Union Cabinet: The Modi government at the center is going to open 157 new government nursing colleges in the country. Its approval was given in the meeting of the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. These nursing colleges will be opened in the districts where there are medical colleges. Apart from this, the cabinet has approved the Medical Device Policy 2023 for the medical device sector. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the demand for medical equipment has increased in the country. This new policy will greatly benefit this sector.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Union Cabinet has approved setting up of 157 new Government Medical Nursing Colleges at a cost of Rs 1570 crore. Where there are medical colleges, a nursing college will be set up with the assistance of Rs 10 crore. Nursing colleges will come up in the next 24 months.
Today it has been decided to open 157 new government nursing colleges in the country. Where there is a medical college, a nursing college will be built with the help of Rs 10 crore: Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya pic.twitter.com/Ax8pflJv49
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15,700 new nursing students will be available every year
The minister said that this decision would result in about 15,700 new nursing graduates every year. It also aims to provide quality, affordable and equitable nursing education. He also informed that the cabinet has approved the policy for the medical devices sector.
The cabinet paid tribute to 11 of our jawans who were martyred in Dantewada. Tributes paid to former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. condolence resolution passed. 2 days national mourning has been announced: Union Minister Anurag Thakur pic.twitter.com/WDLHrX2cxB
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The cabinet paid tribute to the martyred soldiers of Chhattisgarh
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday expressed grief over the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada and paid tribute to the martyred soldiers. Apart from this, condolence resolution was also passed on the demise of former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal. Please tell that in Dantewada Naxalites attacked DRG vehicle in Dantewada. In which 10 jawans and one driver have lost their lives.
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