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21 June 2026

MCD hospital quality upgrades and infrastructure expansion

The topic provides a practical example of urban health governance and the implementation of the Kayakalp programme, which can be used as a case study for improving public service delivery and hospital infrastructure.

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Notes

  • MCD is launching a quality upgrade initiative for nine municipal hospitals in Delhi.
  • The initiative integrates these hospitals into the Centre’s ‘Kayakalp’ programme.
  • Key focus areas include expanding critical care infrastructure, implementing mechanised sweeping, and scaling the zero-waste-to-landfill programme.
  • Hospitals must enhance compliance with patient-safety and disaster-management protocols.
  • To qualify for incentives under the programme, hospitals are required to achieve a score of more than 80%.
  • Identified hospitals include Hindu Rao Hospital, Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital, Mata Gujri Hospital, Swami Dayanand Hospital, Kasturba Hospital, Mrs Girdhar Lal Maternity Hospital, Balak Ram Hospital, Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, and Veer Savarkar Arogya Sansthan.

Questions

  1. Discuss the significance of the 'Kayakalp' initiative in enhancing the quality of public healthcare delivery in urban local bodies. How do such performance-based incentive structures contribute to institutional accountability? 150 words
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Prelims

  1. The 'Kayakalp' programme, often associated with quality upgrades in public health facilities, is primarily aimed at:

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