Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH DECEMBER, 2017 MEDICAL COLLEGES

## *15. SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

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

- (a) the details of districts not having medical colleges in the country, Stat
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  medical  colleges  in  each  su district;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the step s taken by the Government in this direction;
- (d) whether the Government has received any proposal from Government of Wes Bengal  for  establishing  Medical  Colleges  in  the  districts  having  no  me colleges such as North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, Coochbe har, Jalpaiguri etc.; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a)to ( e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 15* FOR 15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

- (a) The details of districts not having medical colleges is at Annexure - I .
- (b)& (c) The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsore Scheme for 'establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals'. The criteria for identification of Districts under the Scheme is:

i District/Referral hospital with be d strength of 200 or more.

ii District/Referral hospital of the districts where there is no medi iii Preference to underserved areas.

58 districts in 20 States/UT s have been identified under this Scheme to establish Medical Colleges attac hed with existing district/referral hospitals. Out of thes been approved till date. Funds to the tune of Rs.5188.42 crore have been rel State/UT  Governments  for  the  approved  districts  under  the  Scheme.  Detai Annexure - II .

Furt her, any Government/Trust/Society/Company may apply to this Ministry establishment of new Medical College under Section 10A of the IMC Act, 1956.

(d)& (e) Five districts namely Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch Behar, Purulia, Dinajpur (Distt. Hosp. Raiganj) and Diamond Harbour (South 24 Paraganas) in Wes Bengal have been identified and approved under the Scheme. Out of the Centra of  Rs.567.00  crore,  an  amount  of  Rs.499.00  crore  has been  released  to  the  State Government of West Bengal for the approved 5 Medical Colleges till date.

Annexure -I List of States/UTs showing number of District not having any medical colleges

| S.No.   | Name of the State      |   Total No. of Districts |   District without Medical Colleges |
|---------|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar    |                        3 |                                   2 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh         |                       13 |                                   0 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh      |                       21 |                                  20 |
| 4       | Assam                  |                       33 |                                  23 |
| 5       | Bihar                  |                       38 |                                  24 |
| 6       | Chandigarh             |                        1 |                                   0 |
| 7       | Chattisgarh            |                       27 |                                  20 |
| 8       | Dadar and Nagar Haveli |                        1 |                                   1 |
| 9       | Daman and Diu          |                        2 |                                   2 |
| 10      | Delhi                  |                       11 |                                   5 |
| 11      | Goa                    |                        2 |                                   1 |
| 12      | Gujarat                |                       33 |                                  18 |
| 13      | Haryana                |                       22 |                                  10 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh       |                       12 |                                   5 |
| 15      | J&K                    |                       22 |                                  15 |
| 16      | Jharkhand              |                       24 |                                  18 |
| 17      | Karnataka              |                       30 |                                   5 |
| 18      | Kerala                 |                       14 |                                   1 |
| 19      | Lakshwadeep            |                        1 |                                   1 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh         |                       51 |                                  35 |
| 21      | Maharashtra            |                       36 |                                  10 |
| 22      | Manipur                |                       16 |                                  14 |
| 23      | Meghalaya              |                       11 |                                   9 |
| 24      | Mizoram                |                        8 |                                   7 |
| 25      | Nagaland               |                       11 |                                  10 |
| 26      | Orrisa                 |                       30 |                                  20 |
| 27      | Puducherry             |                        4 |                                   2 |
| 28      | Punjab                 |                       22 |                                  14 |
| 29      | Rajasthan              |                       33 |                                  18 |
| 30      | Sikkim                 |                        4 |                                   3 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu             |                       32 |                                  11 |
| 32      | Telangana              |                       31 |                                  18 |
| 33      | Tripura                |                        8 |                                   7 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh          |                       75 |                                  42 |
| 35      | Uttrakhand             |                       13 |                                   9 |
| 36      | West Bengal            |                       23 |                                   9 |
|         | TOTAL                  |                      718 |                                 409 |

Annexure - II Funds  released  under  the  Scheme  for  Establishment  of  new  Medical  Colleges  attached with  existing District/Referral Hospital

