Former British PM Tony Blair meets Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

GURUGRAM: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to chief minister Manohar Lal at Haryana Bhawan in Delhi. The Tony Blair Faith Foundation will cooperate in the health sector in Haryana.
The chief minister apprised Blair that his government was providing tertiary level health facilities and has implemented Ayushman Bharat Yojana and CHIRAYU Haryana Yojana to provide health facilities to the needy in the state.
Khattar said that the state government is opening medical colleges and nursing colleges in all the districts of the state, which will meet the shortage of doctors and also strengthen the health facilities.
“With the cooperation of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, the health sector will expand further and health facilities will be strengthened,” said Khattar.
Khattar said that the state government has linked many of its schemes with information technology (IT), which has ensured quick benefits of schemes and services to the citizens.
He told Tony Blair that the Haryana government has made a new experiment using IT in government work. “Considering every family living in the state as a unit, we have made Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP). In this single document, information of each family member like educational qualification, job, business, self-employment etc. is registered,” Khattar said.