Lok Sabha Question No. 1300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH FEBRUARY, 2018

## MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 1300. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the State/UT - wise number of medical colleges of various system of medicines being run in the country at present and the number of doctors passing out from these colleges every year;
- (b) whether the availability of doctors commensurate with the demand and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps being taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to meet the demand of doctors as per population norms?

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) State/UT - wise number of Medical Colleges of various systems of medicine being run in the country are given in Annexure -I. The number of seats permitted in those  is given in Annexure -II.
- (b) to (d) As per information provided by Medical Council of India, there are total 10,41,395 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils/Medical Council of India as on 30th September, 2017. Assuming 80% availability,  it  is  estimated  that  around  8.33  lakh  doctors  may  be  actua available for active service. It gives a doctor - population ratio of 1:1596 as per current population estimate of 1.33 billion.

Contd……

The  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  increase  the  number  of Allopathic doctors. These efforts include -

- (i) Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.
- (ii)  relaxation  in  the  norms  of  setting  up  of  Medical  College  in  term s  of requirement for land, faculty, staff, bed/bed strength and other infrastruct
- (iii) Strengthening/upgradation of State Government Medical Colleges for startin new PG courses/Increase of PG seats.
- (iv)  Establishment  of  New  Medical  Colleges  by  upg rading  district/referral hospitals preferably in underserved districts of the country.
- (v) Strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS seats.
- (vi)    The  ratio  of  teachers  to  students  has  been revised  from  1:1  to  1:2  for  all MD/MS disciplines and 1:1 to 1:3 in subjects of Anesthesiology, Forensic Medicine, Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology and Psychiatry  in  all  medical  colleges  across  the  country.  Further,  teache student ratio in public funded Government Medical Colleges for Professor has been increased from 1:2 to 1:3 in all clinical subjects and for Asso. P from 1:1 to 1:2 if the Asso. Prof. is a unit head. This would result in inc in number of specialists in the cou ntry.
- (vii) Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re - employment against posts  of  teachers/dean/principal/  director  in  medical  colleges  from  65 -70 years.
- (viii) DNB qualification as well as Foreign qualification have been recognized f appoi ntment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.

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## STATE/UT - WISE NUMBER OF AYUSH COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY

|   Sl. | State/UT          |   Allopathy |   Ayurveda |   Siddha |   Unani |   Homeopathy |
|-------|-------------------|-------------|------------|----------|---------|--------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh    |          31 |         03 |       00 |      01 |           05 |
|     2 | Arunachal Pradesh |          00 |         00 |       00 |      00 |           01 |
|     3 | Assam             |           6 |         01 |       00 |      00 |           03 |
|     4 | Bihar             |          13 |         08 |       00 |      05 |           15 |
|     5 | Chandigarh        |           1 |         01 |       00 |      00 |           01 |
|     6 | Chhattisgarh      |           9 |         06 |       00 |      01 |           03 |
|     7 | Delhi             |           8 |         03 |       00 |      02 |           02 |
|     8 | Goa               |           1 |         01 |       00 |      00 |           01 |
|     9 | Gujarat           |          24 |         30 |       00 |      00 |           31 |
|    10 | Haryana           |          11 |         11 |       00 |      00 |           01 |
|    11 | H.P.              |           6 |         03 |       00 |      00 |           01 |
|    12 | J& K              |           4 |         02 |       00 |      03 |           00 |
|    13 | Jharkhand         |           3 |         01 |       00 |      00 |           05 |
|    14 | Karnataka         |          57 |         73 |       00 |      06 |           11 |
|    15 | Kerala            |          34 |         18 |       01 |      01 |           05 |
|    16 | M.P.              |          18 |         24 |       00 |      04 |           24 |
|    17 | Maharashtra       |          50 |         75 |       00 |      06 |           53 |
|    18 | Meghalaya         |           1 |         01 |       00 |      00 |           01 |
|    19 | Orissa            |           9 |         06 |       00 |      00 |           06 |
|    20 | Pondicherry       |           8 |         01 |       00 |      00 |           00 |
|    21 | Punjab            |          10 |         17 |       00 |      01 |           04 |
|    22 | Rajasthan         |          16 |         12 |       00 |      03 |           08 |

## Annexure-I

| 23. Tamil Nadu    |   49 | 06   | 10   | 01   | 12   |
|-------------------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 24. Telangana     |   25 | 05   | 00   | 03   | 05   |
| 25. Uttar Pradesh |   47 | 68   | 00   | 16   | 11   |
| 26. Uttarakhand   |    6 | 16   | 00   | 01   | 02   |
| 27. West Bengal   |   18 | 04   | 00   | 01   | 12   |
| 28. Sikkim        |    1 | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 29. A & N Islands |    1 | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 30. AIIMS         |    7 | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA   |
| 31. JIPMER        |    1 | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA   |
| TOTAL             |  479 | 396  | 11   | 55   | 223  |

Seats in Medical College of various streams

|                      | Allopathy   | Ayurveda   | Ayurveda   | Ayurveda   | Siddha   | Siddha   | Unani    | Unani    | Homoeopathy   | Homoeopathy   |
|----------------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------|---------------|
| Seats                | UG seats    | PG Seats   | UG seats   | PG Seats   | UG seats | PG Seats | UG seats | PG Seats | UG seats      | PG Seats      |
| Num ber of stude nts | 67352       | 31415      | 25407      | 4367       | 580      | 140      | 2945     | 202      | 16173         | 1152          |

Annexure-II