Chandigarh, March 18
Haryana Health Minister Arti Singh Rao today praised the budget presented by Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini as Finance Minister and said this year, the budget of the Health Department has increased by 8.17 percent as compared to last year. She said with a budget of more than Rs 10,000 crore, while the infrastructure in the hospitals of the state will be strengthened, modern facilities and equipment will be increased in government health institutions.
Arti Singh Rao said that many medical colleges are being completed in the state and during this year, the MBBS seats will increase to 2485. This will help in meeting the shortage of doctors in the state.
She said in the last 10 years, we have increased 1485 seats of MBBS, 754 seats of post graduate degree and diploma, 30 seats of DM and MCH. Today, the state has 2185 MBBS seats, 1043 seats for post graduate degree and diploma and 37 seats for DM and MCH.
The Health Minister said at present, “Day Care Centres” are running for cancer patients in Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Faridabad, and the announcement made in today’s budget to open “Day Care Centres” in the remaining 17 districts will provide great convenience to cancer patients. He also thanked the Government of India for approving an investment of Rs 201.59 crore in the year 2025-26 for 70 Advanced Life Support Ambulances and other structural improvements in the district hospitals of 14 districts to increase the treatment facilities during accidents and trauma. This will reduce deaths due to lack of timely treatment. She appreciated the Chief Minister for the government’s focus on Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathic systems of medicine and said that this would help the people of the state in maintaining good health. She welcomed the proposal made by the Chief Minister in the budget to upgrade the District Hospitals of Hisar and Panipat from 200 to 300 bedded hospitals, to upgrade the District Hospital of Jhajjar from 100 to 200 bedded hospitals, to equip all the District Hospitals with modern services and latest equipment and to create a Critical Care Block of 50 beds in each District Hospital and in every Government Medical College. She said the Chief Minister has shown that he is concerned about the health of the people of the state.
Budget reiterates govt’s commitment to implement National Education Policy first in country: Mahipal Dhanda
Haryana Education Minister Sh. Mahipal Dhanda said special provisions have been made in the state’s budget for the year 2025-26 to implement the National Education Policy first in the country. Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini, as Finance Minister, has prepared the budget in accordance with the norms of the budget framework, which is commendable.
Reacting to the budget, Sh. Mahipal Dhanda said that the Chief Minister has consulted all stakeholders to prepare the budget outline and has given place to important suggestions in the budget. The pre-budget consultation talks with the MPs, ministers and MLAs of the state in Panchkula were very important, in which the MLAs of the ruling and opposition parties gave important suggestions. The MLAs also praised the Chief Minister wholeheartedly for this initiative.
He said 197 Government Model Sanskriti Vidyalayas are functioning in the state to provide quality education in accordance with the National Education Policy. In the financial year 2025-26, a new Model Sanskriti School will be opened in the state within every 10 km radius.
It has been decided to develop one Government Model Sanskriti Vidyalay in each district as a Center of Excellence in Sports to hone the talent of the youth of Haryana in sports, which is welcome. Haryana already has a name in the world in sports. These Excellence Centers will provide a new platform to the emerging sports talents.
The minister said collective efforts are being made by Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal, Haryana Education Board Bhiwani and Education Department to implement the National Education Policy in the state. A total of 12 schools are running in double shift in districts Ambala, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad, Charkhi Dadri and Mahendragarh in the state. In the financial year 2025-26, a provision has been made to run these schools in single shift by creating infrastructure as per the requirement. He said the talented students of the state are already bringing laurels to the country and the state in sports. Now in the budget, students have also been encouraged to participate in Mathematics Olympiad. There is a plan of organizing ‘Haryana Math Olympiad’ every year for the students of Class 10th to 12th, which is a good initiative. This will give the youth an opportunity to know the method of our ancient Vedic mathematics.
He said students will be given the opportunity to choose and promote their career in accordance with the National Education Policy. By starting their own startup, students will not only make themselves self-reliant but will also provide employment to other youth. Entrepreneurship competitions will be organized in every district from the academic session 2025-26 and the selected teams will be given an amount of Rs 1 lakh to convert their idea into a business model. He said in the interest of the safety of students and teachers, PM Shri School and Model Sanskriti Schools are being established in every cluster. He informed that for the first time in the budget, a provision has been made to install CCTV cameras for security, surveillance and discipline in 1497 government schools in the state. Apart from this, there is also a mention of building e-libraries in 197 Government Model Sanskriti Schools and all 250 PM Shri Schools and keeping them open for general public use after school hours.
State budget gives special focus on sports: Gaurav Gautam
Haryana’s Minister of State for Sports, Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship, Sh. Gaurav Gautam, while welcoming the budget for the year 2025-26 presented by Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini in the Assembly, said this budget will provide opportunities to the youth of Haryana in accordance with the sports policy of the state. In the coming time, new sporting talent of the state will bring glory by winning medals in national and international competitions.
He said many new proposals have been made in the budget 2025-26 to further strengthen Haryana’s sports infrastructure, provide better resources to emerging players and establish the state as a global sports power.
He said the new sports excellence centers will be opened in 5 universities of the state, namely Maharishi Dayanand University, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Kurukshetra University and Indira Gandhi University, Rewari. He said in the budget, it has been decided to start the “2036 Vijayibhav” scheme with the aim of bringing maximum medals by the players of Haryana in the Olympic Games to be held in the year 2036 for which a provision of Rs 20 crore has been made. This is a unique initiative taken in the budget of any state. This will definitely encourage the players of Haryana and as per the vision of the Chief Minister, Haryana will make its mark in the 2036 Olympics.
Similarly, a provision has also been made in the budget for the proposal of Khiladi Bima Yojana in the financial year 2025-26, under which the players will be given medical coverage of up to Rs 20 lakh, whose premium will be paid by the government. He said in the same way, in order to motivate and encourage the players, a reward of Rs 50 lakh, 30 lakh and 20 lakh will be given to the 3 best akhadas every year at the state level.
He said that for better operation and maintenance of sports complexes of the state, two sports complexes will be given to run on PPP mode on pilot basis.
He said it is the priority of this government to keep the youth away from drugs. Under this, the Haryana Sports Equipment Provision Scheme has been started in 2023-24, in which there is a provision to allocate equipment for eight sports like volleyball, football, basketball, handball, boxing, wrestling, judo and cricket through municipal bodies and panchayats.
