Lok Sabha Question No. 1735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-10
Subject: Faculty Members for Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1735 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th MARCH, 2017

## FACULTY MEMBERS FOR MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 1735. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  medical  colleges presently  functioning  in  the  country,  State/ UT - wise including pending for approval by the Government;
- (b) whether any database has been maintained reg arding th e number of faculty members and specialists available in the country required for running of these medical colleges and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  if  not,  whether  duplicity  has  been noticed  on  the  availability  of  faculty members  by represent ing two or more institutions;
- (d) if so, the action taken by the Governm nt in this regard; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a): Details are given in the Annexure.
- (b) to (e): The Medical Council of India (MCI) has maintained database of faculty members available in the country required for running/existing medical colleges. All the declarat submitted by teaching faculty during the ti me of assessment are available on the MCI's website www.mciindia.org /information Desk/TeachingFaculty.aspx.

If the Medical Council of India receives any complaint against the faculty/duplic faculty in the permitted Medical Colleges or the MCI finds any fake faculty during verification of declaration  forms of  all the Medical Colleges for  each academic  year, the said Col debarred for 2 years from making admissions in the MBBS course, as per the Regulations of Council. The matter is also ref erred to Ethics Committee of the Council to investigate against t said fake faculty/Dean/Principal of the College and action is taken against them as per t Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002.

## A nnexure

| Sl. No.   | State            | Government     | Private         | Total of     | Application pending for approval by the Central Govt.   |
|-----------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State            | No. of College | No. of Colleges | No. Colleges | Application pending for approval by the Central Govt.   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   | 13             | 19              | 32           | 1                                                       |
| 2         | A & N Islands    | 1              | 0               | 1            | 0                                                       |
| 3         | Assam            | 6              | 0               | 6            | 0                                                       |
| 4         | Bihar            | 9              | 4               | 13           | 2                                                       |
| 5         | Chandigarh       | 1              | 0               | 1            | 0                                                       |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh     | 6              | 3               | 9            | 0                                                       |
| 7         | Delhi            | 6              | 2               | 8            | 0                                                       |
| 8         | Goa              | 1              | 0               | 1            | 0                                                       |
| 9         | Gujarat          | 11             | 14              | 25           | 2                                                       |
| 10        | Haryana          | 4              | 6               | 10           | 5                                                       |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh | 3              | 1               | 4            | 3                                                       |
| 12        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 3              | 1               | 4            | 0                                                       |
| 13        | Jharkhand        | 3              | 0               | 3            | 1                                                       |
| 14        | Karnataka        | 18             | 38              | 56           | 2                                                       |
| 15        | Kerala           | 9              | 24              | 33           | 3                                                       |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh   | 6              | 12              | 18           | 1                                                       |
| 17        | Maharashtra      | 22             | 28              | 50           | 4                                                       |
| 18        | Manipur          | 2              | 0               | 2            | 0                                                       |
| 19        | Meghalaya        | 1              | 0               | 1            | 0                                                       |
| 20        | Orissa           | 3              | 5               | 8            | 2                                                       |
| 21        | Pondicherry      | 1              | 7               | 8            | 0                                                       |
| 22        | Punjab           | 3              | 7               | 10           | 0                                                       |
| 23        | Rajasthan        | 8              | 8               | 16           | 8                                                       |
| 24        | Sikkim           | 0              | 1               | 1            | 0                                                       |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu       | 23             | 26              | 49           | 2                                                       |
| 26        | Telangana        | 6              | 18              | 24           | 3                                                       |
| 27        | Tripura          | 2              | 0               | 2            | 0                                                       |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh    | 16             | 29              | 45           | 11                                                      |
| 29        | Uttarakhand      | 3              | 3               | 6            | 1                                                       |
| 30        | West Bengal      | 14             | 4               | 18           | 3                                                       |
| 31        | AIIMS            | 7              | 0               | 7            | 0                                                       |
| 32        | JIPMER           | 1              | 0               | 1            | 0                                                       |
|           | TOTAL            | 212            | 260             | 472          | 55                                                      |