Lok Sabha Question No. 1908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Eligibility for Doctorate of Medicine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1908 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH NOVEMBER, 2019

## ELIGIBI LITY FOR DOCTORATE O F MEDICINE

## 1908. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

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

- (a) the shortage in numbers of Doctorate of Medicine (MD) degree holders in the country an details thereof, State/UT -wise;
- (b) the details of age limit and eligibility prescribe d for Doctorate of Medicine (DM) and Doctor of Medicine (MD);
- (c) whether the Government proposes to remove the age limit condition for doing DM on lines of MD examination through written exams for all the branches in view of the short DM degree holders in the country; and
- (d) if so, the time by which the said relaxation is likely to be made?

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

- (a) : Shortage of doctors in public and private setup varies in different States. Healthbeing a State subject, the primary responsibility to ensure availability of doctors in the State/UTs lies with the State/UT Governments and no data with regard to shortage of doctors is mainta centrally. However,  t he  details  of State  wise  postgraduate  medical  seats  including Doctor  of Medicine(MD) and Doctorate of Medicine (DM) is at Annexure.
- (b) to (d ):   There is no age limit prescribed for doing Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctorate of Medicine (DM) .

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## Annexure

|         |                  | Number of PG Medical Seats   | Number of PG Medical Seats   | Number of PG Medical Seats   | Number of PG Medical Seats   | Number of PG Medical Seats   | Number of PG Medical Seats   |
|---------|------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT         | MD                           | MS                           | MCH                          | DM                           | Dip.                         | Total                        |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | 1239                         | 712                          | 54                           | 55                           | 103                          | 2163                         |
| 2       | Assam            | 388                          | 216                          | 13                           | 10                           | 48                           | 675                          |
| 3       | Bihar            | 399                          | 235                          | 19                           | 10                           | 120                          | 783                          |
| 4       | Chandigarh       | 93                           | 37                           | 0                            | 3                            | 0                            | 133                          |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     | 61                           | 42                           | 3                            | 0                            | 21                           | 127                          |
| 6       | Delhi            | 787                          | 351                          | 79                           | 69                           | 116                          | 1402                         |
| 7       | Goa              | 71                           | 27                           | 2                            | 0                            | 22                           | 122                          |
| 8       | Gujarat          | 1220                         | 661                          | 58                           | 49                           | 116                          | 2104                         |
| 9       | Haryana          | 367                          | 153                          | 12                           | 6                            | 36                           | 574                          |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh | 188                          | 110                          | 2                            | 2                            | 13                           | 315                          |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir  | 260                          | 185                          | 15                           | 14                           | 50                           | 524                          |
| 12      | Jharkhand        | 98                           | 57                           | 1                            | 2                            | 39                           | 197                          |
| 13      | Karnataka        | 2610                         | 1371                         | 134                          | 144                          | 185                          | 4444                         |
| 14      | Kerala           | 781                          | 354                          | 100                          | 123                          | 177                          | 1535                         |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh   | 707                          | 430                          | 20                           | 7                            | 54                           | 1218                         |
| 16      | Maharashtra      | 2363                         | 1273                         | 156                          | 116                          | 218                          | 4126                         |
| 17      | Manipur          | 118                          | 80                           | 3                            | 2                            | 6                            | 209                          |
| 18      | Meghalaya        | 19                           | 8                            | 0                            | 2                            | 0                            | 29                           |
| 19      | Orissa           | 468                          | 267                          | 33                           | 50                           | 3                            | 821                          |
| 20      | Pondicherry      | 295                          | 144                          | 5                            | 1                            | 2                            | 447                          |
| 21      | Punjab           | 403                          | 221                          | 13                           | 18                           | 61                           | 716                          |
| 22      | Rajasthan        | 947                          | 456                          | 73                           | 61                           | 25                           | 1562                         |
| 23      | Sikkim           | 18                           | 4                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 22                           |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu       | 1755                         | 1077                         | 249                          | 277                          | 210                          | 3568                         |
| 25      | Telangana        | 1144                         | 605                          | 72                           | 74                           | 41                           | 1936                         |
| 25      | Tripura          | 56                           | 28                           | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 84                           |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh    | 1303                         | 692                          | 94                           | 102                          | 148                          | 2339                         |
| 27      | Uttarakhand      | 165                          | 85                           | 2                            | 0                            | 15                           | 267                          |
| 28      | West Bengal      | 838                          | 482                          | 74                           | 86                           | 138                          | 1618                         |
|         | TOTAL            | 19161                        | 10363                        | 1286                         | 1283                         | 1967                         | 34060                        |

## Other PG Medical Seats

| S.No.   | Institute                                                                            |   Number of Seats |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1.      | AIIMS, Dellhi                                                                        |              1564 |
| 2.      | PGIMER, Chandigarh                                                                   |               941 |
| 3.      | JIPMER, Puducherry                                                                   |               251 |
| 4.      | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur, Rishikesh, Mangalagiri, Nagpur |               522 |
| 5.      | DNB and FNB                                                                          |              8261 |
| 6.      | CPS Diploma                                                                          |              2432 |
|         | Grand Total                                                                          |             48031 |