PM Modi to e-launch 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

Category : National Published on: January 12 2022

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate 11 new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil.
The new medical colleges are being established under the ‘Centrally Sponsored scheme’ of Establishing of New Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospital.
Under the scheme, medical colleges are established in districts, which do not have either a government or private medical college.
The 11 medical colleges are being established at an estimated cost of ₹4,000 crores with efforts from both the Centre and Tamil Nadu government.
The 11 new medical colleges will be established in 11 districts of Tamil Nadu (Virudhunagar, Namakkal, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram, and Krishnagiri).