Lok Sabha Question No. 1966 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Increasing of PG Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: B.N. CHANDRAPPA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1966 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th DECEMBER, 2017

## INCREASING OF PG MEDICAL SEATS

## 1966. SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

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

- (a) the total number of medical PG seats at present in the country;
- (b) whether the present strength is enough to meet the teaching and research requirements, if so, the details thereof ;
- (c)  whether  it  is  true  that  the Government  has  announced  the  creation  of 5,000  additional postgraduate medical seats in the country, if so, the details thererof, Stat /UT - wise  including Karnataka;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any proposal  to  upgrade Government  District hospitals  as medical colleges; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the number of district hospitals upgraded so far?

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

- (a): For  the  academic  year  2017 - 18,  there  are  a  total  of  37076  Medical  PG  seats  in  the country including 6848 DNB seats which are equivalent to MD/MS seats.
- (b): No specific assessment has been made to ascertain total requirement of PG seats.
- (c): During  Budget  Speech  2017 - 18  decision  to  take  steps  to  create  additional  5000  Post -Graduate (PG) seats was announced. For the year 2017 - 18,  additional 3779 Medical PG seats have  been  sanctioned.  State/UT  wise  details  including  Karnataka  are  given  in  Annexure In addition, from the year 2015 - 16, there is an increase of 2264 DNB seats.   The total additio post graduate seats for 2017 - 18 is 6043.
- (d) & (e): The Government is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for 'Establishment  of  new  Medical  colleges attached  with  existing  district/referral  hospitals'  with fund  sharing  between  the  Central  Government  and  States  in  ratio  of  90:10  for  NE/Spe Category States and 60:40 for other States.

58 districts in 20 States/UTs have been identified under this sch eme out of which 56 have been approved till date. 8 medical colleges established under this scheme are functiona date.

PG Medical Seats Sanctioned in 2017-18

3779

## ANNXEXURE

| S. No.   | Name of States/ UTs           | No. of Seats   |
|----------|-------------------------------|----------------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh A &NIslands    | 224            |
| 1 2      | Assam                         |                |
|          |                               | 0 103 106      |
| 3 4 5    |                               | 47             |
| 6        | Bihar                         | 27             |
| 7        | Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi |                |
|          |                               | 274 2          |
| 8        | Goa                           | 304            |
| 9        | Gujarat                       | 79             |
| 10       | Haryana Pradesh &Kashmir      |                |
| 11 12 13 | Himachal Jammu Jharkhand      | 68 70          |
|          | Karnataka                     |                |
|          |                               | 9 235 87       |
| 14       |                               |                |
| 15 16    | Kerala Pradesh                |                |
|          | Madhya Maharashtra Manipur    | 72 431 33      |
| 17 18 19 |                               |                |
|          | Meghalaya Odisha              |                |
| 20       |                               | 0 120          |
| 21       | Punjab Pondicherry Rajasthan  | 55             |
| 22 23 24 | Sikkim                        | 13 279 0       |
| 25       |                               |                |
|          | Tamil Nadu Telangana          |                |
|          |                               | 365 195        |
| 26       |                               |                |
| 27 28 29 | Tripura Uttarakhand Uttar     | 0 34           |
| 30       | West                          |                |
|          | Pradesh Bengal                | 288 259        |
| Total    |                               |                |