{"id":259779,"date":"2022-01-12T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T12:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=259779"},"modified":"2022-01-12T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T12:40:34","slug":"pm-narendra-modi-inaugurates-medical-college-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/pm-narendra-modi-inaugurates-medical-college-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday has inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu through a video conference. Apart from the government medical colleges, PM also has inaugurated a new campus of the Central Institute of Classical in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new government medical colleges will be inaugurated in the state districts that include Namakkal, Virudhunagar, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Nagapattinam, Thiruvallur, Kallakurichi, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, Ariyalur, and Krishnagiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Augmenting health infrastructure &amp; celebrating culture of Tamil Nadu. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3BoaJzmjK\">https:\/\/t.co\/a3BoaJzmjK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1481220367427731456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These projects have been established under the budget of Rs 4,000 crore, in which Rs 2,145 crore have been funded by the central government and the remaining amount is founded by the Tamil Nadu government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes ahead of the assembly elections which are due in five states &#8211; Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Punja, Manipur, and Goa next month (February 10, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2014, our country had around 82 thousand medical Under Graduate and Post Graduate seats.<br><br>In last seven years, this number has gone up to around 1 lakh 48 thousand seats.<br><br>This is an increase of about 80%: PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia\/status\/1481221393693822977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the PMO, after the inauguration of these new government and private medical colleges, the state now has increased the total of government and private medical colleges from 387 to 596.&nbsp; PMO also revealed that the MBBS seats in the medical college in the state have been increased by 79.60 percent (from 51,348 seats to 92,222 seats) and the number of Postgraduation seats has been increased by 80.70 percent (from 31,185 seats to 56,374 seats).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2014, our country had 387 medical colleges. <br><br>In last seven years only, this number has gone up to 596 medical colleges. <br><br>This is an increase of 54%: PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia\/status\/1481221390162591749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the official information, these newly inaugurated medical colleges will have a total capacity of 1,450 seats. During the video press conference, PM said, it will improve the health infrastructure in the state and it will provide great benefits to the people living there. During his video press conference, PM said he envisions India to be a go-to place for quality and affordable healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2014, there were only seven AIIMS in the country. <br><br>But after 2014, the number of AIIMS approved has increased to 22.<br><br>At the same time, various reforms have been undertaken to make the medical education sector more transparent: PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia\/status\/1481221455203680257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the video conference, PM Modi also revealed that over the last 7 years, the country&#8217;s medical colleges number has increased and gone up to 596, from 387 since his government came into power in 2014. &nbsp;As per the PM\u2019s speech, the number of AIIMS also has increased by 22 in the county.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday has inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu through a video conference. 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