Haryana inks agreement with Indo-UK Healthcare Private Limited

09 February, Chandigarh

Haryana government has inked an agreement with the Indo-UK Healthcare Private Limited to establish medical institutions in the state with proposed investment of Rs 1,000 crore and is expected to generate employment for 3,000 persons.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Devender Singh, on behalf of the Haryana Government, and by Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, Indo-UK Healthcare Private Limited, Ajay Gupta, in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal, and Industries and Commerce Minister, Capt Abhimanyu, here Tuesday.

Under this agreement, Haryana government would facilitate Indo-UK Healthcare Private Limited to obtain necessary permissions, registrations, approvals and clearances for the project from the Departments concerned, in order to ensure the establishment of the project in a time-bound manner. This would be done as per the existing policies and rules and regulations of the State Government. The project is likely to commence in 2017.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that during his tour to the United Kingdom (UK), Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, had reached an agreement for expansion of medical services in India, with investment of one billion pounds into the Indian healthcare system.

This agreement was signed in the same series. Haryana is one of the six states, which have signed MoUs with Indo-UK Healthcare Private Limited, he added.