(Rs. in crore)

|   S.N. | State/UT          |    | Districts           |   Total amount |   Central Share 60% (90% for NE/Special Category) |   Total Released |
|--------|-------------------|----|---------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|      1 | A & N Islands     |  1 | Port Blair          |            189 |                                             113.4 |           113    |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh |  2 | Naharlagun          |            189 |                                             170.1 |           102.5  |
|      3 | Assam             |  3 | Dhubri              |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|      3 | Assam             |  4 | Nagaon              |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|      3 | Assam             |  5 | North Lakhimpur     |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|      3 | Assam             |  6 | Diphu               |            189 |                                             170.1 |           121.97 |
|      4 | Bihar             |  7 | Purnia              |            189 |                                             113.4 |            54    |
|      4 | Bihar             |  8 | Saran (Chhapara)    |            189 |                                             113.4 |            54    |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      |  9 | Rajnandgaon         |            189 |                                             113.4 |            98.4  |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      | 10 | Sarguja             |            189 |                                             113.4 |            98.4  |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh  | 11 | Chamba              |            189 |                                             170.1 |           100    |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh  | 12 | Hamirpur            |            189 |                                             170.1 |           100.51 |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh  | 13 | Nahan (Sirmour)     |            189 |                                             170.1 |           122    |
|      7 | Haryana           | 14 | Bhiwani             |            189 |                                             113.4 |            68.05 |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 15 | Dumka               |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 16 | Hazaribagh          |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 17 | Palamu (Daltonganj) |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 18 | Anantnag            |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|      8 | Jammu &           | 19 | Baramulla           |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|      9 | Kashmir           | 20 | Rajouri             |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 21 | Doda                |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 22 | Kathua              |            189 |                                             170.1 |            71    |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 23 | Datia               |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 24 | Khandwa             |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 25 | Ratlam              |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 26 | Shahdol             |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 27 | Vidisha             |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 28 | Chindwara           |            189 |                                             113.4 |            54    |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 29 | Shivpuri            |            189 |                                             113.4 |            34    |
|     11 | Maharashtra       | 30 | Gondia              |            189 |                                             113.4 |            88    |

| 12   | Meghalaya     | 31   | West Garo Hills (Tura)   |   189.00 |   170.10 |   76.00 |
|------|---------------|------|--------------------------|----------|----------|---------|
| 13   | Mizoram       | 32   | Falkawn                  |      189 |    170.1 |  127.02 |
| 14   | Nagaland      | 33   | Naga Hospital            |      189 |    170.1 |   76.03 |
| 15   |               | 34   | Balasore                 |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 15   |               | 35   | Baripada (Mayurbhanj)    |      189 |    113.4 |  113    |
| 15   | Odisha        | 36   | Bolangir                 |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 15   |               | 37   | Koraput                  |      189 |    113.4 |  113    |
| 15   |               | 38   | Puri                     |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 16   | Rajasthan     | 39   | Barmer                   |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 16   | Rajasthan     | 40   | Bharatpur                |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 16   | Rajasthan     | 41   | Bhilwara                 |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 16   | Rajasthan     | 42   | Churu                    |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 16   | Rajasthan     | 43   | Dungarpur                |      189 |    113.4 |  105.4  |
| 16   | Rajasthan     | 44   | Pali                     |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 16   | Rajasthan     | 45   | Sikar                    |      189 |    113.4 |  105    |
| 17   | Uttar Pradesh | 46   | Basti                    |      189 |    113.4 |  100.02 |
| 17   | Uttar Pradesh | 47   | Faizabad                 |      189 |    113.4 |  100.02 |
| 17   | Uttar Pradesh | 48   | Firozabad                |      189 |    113.4 |  100.02 |
| 17   | Uttar Pradesh | 49   | Shahjahanpur             |      189 |    113.4 |  100.02 |
| 17   | Uttar Pradesh | 50   | Bahraich                 |      189 |    113.4 |  100.02 |
| 18   | Uttarakhand   | 51   | Almora                   |      189 |    170.1 |  153.04 |
| 19   | West Bengal   | 52   | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)     |      189 |    113.4 |  100    |
| 19   | West Bengal   | 53   | Cooch behar              |      189 |    113.4 |  100    |
| 19   | West Bengal   | 54   | Diamond harbour          |      189 |    113.4 |  100    |
| 19   | West Bengal   | 55   | Purulia                  |      189 |    113.4 |  100    |
| 19   | West Bengal   | 56   | Raiganj, North Dinajpur  |      189 |    113.4 |   99    |
|      | Total         |      |                          |    10017 |   7314.3 | 5188.42 |

|   1 | Bihar   |   57 | Samastipur   | NOT APPROVED (Non- possession of land and DH has 3.8 acre Revised DPR/Alternate proposal awaited.   |
|-----|---------|------|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2 | Punjab  |   58 | SAS Nagar    | DPR Awaited                                                                                         |