Lok Sabha Question No. 3286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Creation of Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: K. Subbarayan, Pinaki Misra, M. Selvaraj, Aparupa  Poddar

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3286 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH JULY, 2019

## CREATION OF MEDICAL SEATS

## 3286. SHRI SUBBARAYAN K.:

SHRI PINAKI MISHRA:

SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

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

- (a)  whether  Government  has  created/ proposes  to  create  2750  medical  seats  in 25  new  Government medical colleges thereby  increasing  the  Medical  seats  by 4500 in the country for the academic  year 2019- 20, if so, the details thereof, the number of existing seats and those newly created additional seats, college, State/UT wise;
- (b) whether Government is aware that there is a shortage of faculty in the existing colleges  and  the increase of seats would add to this shortage thereby affecting the standard of education for the new medicalcolleges and if so, the details thereof and the estimated requirement of faculty for the existing as well as the newly ad ded colleges and the manner in which the problem of demand supply ratio is likely to be solved;
- (c) the criteria adopted by the Medical Council of India (MCI) for the distribution of these seats amongst the existing Medical colleges and hospitals cum Medi cal Colleges
- and the number of district hospitals that have been included in the list for enhancement of Medical seats;
- (d) whether the Government has increased the retirement age of doctors in the country to 65 years of age and proposes to depute or shift surgeons over 60 years of age from hospitals to colleges i.e . technical staff to administrative staff thereto; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WE LFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a ) Total  37  new  Medical  Colleges  with  4500  MBBS  seats  comprising  25  Government  Medical Colleges  with  2750  and  12  Private  Medical  Colleges  with  1750  MBBS  seats  were  opened  in  t academic year 2019 - 20. Details of existing MBBS seats are given in Annexure - I and details of 37 new opened Medical Colleges are given in Annexure - II .

(b)  To  address  the  issue  of  shortage  of  faculty,  equivalence  of  DNB  to  MD/MS  has  been  gra Further, 21 hospitals under Armed Forces have been designated as teaching hospitals for purp teaching  equivalence.  The  Consultant/Specialist  working  in  a minimum  300  bedded  non  teaching District Hospital for more than 18 years/10 years and with more than 04/02 research publicat Indexed  journals  can  be  considered  designated  Professor/Associated  Professor,  respectively maximum age up to which a fa culty can work in medical college is 70 years .This has been done with the objective of increasing the pool of teaching and designate Government doctors as teaching f

(c) The seats have been distributed on the basis of fulfilment of norms laid down by the Council, namely the Minimum Standard Requirement Regulations, 2000.  No seats have been enhanced by includin district hospital to existing medical colleges.

(d)  &  (e)  The  Central  Government  has  increased  the  retirement  age  of  Doctors  serving in  Central Government  Institutions/Departments who belong  to  Teaching  Sub - Cadre  to  65  years.  Further Teaching, Non - Teaching, Public Health Specialists and General Duty Medical Officer sub - cadre of the Central Health Service shall hold the administrative po till the date of attaining the age of 62 years a thereafter their service shall be placed in Non - Administrative positions.

