Lok Sabha Question No. 2439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-09
Subject: New Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2439 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH MARCH, 2018

## NEW MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 2439. SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

## PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA: SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up new medical colleges in various Lok Sabha Constituencies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the funds armarked for the purpose, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the present hospitals are proposed to be upgraded to medical colleges;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the manner in which infrastructure would be created for new medical colleges, State/ UT - wise including Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan; and
- (e) the criteria being adopted for selecting the locations for setting up of these new medical colleges?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALT H AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (e): This Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment o new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals.

Under  Phase - I  of  the  scheme, 58  districts  i n  20  States/UT  have  been  identified  to establish new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. Out 56 have been approved till date. Funds to the tune of Rs.5188.42 crore have been relea the  State/UT  Governments  fo r  the  approved  districts  under  the  Scheme. The  list  of  58 identified Districts is at Annexure - A.

Under Phase - II of this Scheme, the requirement of 24 new medical colleges has bee identified  for  ensuring  the  availability  of  one  medical  college  in  every  3 Parliamenta Constituencies and one Government medical college in each State. The location of thes new Medical Colleges will be selected on Challenge Mode. The list of identified blocks Annexure- B. This Phase -II will commence from the financial year 2018 - 19.

## State - wise List of 58 identified New Medical Colleges under the Scheme

| S. N.   | State/UT          | No. of District/Referral Hospitals   | Districts             |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1       | A & N Islands     | 1                                    | Port Blair            |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                    | Naharlagun            |
|         |                   |                                      | Diphu                 |
| 3       |                   |                                      | D hubri               |
|         | Assam             | 4                                    | Nagaon                |
|         |                   |                                      | North Lakhimpur       |
|         |                   |                                      | Purnia                |
|         | Bihar             | 3                                    | Samastipur            |
| 4       |                   |                                      | Saran(Chhapara)       |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 2                                    | Rajnandgaon           |
|         |                   |                                      | Sarguja (Ambikapur)   |
| 6       | Haryana           | 1                                    | Bhiwani               |
|         |                   |                                      | Chamba                |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                                    | Hamirpur              |
|         |                   |                                      | Nahan (Sirmour)       |
|         |                   |                                      | Dumka                 |
| 8       | Jharkhand         | 3                                    | Hazaribagh            |
|         |                   |                                      | Palamu                |
|         |                   |                                      | Anantnag              |
|         |                   |                                      | Baramull a            |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5                                    | Doda                  |
|         |                   |                                      | Kathua                |
|         |                   |                                      | Rajouri               |
|         |                   |                                      | Ch hindwara           |
|         |                   |                                      | Datia                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Khandwa               |
| 10      | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                                    | Ratlam                |
|         |                   |                                      | Shivpuri              |
|         |                   |                                      | Shahdol               |
|         |                   |                                      | Vidisha               |
| 11      | Maharashtra       | 1                                    | Gondia                |
| 12      | Meghalaya         | 1                                    | West Garo Hills, Tura |
| 13      | Mizoram           | 1                                    | Falkawn               |
| 14      | Nagaland          | 1                                    | Naga Hospital         |
|         |                   |                                      | Balasore              |
|         |                   |                                      | Baripada (Mayurbhanj) |
| 15      | Odisha            | 5                                    | Bolangir              |
|         |                   |                                      | Koraput               |
|         |                   |                                      | Puri                  |
| 16      | Punjab            | 1                                    | SAS Nagar             |
|         |                   |                                      | Sikar                 |
| 17      | Rajasthan         | 7                                    | Barmer                |
|         |                   |                                      | Bharatpur             |

|       |               |    | Bhilwara Churu             |
|-------|---------------|----|----------------------------|
|       |               |    | Dungarpur                  |
|       |               |    | Pali                       |
|       |               |    | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)       |
|       |               |    | Cooch behar                |
| 18    | West Bengal   | 5  | Diamond harbour , South 24 |
|       |               |    | Paraganas Purulia          |
|       |               |    | Raiganj, North Dinajpur    |
|       |               |    | Faizabad                   |
|       |               | 5  | Bahraich Basti             |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh |    | Firozabad                  |
|       |               |    | Shahj                      |
|       |               |    | ahanpur                    |
| 20    | Uttarakhand   | 1  | Almora                     |
| Total | Total         | 58 |                            |

