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Sources in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) claimed that the government’s Pragati Manch has played a significant role in expediting the execution and commissioning of new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campuses, strengthening tertiary health care access in deprived areas.
Chairing the 50th PRAGATI meeting on December 31, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that a developed India by 2047 is a time-bound national objective, with PRAGATI acting as a key governance accelerator.
According to sources, recent progress at AIIMS Bibinagar, Guwahati and Jammu demonstrates how leadership-driven, inter-agency coordination has translated into operational health outcomes.
Sources claimed that at Bibinagar AIIMS in Telangana, the project has achieved about 86% physical progress by December 1, 2025 and is on track for completion by June 30, 2026.
Established under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana and fully funded by the Centre, the institute has been designed as a tertiary care and teaching center serving Telangana and neighboring states, sources said.
Sources said the implementation gained momentum after the Prime Minister reviewed the project in progress in June 2023. Physical progress, which was initially less than 10%, increased rapidly after the resolution of major bottlenecks. Sources said long-pending issues related to assured water supply and stable high-tension power were resolved in May 2025 after coordinated action between central and state agencies, in sync with the commissioning timeline.
According to sources, AIIMS Guwahati, the first AIIMS in the North-Eastern region, has also benefited from continuous progress monitoring. Sanctioned in 2017 at a cost of ₹1,123 crore, the 189-acre campus in Assam achieved full physical completion by October 2023. Sources said the progress reviews helped the ministry unlock inter-agency dependencies related to land development, power, storm water drainage and water supply.
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After these interventions, AIIMS Guwahati has transformed into a 750-bed hospital providing services in 25 specialties and 11 super-specialties. Sources said around 60% of patients get free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, thereby reducing their out-of-pocket expenses. The institute has also expanded its academic capacity, with plans to increase MBBS admission to 125 seats, sources said.
Sources said AIIMS Jammu, which will become operational in November 2024, is another example of the impact of progress on last mile problem solving. Despite construction being almost complete, external issues such as land-use constraints and utility linkages posed risks to timely commissioning. Informed sources said that these were resolved after the progress review in June 2023, which made possible coordinated action by the Union Territory and central agencies.
According to sources quoted earlier, AIIMS Jammu now operates a 750-bedded hospital with 18 super-specialty departments and a medical college offering 100 MBBS seats annually, serving Jammu and Kashmir and neighboring areas.
Overall, sources claimed that Pragati has emerged as an important governance tool, helping fast-track health infrastructure projects through real-time monitoring, cooperative federalism and time-bound accountability, directly contributing to better health care access and capacity across India.