## ANNEXURE -I

| STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 04.07.2019)   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                    | State                                                                      | Government                                                                 | Government                                                                 | Private                                                                    | Private                                                                    | Total                                                                      | Total                                                                      |
| Sl. No.                                                                    | State                                                                      | No. of College                                                             | Seats                                                                      | No. of Colleges                                                            | Seats                                                                      | No. of Colleges                                                            | Seats                                                                      |
| 1                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                             | 12                                                                         | 2360                                                                       | 18                                                                         | 2800                                                                       | 30                                                                         | 5160                                                                       |
| 2                                                                          | A & N Islands                                                              | 1                                                                          | 100                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 100                                                                        |
| 3                                                                          | Assam                                                                      | 6                                                                          | 900                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 6                                                                          | 900                                                                        |
| 4                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                          | 1                                                                          | 50                                                                         | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 50                                                                         |
| 5                                                                          | Bihar                                                                      | 9                                                                          | 1140                                                                       | 5                                                                          | 600                                                                        | 14                                                                         | 1740                                                                       |
| 6                                                                          | Chandigarh                                                                 | 1                                                                          | 100                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 100                                                                        |
| 7                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                               | 6                                                                          | 770                                                                        | 3                                                                          | 450                                                                        | 9                                                                          | 1220                                                                       |
| 8                                                                          | Delhi                                                                      | 7                                                                          | 1115                                                                       | 2                                                                          | 200                                                                        | 9                                                                          | 1315                                                                       |
| 9                                                                          | D &Nagar Haveli                                                            | 1                                                                          | 150                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 150                                                                        |
| 10                                                                         | Goa                                                                        | 1                                                                          | 180                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 180                                                                        |
| 11                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                    | 17                                                                         | 3350                                                                       | 12                                                                         | 1840                                                                       | 29                                                                         | 5190                                                                       |
| 12                                                                         | Haryana                                                                    | 5                                                                          | 760                                                                        | 7                                                                          | 1000                                                                       | 12                                                                         | 1760                                                                       |
| 13                                                                         | Himachal Pradesh                                                           | 6                                                                          | 720                                                                        | 1                                                                          | 150                                                                        | 7                                                                          | 870                                                                        |
| 14                                                                         | J& K                                                                       | 7                                                                          | 885                                                                        | 1                                                                          | 100                                                                        | 8                                                                          | 985                                                                        |
| 15                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                  | 3                                                                          | 380                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 3                                                                          | 380                                                                        |
| 16                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                  | 19                                                                         | 2800                                                                       | 40                                                                         | 6345                                                                       | 59                                                                         | 9145                                                                       |
| 17                                                                         | Kerala                                                                     | 10                                                                         | 1505                                                                       | 24                                                                         | 2700                                                                       | 34                                                                         | 4205                                                                       |
| 18                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 13                                                                         | 1870                                                                       | 9                                                                          | 1600                                                                       | 22                                                                         | 3470                                                                       |
| 19                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                | 24                                                                         | 4310                                                                       | 28                                                                         | 4270                                                                       | 52                                                                         | 8580                                                                       |
| 20                                                                         | Manipur                                                                    | 2                                                                          | 200                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 2                                                                          | 200                                                                        |

| 21   | Meghalaya     |   1 |    50 |   0 |     0 |   1 |    50 |
|------|---------------|-----|-------|-----|-------|-----|-------|
| 22   | Mizoram       |   1 |   100 |   0 |     0 |   1 |   100 |
| 23   | Orissa        |   7 |  1150 |   4 |   500 |  11 |  1650 |
| 24   | Pondicherry   |   1 |   180 |   7 |  1050 |   8 |  1230 |
| 25   | Punjab        |   3 |   600 |   5 |   475 |   8 |  1075 |
| 26   | Rajasthan     |  14 |  2600 |   8 |  1300 |  22 |  3900 |
| 27   | Sikkim        |   0 |     0 |   1 |   100 |   1 |   100 |
| 28   | Tamil Nadu    |  26 |  3400 |  23 |  3750 |  49 |  7150 |
| 29   | Telangana     |  10 |  1740 |  22 |  3250 |  32 |  4990 |
| 30   | Tripura       |   1 |   125 |   1 |   100 |   2 |   225 |
| 31   | Uttar Pradesh |  24 |  3225 |  31 |  4300 |  55 |  7525 |
| 32   | Uttarakhand   |   3 |   425 |   2 |   300 |   5 |   725 |
| 33   | West Bengal   |  18 |  3000 |   6 |   850 |  24 |  3850 |
| 34   | INIs*         |  16 |  1357 |   0 |     0 |  16 |  1357 |
|      | TOTAL         | 276 | 41597 | 260 | 38030 | 536 | 79627 |

INIs  (AIIMS  Delhi,    AIIMS at  Bhopal,  Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur, Rishikesh, Manglagiri, Nagpur, Rae Bareli, Gorakhpur, Kalyani, Deoghar, Bhatinda, Bibinagar and JIPMER Puducherry)

Annexure-II New Medical Colleges granted during academic year 2019-20

|   Sl. | State               | Govt./Pvt.   | Name of the college                                                            | Pvt. Seats   | Govt. Seats   |
|-------|---------------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------------|
|     1 | Bihar               | Pvt.         | Lord Buddha Medical College& Hospital, Saharsa                                 | 100          |               |
|     2 | BIhar               | Pvt.         | Madhubani Medical College, Madhubani                                           | 150          |               |
|     3 | Dadar& Nagar Haveli | Govt.        | Shri VinobhaBhave Institute of Medical Sciences& Research, Dadra &Nagar Haveli |              | 150           |
|     4 | Gujarat             | Pvt.         | Shantabaa Hospital and Medical College, civil Hospital, Amreli                 | 150          |               |
|     5 | Gujarat             | Pvt.         | Dr. N.D. Desai Faculty of Medical Science and Research, Nadiad                 | 150          |               |
|     6 | Gujarat             | Pvt.         | NootanSarvaVidyalayaKelavaniMandal, Visnagar                                   | 150          |               |
|     7 | Haryana             | Pvt.         | Al Falah School of Medical Science& Research Centre, Faridabad                 | 150          |               |
|     8 | Jammu &Kashmir      | Govt.        | Govt. Medical College, Anantnag                                                |              | 100           |
|     9 | Jammu &Kashmir      | Govt.        | Govt. MedicalCollege& Hospital, Kathua                                         |              | 100           |
|    10 | Jammu &Kashmir      | Govt.        | Govt. MedicalCollege , Baramulla                                               |              | 100           |
|    11 | Jammu &Kashmir      | Govt.        | Govt. MedicalCollege , Rajouri                                                 |              | 100           |
|    12 | Karnataka           | Pvt.         | Sri Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences &Research Centre, Bangalore Rural | 150          |               |
|    13 | Karnataka           | Govt.        | Bowring& Lady Curzon Medical College &Research Institute, Bangalore            |              | 150           |
|    14 | Madhya Pradesh      | Govt.        | Govt. Medical College, Chhindwara                                              |              | 100           |
|    15 | Madhya Pradesh      | Govt.        | Govt. Medical College, Shahdol                                                 |              | 100           |
|    16 | Madhya Pradesh      | Govt.        | Govt. Medical College, Shivpuri                                                |              | 100           |

| 17    | Maharashtra   | Govt.   | Government Medical College, Baramati                                       |      | 100   |
|-------|---------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------|
| 18    | Rajasthan     | Govt.   | Govt. Medical College, Barmer                                              |      | 100   |
| 19    | Tamilnadu     | Govt.   | Govt. Medical College, Karur                                               |      | 150   |
| 20    | Tamilnadu     | Pvt.    | Kovai Medical Center& Hospital Ltd., Coimbatore                            | 150  |       |
| 21    | Telangana     | Pvt.    | Dr.Patnam Mahender Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranga Reddy Distt. | 150  |       |
| 22    | Telangana     | Pvt.    | Surabhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Medak,                              | 150  |       |
| 23    | Telangana     | Pvt.    | Mamata Academy of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad                              | 150  |       |
| 24    | Telangana     | Govt.   | Govt. Medical College, Nalgonda                                            |      | 150   |
| 25    | Telangana     | Govt.   | Govt. Medical College, Suryapet                                            |      | 150   |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh | Govt.   | Govt. Allopathic Medical College, Faizabad                                 |      | 100   |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh | Govt.   | Govt. Medical College, Shahjahanpur                                        |      | 100   |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh | Govt.   | Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida                    |      | 100   |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh | Govt.   | Govt. Medical College, Badaun                                              |      | 100   |
| 30    | Uttar Pradesh | Govt.   | Govt. Medical College, Firozabad                                           |      | 100   |
| 31    | Uttar Pradesh | Govt.   | Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College, Bahraich                               |      | 100   |
| 32    | Uttar Pradesh | Govt.   | Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College, Basti                                  |      | 100   |
| 33    | West Bengal   | Govt.   | Diamond Harbour Govt. Medical College& Hospital                            |      | 100   |
| 34    | West Bengal   | Govt.   | Raiganj Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Raiganj                          |      | 100   |
| 35    | West Bengal   | Govt.   | Cooch Behar Govt. Medical College &Hospital, Cooch Behar                   |      | 100   |
| 36    | West Bengal   | Govt.   | Rampurhat Govt. Medical College& Hospital, Ramputhat                       |      | 100   |
| 37    | West Bengal   | Pvt.    | Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences Durgapur                     | 150  |       |
| Total | Total         | Total   | Total                                                                      | 1750 | 2750  |