Budgetary
allocation made to AIIMS under both Plan and Non Plan during last three years
and current year is as under:
|
Year
|
Amount allocated(Rs. Crore)
|
|
2008-09
|
653.42
|
|
2009-10
|
886.51
|
|
2010-11
|
985.00
|
|
2011-12
|
1022.35
|
Institute
is provided consolidated grants every year under Plan and Non Plan form the
Ministry of health and family welfare, for patient care, teaching and research
including staff and establishment etc. The institute has been internally
earmarking Rs. 50.00 lakh as intramural research
fund. From the year 2011-12, the intramural research fund is being enhanced to
Rs. 3.00 crore. Patient care services and research
activities are inter-related and normal grant to the institute cater to both
research and patient care activities simultaneously. However, most of the
research in the institute is funded through extramural grants received from
other research agencies like Indian Council of Medical Research and Department
of Biotechnology.
A
total of 46 applications for patent were filed out of which 12 have been
granted and 4 patents have been commercialized. Since inception, AIIMS is
providing high quality research, medical education and patient care. All
efforts are made to further improve the standards in the relevant fields.
The above information was
given by the Minister of Health & Family Welfare Shri
Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha
today.
SBS/ls