Narendra Modi in Varanasi LIVE Updates: PM to Launch Health Infra Scheme Worth Over Rs 64,000 Crore in UP

The PMASBY scheme was announced in the Budget speech of FY 21-22, for an outlay of about Rs 64,180 crore over six years (till FY 25-26) and will be in addition to the National Health Mission, as per the information provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he is leaving for Siddharthnagar and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. “Today, India’s largest scheme to scale-up health infrastructure will be launched. Various medical colleges along with key development works will be inaugurated,” he said.

This would be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to Uttar Pradesh, which goes to polls next year, in a week. Healthcare professionals from public health centers, sub-district and district hospitals, and the Government Medical College of Varanasi will join in virtually.

The objective of the PMASBY scheme is to fill critical gaps in health infrastructure, surveillance, and health research in both urban and rural areas so communities are equipped in managing pandemics or other public health crises.

Under Prime Minister Aatmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PMASBY), a national institution for one health, four new national institutes for virology, a regional research platform for WHO South East Asia Region, nine biosafety level-III laboratories, five new regional national centre for disease control will be set up, the PMO said. People will have access to a full range of diagnostic services in the public healthcare system through a network of laboratories across the country, and integrated public health labs will be set up in all the districts.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Atamnirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PMASBY), a mega health infrastructure scheme worth over Rs 64,000 crore, in his constituency Varanasi on Monday. Read More

PM Narendra Modi will also launch several development projects in Uttar Pradesh. He will launch in Varanasi “Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana”, the PMO said in a statement and added that he will also inaugurate various development projects worth more than Rs 5,200 crore for his Lok Sabha constituency.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate nine medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh during a visit to the poll-bound state. Nine medical colleges to be inaugurated are in the districts of Siddharthnagar, Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Jaunpur.