Central Govt. has released Rs. 100 crore for establishment of new Medical College in Jajpur

Central Govt.
has released Rs. 100  crore  for  establishment
 of 
new Medical  College  in Jajpur

Govt.
of  India 
has  released  in total 
Rs. 717 crore  for  establishment 
of medical  college  in different 
districts  in Odisha  since 2014-15.   Information about share of Govt. of  Odisha 
is  yet  to be ascertained.

Dear friends

In
 the midst  of 
high-profile  political
propaganda  of BJD Leaders  mainly Pranab Prakash Das  taking credit 
for establishment of  medical  college 
in Jajpur  district, Srikant Pakal, RTI Activist  has 
filed RTI Application to the Ministry 
of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India  seeking 
information about  details of  financial assistance  provided by GOI  for establishment  of medical 
college  in Odisha .

On
17.2.2., the CPIO  has  provided 
the  following  information.

1.  Under  the
centrally  sponsored  schemes namely 
“ establishment  of new medical
college  attached with existing  district / referral hospitals ,  the 
Govt. of  India  has 
sanctioned  Rs. 100  crore  for  Jajpur 
district ( Rs.50 crore  in
2019-20 and  Rs. 50 crore in 2020-21
)  for 
establishment  of medical  college 
in Jajpur district.

As  per  separate RTI 
information obtained  from
the  office of DRDA, Jajpur, Rs. 98 
crore  has been drawn  from DMF 
Fund (  not Govt. fund )  for 
proposed medical  college  in Jajpur 
district.

2.  In 2020-21, the Central Govt. has also  released 
Rs. 50  crore  for 
establishment  of Medical  college 
in Kalahandi  district.

3.  Details of  fund
released  for  establishment 
of medical  college  in different 
districts  from 2014-15 
to 2018-19 is as follows.

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-21.2.21