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J&K receives Rs 3,325 crore investment proposals in healthcare sector despite COVID situation
21-December-2020

Jammu and Kashmir has received investment proposals of Rs 3,325 crore in health-care and medical education sectors, even as much-hyped global investors summit to attract investment into healthcare setup came to grinding halt due to Covid this year.

Despite the Covid situation, the Health and Medical Education Department took a lead in Jammu and Kashmir to attract global investment into healthcare setup, including health, education, education post abrogation of Article 370 and reorganisation of state into two union territories.

�We have received investment proposals worth Rs 3,225-3,325 crore into the health care setup and medical education sector in Jammu and Kashmir, despite Covid situation�, Financial Commissioner, health and medical education, J&K, Atal Dulloo said in an interview here.

He said as the much-hyped global investors summit came to a sudden halt due to the pandemic, the Jammu And Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has been making fresh progress to attract global investment into health care setup, including health and wellness tourism, in the union territory.

�It is due to these efforts that investment proposals have started coming to us in the health and medical education sectors�, Dulloo said. The Financial Commissioner said a screening committee was constituted in October this year to scrutinize the proposals received under health care investment policy.