Chandigarh, Feb. 3 -- In a step aimed at strengthening neighbourhood-level healthcare infrastructure, the Haryana Council of Ministers on Monday approved a policy for setting up nursing homes in licensed residential plotted colonies across the state.

The policy seeks to bridge existing healthcare gaps in emerging residential areas and ensure that residents have access to essential medical services within their vicinity, an official spokesperson said.

The Cabinet, which met here under the chairmanship of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, decided that permission for establishing nursing homes will be granted on residential plots of licensed colonies throughout the state, subject to payment of requisite conversion charges. Such permission ...