The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA has cleared the proposal for establishment of 58 new medical colleges by upgradation of existing district hospitals in deficient states. There will be 100 MBBS seats in each medical college. This will result in an increase of about 5800 MBBS seats in medical eduaction.

The CCEA gave its nod for the implementation of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh with World Bank assistance. The project is expected to directly benefit a rural population of about 78 lakh persons including 44 lakh Scheduled Castes and more than 8 lakh Scheduled Tribes.

The approval for amendments in the Mega Power Policy 2009 for provisional Mega Power projects has also been given by the Cabinet. The objective is to increase power availability to boost overall growth of the country and also ensure that consumers are reasonably charged for electricity supplied.

The CCEA has approved the construction of 220kV Transmission System from Alusteng of Srinagar to Leh and interconnection system for Drass, Kargil, Khalsti and Leh substations in Jammu and Kashmir. The transmission project will provide grid connectivity and reliable power supply to the strategically important Ladakh region.