Modi to inaugurate 11 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

The new medical colleges are being established at an estimated cost of about ₹4000 crore. Union Government has provided ₹2145 crore for the project, the remainder is funded by the Tamil Nadu government. 

The new Medical Colleges are being set in Virudhunagar, Namakkal, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri districts of the state. The establishment of these medical colleges is in line with the Prime Minister’s constant endeavour to promote affordable medical education and improve health infrastructure in all parts of the country. 

The new medical colleges, with cumulative capacity of 1450 seats, come under the Centrally Sponsored scheme of ’Establishing of New Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospital’. Under the scheme, medical colleges are set up in the districts which do not have either a government or private medical college. 

The new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Chennai is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision to protect and preserve Indian heritage and promote classical languages. The new campus is fully funded by the Union Government and is built at a cost of ₹24 Crore. 

CICT, which was operating from a rented building so far, will now operate from a new 3 storey campus. The new campus is equipped with a spacious library, an e-library, seminar halls and a multimedia hall.