Union Budget 2014-15: 4 new AIIMS to be established

The government will set up four new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the country, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday.

Saying Rs.500 crore has been set aside for this, he told parliament while presenting the national budget that the new AIIMS would come up in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. He said six AIIMS have become functional at Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) and Raipur (Chhattisgarh).

What is AIIMS?

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences is a group of institutions for medical education which are considered among the best in India. While the New Delhi AIIMS has been around since 1956, six other AIIMS in various parts of the nation came up in 2012. Read more about AIIMS

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