CCEA okays 269 new nursing schools across India

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved the establishment of 137 new General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and 132 Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery (ANM) schools in different states to increase the availability of trained nursing manpower.

The schools will be set up under the Scheme of Upgradation/Strengthening of Nursing Services (Human Resource for Health) in the high focus states like Bihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, North Eastern States, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

It will also cover districts in other states which do not have General Nursing and Midwifery schools.

The GNM schools will be set up at a total cost of Rs.1370 crore with a cost sharing pattern of 85:15 between the Central Government and States. The expenditure on the part of Central Government would be Rs.1164.50 crore and the states will contribute Rs.205.50 crore.

The ANM schools will be set up at a total cost of Rs.660 crore, again with a cost-sharing pattern of 85:15 between the Central Government and the States. The expenditure on the part of Central Government would be Rs.561 crore and the States will contribute Rs.99 crore, an official press release said.

The schools are also expected to improve the quality of nursing education in the backward and special category States of the country. They would also help improve the quality of nursing services in the hospitals, it added.

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