100% tax exemption for donations to AIIMS: Jaitley
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday announced 100% tax exemption for any voluntary donation made to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The finance minister made the announcement during the premier institute’s 43rd convocation that saw a total of 552 students from various courses being awarded degrees. He also proposed recognising AIIMS as an Institute of National Eminence.
“Despite having an ‘elite institution’ tag, AIIMS continues to serve the common masses. The competence and credibility that AIIMS has developed over the years is no small task. The institution is a nursery of medical talent and it needs to expand to meet the growing need for medical human resource in the country,” Jaitley said.
The finance minister also said that the ministries should refrain from getting overinvolved in AIIMS’ internal matters as it hampers the institution’s growth.
Emphasising on the need to improve organ donation numbers in the country, Jaitley said, “There is a need to look into the policy on organ donation to learn from the best practices across the world, in the Indian context, and without commercialising it.”
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Despite having an ‘elite institution’ tag, AIIMS continues to serve the common masses.
The competence and credibility that AIIMS has developed over the years is no small task. This reflects the importance attached by the government to the promotion of high quality tertiary care services and expansion of medical education in the country.
ARUN JAITLEY, finance minister
address at the convocation, the president of the institution and Union health and family welfare minister JP Nadda said that the ministry is poised to work on expanding the network of medical colleges in the country in a big way.
The first phase will see upgradation of 58 district hospitals JP NADDA, health and family welfare minister
to medical colleges while 70 medical colleges are being upgraded by adding superspeciality blocks. “This reflects the importance attached by the government to the promotion of high quality tertiary care services and expansion of medical education in the country,” Nadda said.