Patna: To deliver on its commitment to have one medical college in every district of the state, the Bihar cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to open government medical college in seven districts of the state.

Giving its nod to health department’s proposal, the cabinet decided to open one medical college and hospital in seven districts of Kishanganj, Katihar, Rohtas, Sheohar, Lakhisarai, Arwal and Sheikhpura, Cabinet Secretariat Department’s Additional Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar Chaudhary told reporters in a post cabinet briefing here.

The decision was taken in view of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s announcement made during his independence day speech for setting up one each medical college in these districts.

With this, the government could achieve the target of having one each government medical college and hospital in every district of the state. The move would strengthen health infrastructure further besides providing higher education and employment opportunities.

There are, currently, 12 state run government medical college and hospitals apart from 20 under construction medical colleges in the state.

In another important decision, the cabinet also sanctioned Rs 20,000 crore to roll out “Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana” under which one woman of every family will be given Rs 10,000 to start business of her own choice, Chaudhary said.

Following the evaluation of the performance of woman’s entrepreneurial venture after six months, an additional Rs 2 lakh will be given as grant to the women entrepreneurs, he said adding that the whopping amount of Rs 20,000 crore will be made available as........

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