What ails AIIMS? 97% of funds for 11 new institutions yet to be released

BJP claims to have set up two new AIIMS in 2017-18. The reality is that none of the 13 AIIMS announced by the NDA government is near completion

On completing four years in the government, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), released a slew of infographics showcasing its campaigns for “transforming India”. One of the claims it made was the establishment of two new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jharkhand and Gujarat in 2017-18 and the setting up of 20 new “AIIMS-like” hospitals.
 
When the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government came to power in 2014, it announced four new AIIMS, seven more in 2015 and then two more in 2017.
 
Of these, none are near completion.
 
Other than the first-ever institute