New Delhi (NVI): Union Minister of State (MOS) for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy informed the Parliament here today that the government has approved the creation of two AIIMS like institutions and eight medical colleges in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Replying to a question regarding the development of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Minister said that the Union Government is fully committed to the overall development of the newly formed union territories.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha the MOS informed the Parliament that under the centrally sponsored scheme the Central Government has also approved the establishment of eight medical colleges in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions.
“These medical colleges, which are under various stages of implementation, will come up in the districts of Doda, Kathua, Baramulla, Anantnag, Rajouri, Udhampur, Handwara (Kupwara) in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the district of Leh in the union territory of Ladakh,” said Reddy.
