Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Uttar Pradesh Approves Free Land For 13 ECHS Polyclinics
The Uttar Pradesh government wants to build more healthcare centers for former soldiers and their families.
The Cabinet approved giving land for these centers without charging for it.
The land will come from village councils and local authorities in 13 districts.
The land will be given to the military authority responsible for building the centers.
These centers will be part of the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, or ECHS.
ECHS helps eligible former soldiers receive treatment without paying at the time of care.
About 18 lakh ex-servicemen live in Uttar Pradesh.
The new centers are meant to bring medical services closer to their homes.
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved free land transfers for ECHS Polyclinics in 13 districts.
Land owned by Gram Panchayats and local authorities will be transferred to the Local Military Authority, Central Command.
The facilities are intended to provide ex-servicemen and their dependents with closer access to medical care.
About 18 lakh ex-servicemen live in Uttar Pradesh, according to the report.
The Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme provides cashless treatment through polyclinics and other listed medical facilities.
- Who
- The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, approved the proposal for ex-servicemen and their dependents.
- What
- Free transfers of local government and Gram Panchayat land were approved for constructing ECHS Polyclinics.
- When
- The report does not specify when the Cabinet decision was made; the ECHS was launched on April 1, 2003.
- Where
- The polyclinics are planned in Etawah, Jalaun, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Banda, Ghazipur, Mirzapur, Deoria, Sultanpur, Azamgarh and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- The decision is intended to expand ECHS healthcare infrastructure and provide ex-servicemen and their families with faster, closer access to medical treatment.
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Beneficiaries
- Ex-servicemen pensioners and their dependents
- Number of districts
- 13
- Estimated ex-servicemen in Uttar Pradesh
- Around 18 lakh
- Land arrangement
- Gram Panchayat and local-authority land will be transferred free of cost
- Recipient authority
- Local Military Authority, Central Command, Government of India
- Scheme launch date
- April 1, 2003
- Treatment model
- Cashless treatment through ECHS Polyclinics, Armed Forces medical facilities, government hospitals and empanelled private hospitals