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Bills for medical, law institutes passed

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a Bill to set up two institutes -- a medical institute and a law institute -- in the State in the current fiscal.

Separate Bills for setting up the institutes were tabled in the State Assembly on Thursday by State parliamentary affairs minister Mohd Azam Khan.

While the medical institute would be on the lines of AIIMS, the other would take a cue from National Law Institute.

In reply to certain objections raised by the BJP members, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav said once the law institute came up, students from U.P. would not have to apply for admissions outside the State. "It would be centre of excellence," he added.

While the prestigious U.P. Rural Medical Science and Research Institute (UPRMSRI) would be set up at Saifai, the home town of the CM, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law Institute, U.P., would come up in the State Capital.

The government has earmarked Rs. 150 crores for the UPRMSRI and Rs .200 crores for the law institute.

According to the new bill, the government was setting up the ultra modern UPRMSRI to cater free medical services to the rural population in Etawah and 17 nearby districts. It would cater to the demands of over two crore people in these areas. The institute will also impart specialised training to the doctors and carry out research work.

The government, meanwhile, rejected the Opposition's demand to refer the matter to a select committee and give it three month's time to study the proposal.

Based on AIIMS

The medical institute would be similar to that of AIIMS New Delhi and Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) Lucknow.

The Chief Minister announced another medical institute would be set up in Azamgarh, the foundation stone of which would be laid shortly.

All India Hindu Mahasabha's Dr. R.M. D. Aggarwal said while the condition of seven existing medical colleges in the State was deplorable, he could not understand the logic behind setting up another institute.

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