Govt to set up 9 Institutes of Paramedical Sciences

Government of India has proposed to set up one National Institute of Paramedical Sciences (NIPS) at Najafgarh (Delhi) and eight Regional Institutes of Paramedical Sciences (RIPS) at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Chandigarh (UT), Coimbatore (Tamilnadu), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and one location in Bihar at a total cost of 804.43 Crore to be shared in the ratio of 85:15 between Central and the State Governments under the centrally sponsored scheme namely.

Detailed Project Report (DPR) of NIPS, Najafgarh (Delhi), RIPS Coimbatore and Chandigarh is under finalization by HLL Lifecare Limited, the project consultant. All out efforts are being made to establish the institutes in 12th Plan period.