Amit Shah unveils Maharaja Agrasen statue, opens ICU and lays PG hostel foundation in Hisar
Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a statue of Maharaja Agrasen, inaugurated a new ICU and laid the foundation stone of a PG hostel at a hospital in Hisar, Haryana, on 31 March 2025.
Summary
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 31 March 2025 unveiled a statue of Maharaja Agrasen, inaugurated a newly built ICU and laid the foundation stone of a postgraduate hostel at a hospital in Hisar, Haryana, in the presence of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. Shah credited industrialist O.P. Jindal with laying the foundation of the institution, which he said serves nearly 5 lakh OPD patients and graduates 180 medical students a year. He said the Centre had spent ₹64,000 crore on primary and community health centres, that the health budget had risen from ₹33,000 crore in 2013-14 to ₹1.33 lakh crore in 2025-26, that AIIMS had grown from 7 in 2014 to 23 in 2024, and that within five years no district would be without a medical college.
Key facts
- Date
- 31 March 2025, Hisar (Haryana)
- Unveiled
- Statue of Maharaja Agrasen
- Also
- New ICU; PG hostel foundation stone
- Present
- CM Nayab Singh Saini
- Health budget (Shah)
- ₹33,000 crore (2013-14) → ₹1.33 lakh crore (2025-26)
- AIIMS (Shah)
- 7 in 2014 → 23 in 2024
Practice MCQs 2 questions
In which city did Amit Shah unveil a statue of Maharaja Agrasen on 31 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Hisar
Shah unveiled the statue, opened an ICU and laid a PG hostel foundation stone in Hisar, Haryana.
At Hisar on 31 March 2025, Amit Shah said the number of AIIMS in India rose from 7 in 2014 to how many in 2024?
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Correct answer: C — 23
Shah said there were 7 AIIMS in 2014 and 23 in 2024.