Hisar (Haryana) [India], April 6 (HBTV): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday highlighted the achievements of the Modi government in the health sector during the inauguration of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College in Hisar, Haryana.

Addressing the gathering, Amit Shah said, 'In ten years, the Modi government lifted 25 crore people out of the poverty line. Four crore houses have been constructed to give shelter to 20 crore people. 81 crore people get five kg of free ration per month.'

He added, 'Until 2014, 12 crore families did not have toilet facilities. Today, I congratulate the Haryana government for becoming the first state government in the country to provide toilets in every house in the state... With a holistic approach, the Narendra Modi government has thought about the health sector in the country.'

Shah emphasised that significant investments have been made to develop medical infrastructure, stating, 'The Narendra Modi government has done a lot of work in the area of medical infrastructure. INR 64,000 crore has been spent on creating Public Health Centres and Community Health Centres.'

He further added, 'In the last 10 years, over 700 Integrated Public Health Labs, 4,382 Block Public Health Units and 602 Critical Care Boxes were established. Today, there are 23 AIIMS hospitals in the country. Earlier, there were only 51,000 seats for medical students; today, it has been increased to 1,15,000 seats, and 85,000 seats will be added in the next five years.'

Praising Haryana’s progress, Shah said, 'Haryana is the best example of what happens when we have people who follow and work on the same principles. Earlier, Haryana was defamed due to corruption in jobs and casteism, but the BJP gave 80,000 jobs in the state and proved that in a democracy, politics is not done on the basis of caste.'

Referring to the economic progress of the state, he said, 'When Hooda sahib (former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda) left, Haryana had a Budget of INR 37,000 crore. Today, under Saini sahib (Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini), Haryana's Budget has risen to INR 2 lakh crore.'

(ANI)