohan Lal Badoli state Health Minister Arti Singh Rao Minister Ranbir Singh Gangwa BJP MP from Kurukshetra Naveen Jindal Chairperson Emeritus of the Jindal Group Independent MLA from Hisar Savitri Jindal former Rajya Sabha MP DP Vats and others were present on the occasionEarlier in his speech Shah lauded Haryanas contributions in several fields despite being a small state geographicallyHe also extended greetings to the people on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sikh Guru Guru Angad The Sikh Gurus have made unparalleled sacrifices for humanity and the country he saidHe mentioned Maharaja Agrasen saying he established many principles for good governance and that people were prosperous during his rule He also praised the Agarwal community many of whom are entrepreneurs and said that every person is dedicated to the country contributing towards its developmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever