Lok Sabha Question No. 978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Availability of Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pratima Bhoumik

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 978 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## AVAILABILITY OF MEDI CAL COLLEGES

## 978. MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

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

(a) the number of Government and private medical colleges for MBBS course in the country, State/UT - wise;

(b)  whether  the  present  number  of  Medical  colleges for  MBBS  course  in  the  country are sufficient in comparison to the students passing out from 12th std in science stream, if so the details thereof;

(c) if not, the action taken by the Government to increase the number of Medical colleges for MBBS course in the country; and

(d)whether  Government  is  planning  to  fix  fee structure  for  private  medical  colleges  for MBBS course in the country, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (c):At present, there are 541 medical colleges (280 under Government and 261 under Private) in the country with an intake capacity of 80,312 MBBS seats annually. The State - wise number of medical college is at Annexure. The nu mber of medical colleges have increased by around 45% over the last six years. Number of medical colleges in 2014 381. The number of MBBS seats have also increased by 48% over the last six years fr 54,348 in 2014 to 80,312 in 2020. T he Government is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme  to  establish  new  medical  colleges  attached  with  District/Referral  hospita underserved areas of the Country. 157 new medical colleges have been approved under the scheme of which 43 have already become function al.

(d) : As  on  date,  in  the  case  of  government  medical  colleges,  the  respective  S governments are responsible for fixation of fee and in the case of private unaided colleges,  the  fee  structure  is  decided  by a Committee  set  up  by  the  respectiv e  State Government  under  the  Chairmanship  of  a  retired  High  Court  Judge  in  pursuance  of  t directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. It is for the Committee to decide whether the fee proposed by an Institute is justified and the fee fixed by the C ommittee is binding on the Institute.

Further, clause (i) of Sub - section (1) of Section 10 of National Medical Commission Act, 2019 provides for framing of guidelines for determination of fees and all other cha respect of fifty percent of seats in private medical institutions and deemed to be universities which are governed under the provisions of the Act.

| MBBS                      | MBBS           | MBBS           | MBBS             |
|---------------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
| State Name                | Total Colleges | Govt. Colleges | Private Colleges |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1              | 1              | 0                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 31             | 13             | 18               |
| ArunachalPradesh          | 1              | 1              | 0                |
| Assam                     | 7              | 7              | 0                |
| Bihar                     | 16             | 10             | 6                |
| Chandigarh                | 1              | 1              | 0                |
| Chhattisgarh              | 10             | 7              | 3                |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli    | 1              | 1              | 0                |
| Delhi                     | 10             | 8              | 2                |
| Goa                       | 1              | 1              | 0                |
| Gujarat                   | 29             | 17             | 12               |
| Haryana                   | 12             | 5              | 7                |
|                           | 7              | 6              | 1                |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 8              | 7              | 1                |
| Jharkhand                 | 7              | 7              | 0                |
| Karnataka                 | 60             | 19             | 41               |
| Kerala                    | 31             | 10             | 21               |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 22             | 14             | 8                |
| Maharashtra               | 56             | 25             | 31               |
| Manipur                   | 2              | 2              | 0                |
| Meghalaya                 | 1              | 1              | 0                |
| Mizoram                   | 1              | 1              | 0                |
| Odisha                    | 12             | 8              | 4                |
| Puducherry                | 9              | 2              | 7                |
| Punjab                    | 10             | 4              | 6                |
| Rajasthan                 | 23             | 15             | 8                |
| Sikkim                    | 1              | 0              | 1                |
| Tamil Nadu                | 50             | 26             | 24               |
| Telangana                 | 33             | 11             | 22               |
| Tripura                   | 2              | 1              | 1                |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 55             | 26             | 29               |
| Uttarakhand               | 6              | 4              | 2                |
| West Bengal               | 25             | 19             | 6                |
| Total                     | 541            | 280            | 261              |