Lok Sabha Question No. 1186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Government and Private Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1186 TH

TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 FEBRUARY, 2018

## GOVERNMEN T AND PRIVATE MEDICA L COLLEGES

## 1186. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

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

- (a) the number of Government and private medical colleges in the country, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether there is shortage of professors/faculty members in various medical colleges and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise along with the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) the number of new AIIMS opened in the country during the last three years; and
- (d) the number of pe nding proposals for new medical colleges, State/ UT - wise?

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

- (a):        Details are given in Annexure -I
- (b):          The  Government  does  not  centrally  maintain  data  of  professors/faculty  membe medical colleges.

Permission for starting of a medical college/yearly renewal permission/recogniti degree  is  granted  by  the  Central  Government  on  the  recommen dation  made  by  the  Medical Council  of  India  (MCI)  after  assessment  of  facilities  available  as  per  regulations  pr minimum  requirements  in  terms  of  infrastructure  ,faculty  and  clinical  material.  The  m colleges which fail to meet the required tandards  s are not given permission/renewal permission/recognition.

However,  to  augment  availability  of  qualified  faculty,  the  Central  Government/M have taken various steps which include revising teacher - students ratio, increasing of age limit for appoin tment/extension/re - appointment  against  the  posts  of  teacher/Dean/Principal/Director  i Medical Colleges, granting equated teaching designations to specialist Doctors and recog DNB  as  well  as  foreign  qualifications  for  appointment  to  various  faculty  p osts  in  Medical Colleges

- (c):     No new AIIMS is opened in the country during last three years.
- (d):     Details are given in Annexure -II .

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Annexure - I

| Sl. No. 1   | State                                     | Government Colleges 12   | Private Colleges 19   |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|             | Pradesh                                   |                          |                       |
|             | Andhra A &NIslands Assam                  |                          |                       |
| 2           |                                           | 1 6 9                    | 0                     |
| 3 4 5       |                                           | 1                        | 0 4 0                 |
| 6           | Bihar                                     |                          |                       |
| 7           | Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi             |                          |                       |
|             | Goa                                       | 6 6                      | 3 2 0                 |
|             |                                           |                          | 7                     |
| 8           |                                           | 1 17                     |                       |
| 9 10        | Gujarat                                   |                          |                       |
|             | Haryana                                   | 5                        | 6                     |
| 11          | Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir Jharkhand | 5                        | 1 1 0                 |
| 12 13 14    |                                           | 3 3                      |                       |
| 15          | Karnataka                                 | 18 10                    |                       |
| 16          |                                           | 6                        | 39 24 12              |
| 17          | Kerala Pradesh                            |                          | 28                    |
|             | Madhya Maharashtra                        | 22 2                     |                       |
| 18          |                                           | 1                        | 0 0                   |
|             | Manipur Meghalaya Orissa                  | 5                        |                       |
| 19 20 21    |                                           |                          |                       |
| 22          | Pondicherry Punjab                        |                          | 4                     |
| 23          |                                           | 1 3 8                    | 7 7                   |
|             | Rajasthan                                 |                          |                       |
|             |                                           |                          | 8 1                   |
| 24 25       | Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana               | 0 25                     | 24 18                 |
|             | Tripura                                   |                          |                       |
| 26 27 28    |                                           | 7                        | 0                     |
|             | Pradesh                                   | 2 17 3                   | 30                    |
|             | Uttar Uttarakhand                         |                          |                       |
| 29 30 31    | West                                      | 14 7                     | 3 4 0                 |
| 32          | Bengal Delhi                              | 1                        | 0                     |
|             | AIIMS, New JIPMER, Puducherry             |                          |                       |
|             | Total                                     | 227                      | 252                   |

Details of proposals for new Medical College received for the year 2018-19

|          |                                      | 0     |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-------|
| 1 2      | Andhra Pradesh Assam                 |       |
| 3        | Bihar                                | 1     |
|          | Chhattisgarh Delhi                   | 4     |
| 4 5 6    |                                      | 1     |
| 7        | Gujarat                              | 0     |
|          | Himachal Pradesh                     | 7 1 4 |
|          | Haryana J&K                          | 0     |
| 8        |                                      |       |
| 9 10 11  | Jharkhand Karnataka                  |       |
|          |                                      | 5     |
|          |                                      | 8     |
| 12 13    | Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra    | 3     |
|          | Orissa                               | 8 5   |
| 14       |                                      |       |
| 15       |                                      | 2     |
| 16 17 18 | Punjab                               | 0 9 5 |
|          | Rajasthan                            |       |
| 19 20    | Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | 11    |
|          | West Bengal                          |       |
| 21       |                                      | 1     |
|          |                                      | 3     |
| 22 23 24 | Sikkim Meghalaya Nagaland            | 0 0 0 |
| 25       |                                      | 1     |
| 26       | Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram            | 1     |
| 27 28    | Tripura Pondicherry Telangana        | 0 0   |
| 29 30    | Andaman& Nicobar                     | 5 0   |
| Total    | Total                                | 85    |

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State/UT

No. of Received proposals

ANNEXURE-II