What is the value of the medical equipment items for which procurement approval has been conveyed for AIIMS Awantipora?
- A.Rs 19.41 crore
- B.Rs 59.41 crore
- C.Rs 159.41 crore
- D.Rs 594.10 crore
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rs 59.41 crore. Procurement approval has been conveyed for 180 medical equipment items of this value, and Notices of Award have already gone out for 140 of those items, which leaves forty still to be awarded. Alongside this, the buying of out-patient instruments, laboratory furniture and medical and administrative furniture is at various stages of progress. The Union Health Minister asked HITES and the institute's Executive Director to coordinate and speed up these purchases, stressing that whatever the out-patient department needs must be bought first, since the OPD is targeted to open before December 2026. The other three options give values that do not match the approval. A candidate should pair the figure with the item count of 180 and the 140 Notices of Award, as questions often mix the two numbers up.
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Practice Questions
AIIMS Awantipora, reviewed by the Union Health Minister in November 2026, is in which union territory?
- A.Ladakh
- B.Jammu and Kashmir
- C.Chandigarh
- D.Puducherry
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Awantipora lies in the Kashmir valley, and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences being built there is meant to widen access to tertiary and specialised care in the union territory as well as strengthen medical education in the region.
Read the full explanation →How many positions of essential manpower has the Health Ministry approved for running the OPD and related services at AIIMS Awantipora?
- A.150
- B.352
- C.652
- D.1,052
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The ministry has approved the engagement of essential manpower for making the out-patient department and related services work, and the proposed arrangements cover six hundred and fifty-two positions across various categories.
Read the full explanation →How much office space was reclaimed by the Department of Health and Family Welfare under Special Campaign 6?
- A.1,25,114 square feet
- B.3,27,500 square feet
- C.5,82,449 square feet
- D.7,41,000 square feet
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The space was freed mainly through the records management exercise, in which 1,20,115 of the 1,25,114 physical files reviewed were weeded out and 32,542 of the 37,481 e-files reviewed were closed.
Read the full explanation →How many public grievances were disposed of by the Department of Health and Family Welfare under Special Campaign 6?
- A.6,026
- B.9,480
- C.12,840
- D.18,240
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The Department disposed of that many public grievances during the campaign, and alongside them it cleared 6,026 related appeals. It also addressed 119 references received from Members of Parliament and simplified 19 rules and processes.
Read the full explanation →Special Campaign 6, under which the Union Health Ministry met all its targets, was conducted during which period?
- A.2 to 31 August 2026
- B.2 to 31 October 2026
- C.1 to 30 September 2026
- D.1 to 31 December 2026
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The Department of Health and Family Welfare reached 100 per cent of the targets set for it under Special Campaign 6, which ran over that month with a focus on making cleanliness an institutional habit, reducing pendency and improving administrative efficiency across government offices.
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