## List of 24 Blocks identified under Phase - II

| S. No.   | State          |    | Identified Blocks   | Parliamentary Constituencies covered under the Block   |
|----------|----------------|----|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Bihar          | 1. | Block- 1            | Sheohar                                                |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 1. | Block- 1            | Sitamarhi                                              |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 1. | Block- 1            | Madhubani                                              |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 2  | Block- 2            | Jhanjharpur                                            |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 2  | Block- 2            | Supaul                                                 |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 2  | Block- 2            | Araria                                                 |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 3  | Block- 3            | Vaishali                                               |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 3  | Block- 3            | Gopalganj                                              |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 3  | Block- 3            | Siwan                                                  |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 4  | Block- 4            | Pataliputra                                            |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 4  | Block- 4            | Arrah                                                  |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 4  | Block- 4            | Buxar                                                  |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 5  | Block- 5            | Jamui                                                  |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 6  | Block- 1            | Chatra                                                 |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 6  | Block- 1            | Kodarma                                                |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 6  | Block- 1            | Giridih                                                |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 7  | Block- 2            | Singhbhum                                              |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 7  | Block- 2            | Khunti                                                 |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 7  | Block- 2            | Lohardaga                                              |
| 3.       | Madhya Pradesh | 8  | Block- 1            | Damoh                                                  |
| 3.       | Madhya Pradesh | 8  | Block- 1            | Khajuraho                                              |
| 3.       | Madhya Pradesh | 8  | Block- 1            | Satna                                                  |
| 4.       | Odisha         | 9  | Block- 1            | Bhadrak                                                |
| 4.       | Odisha         | 9  | Block- 1            | Jajpur                                                 |
| 4.       | Odisha         | 9  | Block- 1            | Dhenkanal                                              |
| 5.       | Rajasthan      | 10 | Block- 1            | KarauliDholpur                                         |
| 5.       | Rajasthan      | 10 | Block- 1            | Dausa                                                  |
| 5.       | Rajasthan      | 10 | Block- 1            | Tonk-SawaiMadhopur                                     |
| 6.       | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Block- 1            | Etah                                                   |
| 6.       | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Block- 1            | Badaun                                                 |
| 6.       | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Block- 1            | Aonla                                                  |
|          |                | 12 | Block- 2            | Hardoi                                                 |
|          |                | 12 | Block- 2            | Misrikh                                                |
|          |                | 12 | Block- 2            | Unnao                                                  |
|          |                | 13 | Block- 3            | Amethi                                                 |
|          |                | 13 | Block- 3            | Sultanpur                                              |
|          |                | 13 | Block- 3            | Pratapgarh                                             |
|          |                | 14 | Block- 4            | Fatehpur                                               |
|          |                | 14 | Block- 4            | Kaushambi                                              |
|          |                |    |                     | Phulpur                                                |
|          |                | 15 | Block- 5            | Sharavasti                                             |
|          |                |    |                     | Gonda                                                  |
|          |                |    |                     | Domariyaganj                                           |
|          |                | 16 | Block- 6            | Ghosi                                                  |

## Annexure - B

|    |             |    |          | Salempur     |
|----|-------------|----|----------|--------------|
|    |             |    |          | Ballia       |
|    |             | 17 | Block- 7 | Jaunpur      |
|    |             |    |          | Machhlishahr |
|    |             |    |          | Ghazipur     |
|    |             | 18 | Block- 8 | Mirzapur     |
|    |             |    |          | Robertsganj  |
| 7. | West Bengal | 19 | Block- 1 | Dum Dum      |
|    |             |    |          | Barasat      |
|    |             |    |          | Barrackpur   |
|    |             | 20 | Block- 2 | Howrah       |
|    |             |    |          | Uluberia     |
|    |             |    |          | Serampore    |
|    |             | 21 | Block- 3 | Hooghly      |
|    |             |    |          | Arambagh     |
|    |             | 22 | Block- 4 | Kanthi       |
|    |             |    |          | Ghatal       |
|    |             |    |          | Jhargram     |
|    |             | 23 | Block- 5 | Tamluk       |
| 8. | Sikkim      | 24 | Block- 1 | Gangtok      |