Lok Sabha Question No. 3125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Increase in Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: MANHOR UNTWAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH JANUARY, 2018

## INCREASE IN MEDICAL SEATS

## 3125. SHRI MANOHAR UTAWAL:

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

- (a) the number of Government and private medical colleges in the country along with the Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) seats available therein, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has recei ved any proposal to increase the number of seats in UG and PG medicalcourses including introduction of new courses in the existing Medical Colleges; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  and  present  status thereof  along  with  action  taken  for upgradation of infrastructures, work force and staff etc. in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): The details are given in Annexure
- (b) & (c): Number of applications received for the academic year 2018 - 19 are as under: -

| I.   | For establishment of new Medical Colleges   | - 85   |
|------|---------------------------------------------|--------|
| II.  | For increase of seats in UG Course          | -20    |
| III. | For increase of seats in PG Courses (Broad  | - 361  |
| IV.  | For starti ng PG Courses (Broad Specialty)  | -570   |
| V.   | For Increase of seats in PG Courses (Super  | - 41   |
| VI.  | For Starting PG Courses (Super Specialty)   | -66    |

The last date for granting of permission in respect of PG Courses (Broad Special 28.02.2018. The last date for granting permission in respect of PG Courses (Super Spec and UG Course is 31.05.2018.

The Colleges desirous of stating new courses or increase in intake capacity are required to ensure requisite infrastructure, faculty etc. as per minimum standards prescribed thro Regulations for the purpose.

## Annexure

## As on 01.01.2018

| Sl. No. 1   | State                                     | Government Colleges 12   | Private Colleges 19   | UG Seats       | PG Seats      |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------------|
|             | Pradesh                                   |                          |                       | 4750           | 1782          |
|             | Andhra A &NIslands Assam                  |                          |                       | 100 726        |               |
| 2 3 4       |                                           | 1 6 9                    | 0 0 4                 |                | 0             |
| 5           |                                           |                          | 0                     | 1350 100       | 518 600       |
| 6           | Bihar                                     |                          |                       |                |               |
| 7           | Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi             | 1                        | 3 2                   |                | 546 119       |
|             |                                           | 6                        | 0                     | 1100 1100 150  | 2525 107      |
|             |                                           | 6                        |                       |                |               |
| 8           | Goa                                       | 1 17                     |                       |                | 1962          |
| 9           | Gujarat                                   |                          | 7                     | 3830 1450      |               |
| 10          | Haryana                                   | 5                        | 6                     | 650 500        | 468 223 434   |
| 11          | Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir Jharkhand | 5 3 3                    | 1                     | 350            | 215           |
| 12 13 14    | Karnataka                                 |                          | 1                     |                |               |
| 15          |                                           | 18 10                    | 0 39 24               | 8845 4150      |               |
|             |                                           | 6                        |                       | 2600           | 3960          |
|             | Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra         |                          |                       | 7270           | 1415 845 3820 |
| 16          | Manipur                                   | 22                       | 12 28 0               | 200            |               |
| 17 18 19    |                                           |                          | 0                     |                | 201 22        |
|             | Meghalaya                                 | 2 1 5                    | 4                     |                |               |
|             |                                           |                          |                       | 50             |               |
| 20          | Orissa Pondicherry Punjab                 |                          |                       | 1350 1200 1275 | 646 618 702   |
| 21 22 23    |                                           | 1 3                      | 7 7 8                 | 2650           |               |
| 24          | Rajasthan                                 |                          |                       |                | 1398          |
|             |                                           | 8 0                      | 1                     |                | 22            |
| 25 26       | Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana               | 25                       |                       | 100            | 2960 1622     |
|             |                                           | 7 2                      | 24 18                 | 6850 3750 200  |               |
| 27          |                                           |                          | 0                     |                | 30            |
|             | Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand         | 17                       | 30                    | 6349           |               |
| 28          |                                           |                          |                       |                | 2002 212      |
| 29 30 31    |                                           | 3 14                     | 3                     | 800 2700 707   | 1441          |
| 32          | West Bengal Delhi                         | 7 1                      | 4 0 0                 | 150            | 0 0           |
|             | AIIMS, New JIPMER, Puducherry             |                          |                       |                |               |
|             | Total                                     | 227                      | 252                   | 67352          | 31415         |