UPPCS GS-VI

Land for a 300-bed hospital in Ayodhya

Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Land for a 300-bed hospital in Ayodhya (, 8 April 2025)

What happened

  • Land of the old Sitapur Eye Hospital in Ayodhya was given free to the Health Department for a proposed 300-bed hospital. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • The free transfer is an exception and not a precedent. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • Ayodhya’s visitor numbers need matching hospital capacity.

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI health infrastructure in UP

  1. Ayodhya's visitor numbers need matching hospital capacity.
Quotable data point

Land of the old Sitapur Eye Hospital in Ayodhya was given free to the Health Department for a proposed 300-bed hospital [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 8 April 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: health infrastructure in UP.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

The Ayodhya hospital approved in April 2025 will have

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 8 April 2025 (Hindi PDF)

facts from cited sources only; numbers machine-checked against source text; faculty review pending