How many new AIIMS approved under PMSSY are fully functional?
- A.12
- B.15
- C.18
- D.22
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Explanation
The correct answer is 18. The ministry’s statement of 10 November 2026 says twenty-two new AIIMS have been approved in various phases of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, and of these eighteen are fully functional. Option D is the trap, because twenty-two is the number approved and not the number working fully; a careless reading swaps the two. Options A and B are wrong because neither figure appears in the announcement. Alongside this, remember what a fully functional institute offers: outpatient and inpatient departments, emergency and trauma services, diagnostics, medical education and research. The ministry links the expansion to correcting regional imbalance in affordable tertiary care, so that patients need not travel far for specialised treatment. The ministry also underlined that this network was expanded to correct regional imbalance in affordable and reliable tertiary healthcare across the country.
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Practice Questions
The new AIIMS whose OPD milestone was announced in November 2026 are set up under which scheme?
- A.Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
- B.Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
- C.National Health Mission
- D.Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on 10 November 2026 that the new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences created under this scheme had crossed six crore outpatient consultations since 2021-22.
Read the full explanation →What was the OPD consultation figure at the new AIIMS in 2025-26?
- A.100.52 lakh
- B.129.98 lakh
- C.144.96 lakh
- D.164.21 lakh
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The year-wise series released by the ministry runs 50.03 lakh in 2021-22, 77.95 lakh in 2022-23, 100.52 lakh in 2023-24, 129.98 lakh in 2024-25 and 144.96 lakh in 2025-26.
Read the full explanation →Up to which date was the OPD milestone of the new AIIMS counted?
- A.31 March 2026
- B.30 June 2026
- C.30 September 2026
- D.31 October 2026
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The ministry said the new AIIMS had collectively recorded over six crore outpatient consultations in the five-year period since 2021-22, as on that date, and it also gave the running figure of 97.41 lakh outpatients for the current year 2026-27 up to October 2026.
Read the full explanation →What is the last date for submitting applications under Round 3 of the surface coal and lignite gasification scheme?
- A.11 December 2026
- B.31 December 2026
- C.11 January 2027
- D.31 March 2027
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The Ministry of Coal launched Round 3 of the scheme with effect from 10 November 2026 and set the closing date for applications at 11 January 2027, giving eligible entities roughly two months to prepare proposals for coal or lignite gasification plants.
Read the full explanation →Which company submitted both the applications received under Round 2 of the coal and lignite gasification scheme?
- A.Coal India Limited
- B.NTPC Limited
- C.NLC India Limited
- D.GAIL India Limited
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Round 2 of the scheme closed with two applications, and the Ministry of Coal said both had come from NTPC Limited: one proposal is for making urea and the other for methanol along with dimethyl ether, or DME.
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