Lok Sabha Question No. 3673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
Subject: Increasing of UG and PG Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, BHARAT SINGH, SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3673 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH MARCH, 2018

## INCREASING OF UG AND PG MEDICAL SEATS

3673. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY: SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

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

- (a) the number of UG and PG medical seats in the country at present, State/UTwise;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to in crease the number of UG and PG medical seats keeping in mind the shortage of doctors in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the time by which the said increase is likely to be done?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): Details are given in Annexure.
- (b) to (e): As per information provided by Medical Council of India, there are a to 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 a 8.33 lakh doctors may be actually available for active service. It gives a doctor - population ratio of 1:1596 as per current population estimate of 1.33 billion.

The Government has taken various steps to increase the number of Allopathic docto 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 terms of requiremen land, faculty, staff, bed/bed strength and other infrastructure.
- III. Strengthening/upgradation  of  State  Government  Medical  Colleges  for  starting  ne PG courses/Increase of P G seats.
- IV. Establishment  of  new  medical  colleges  attached  with  existing  district/ref hospitals,
- V. Strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Medical Colleges to increase MBBS seats.

Government

- VI. The ratio of teachers to student s 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  Medic Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology and Psychiatry in all medica colleges  across  the  country.  Further,  teacher:  stu dent  ratio  in  public  funded Government Medical Colleges for Professor has been increased from 1:2 to 1:3 in clinical subjects and for Asso. Prof. from 1:1 to 1:2 if the Asso. Prof. is a u This would result in increase in number of specialists in the country.
- 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 appoin tment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.

Central Government increases UG & PG seats every year implementing the above mentioned measures.

## UG and PG seats as on 28.02.2018

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         |    UG |    PG |
|-----------|------------------|-------|-------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |  4750 |  1869 |
| 2         | A& N Islands     |   100 |     0 |
| 3         | Assam            |   726 |   518 |
| 4         | Bihar            |  1350 |   665 |
| 5         | Chandigarh       |   100 |   552 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh     |  1100 |   119 |
| 7         | Delhi            |  1100 |  2529 |
| 8         | Goa              |   150 |   107 |
| 9         | Gujarat          |  3830 |  2034 |
| 10        | Haryana          |  1450 |   574 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh |   650 |   226 |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir   |   500 |   438 |
| 13        | Jharkhand        |   350 |   215 |
| 14        | Karnataka        |  8845 |  4068 |
| 15        | Kerala           |  4150 |  1423 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh   |  2600 |   890 |
| 17        | Maharashtra      |  7270 |  3902 |
| 18        | Manipur          |   200 |   207 |
| 19        | Meghalaya        |    50 |    22 |
| 20        | Orissa           |  1350 |   726 |
| 21        | Pondicherry      |  1200 |   652 |
| 22        | Punjab           |  1275 |   708 |
| 23        | Rajasthan        |  2650 |  1475 |
| 24        | Sikkim           |   100 |    22 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu       |  6850 |  3089 |
| 26        | Telangana        |  3750 |  1628 |
| 27        | Tripura          |   200 |    30 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh    |  6349 |  2089 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand      |   800 |   251 |
| 30        | West Bengal      |  2700 |  1490 |
| 31        | AIIMS            |   707 |     0 |
| 32        | JIPMER           |   150 |     0 |
|           | TOTAL            | 67352 | 32518 |

## Annexure