Lok Sabha Question No. 4534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Private Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4534 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## PRIVATE MEDICAL COLL EGES

## 4534. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  Government  and  private  medical  colleges  in  the  country  which  pro M.B.B.S. courses, State/ UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government is satisfied with the quality of these institutions, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of colleges out of these which are providing M.D./M.S. courses;
- (d) whether there is scarcity of medical colleges in the country; and
- (e) if so, the proposal of the Government to increase the number of medical colleges?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  & (b): The details of Government and Private Medical Colleges in t he country providing MBBS course, State/UT -wise are given in Annexure - I .

Permission  for  starting  of  a  medical  college/yearly  renewal  permission/recogniti degree  is  granted  by  the  Board  of  Governors  after  considering  the  facilities  availabl medical college as per regulations prescribing minimum requirements in term s of infrastructure, faculty, clinical material etc.  The Medical Colleges which fail to meet the required sta not given permission/renewal permission/recognition.

- (c) : Out of 536 Colleges, 325 Colleges are providing MD/MS courses.
- (d)& (e): To  redress  regional  imbalances  in  the  availability  of  medical  colleges  i country Ministry of Health & Family Welfare implemented a Centrally Sponsored Scheme fo 'Establishment  of  new  medical  colleges  attached  with  existing  district/referral  hospitals' .  58 districts in 20 States/UT have been identified and approved under Phase -I of this Scheme.  The details of 58 Medical Colleges approved under Phase -I are at Annexure - II .

Further, Ministry has approved Phase -II of the Scheme to ensure the availability of one medical college in every 3 Parliamentary Constituencies and one Government medical colleg each  State.  24  new  medical  colleges  in  8  States  have  been  identified  under  this  Sche establish new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/r eferral hospitals. The details of 24 Medical Colleges approved under Phase -II are at Annexure - III

## ANNEXUR E-I

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

| STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)   |
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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 Praresh                                                          | 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                                                                          | 225                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 2                                                                          | 225                                                                        |
| 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                                                                        | 41622                                                                      | 260                                                                        | 38030                                                                      | 536                                                                        | 79652                                                                      |

## List of districts approved under Phase-I of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals

| S. No.   | State/UT          |    | Districts              |
|----------|-------------------|----|------------------------|
| 1        | A & N Islands     |  1 | Port Blair             |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |  2 | Naharlagun             |
| 3        | Assam             |  3 | Dhubri                 |
| 3        | Assam             |  4 | Nagaon                 |
| 3        | Assam             |  5 | North Lakhimpur        |
| 3        | Assam             |  6 | Diphu                  |
| 4        | Bihar             |  7 | Purnia                 |
| 4        | Bihar             |  8 | Saran (Chhapara)       |
| 4        | Bihar             |  9 | Samastipur             |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 10 | Rajnandgaon            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 11 | Sarguja                |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 12 | Chamba                 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 13 | Hamirpur               |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 14 | Nahan (Sirmour)        |
| 7        | Haryana           | 15 | Bhiwani                |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 16 | Dumka                  |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 17 | Hazaribagh             |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 18 | Palamu (Daltonganj)    |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 19 | Anantnag               |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 20 | Baramulla              |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 21 | Rajouri                |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 22 | Doda                   |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 23 | Kathua                 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 24 | Datia                  |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 25 | Khandwa                |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 26 | Ratlam                 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    | 27 | Shahdol                |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 28 | Vidisha                |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 29 | Chindwara              |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 30 | Shivpuri               |
| 11       | Maharashtra       | 31 | Gondia                 |
| 12       | Meghalaya         | 32 | West Garo Hills (Tura) |
| 13       | Mizoram           | 33 | Falkawn                |
| 14       | Nagaland          | 34 | Naga Hospital          |
|          |                   | 35 | Balasore               |
| 15       | Odisha            | 36 | Baripada (Mayurbhanj)  |
|          |                   | 37 | Bolangir               |

|    |               |   38 | Koraput                 |
|----|---------------|------|-------------------------|
|    |               |   39 | Puri                    |
| 16 | Punjab        |   40 | SAS Nagar               |
|    |               |   41 | Barmer                  |
|    |               |   42 | Bharatpur               |
|    |               |   43 | Bhilwara                |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   44 | Churu                   |
|    |               |   45 | Dungarpur               |
|    |               |   46 | Pali                    |
|    |               |   47 | Sikar                   |
|    |               |   48 | Basti                   |
|    |               |   49 | Faizabad                |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh |   50 | Firozabad               |
|    |               |   51 | Shahjahanpur            |
|    |               |   52 | Bahraich                |
| 19 | Uttarakhand   |   53 | Almora                  |
|    |               |   54 | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)    |
|    |               |   55 | Cooch behar             |
| 20 | West Bengal   |   56 | Diamond harbour         |
|    |               |   57 | Purulia                 |
|    |               |   58 | Raiganj, North Dinajpur |

List of 24 medical colleges identified under Phase-II of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals

|   S.No. | State          |    | Location Selected by State Government   |
|---------|----------------|----|-----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Bihar          |  1 | Sitamarhi                               |
|       1 | Bihar          |  2 | Jhanjharpur                             |
|       1 | Bihar          |  3 | Siwan                                   |
|       1 | Bihar          |  4 | Buxar                                   |
|       1 | Bihar          |  5 | Jamui                                   |
|       2 | Jharkhand      |  6 | Koderma                                 |
|       2 | Jharkhand      |  7 | Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                    |
|       3 | Madhya Pradesh |  8 | Satna                                   |
|       4 | Odisha         |  9 | Jajpur                                  |
|       5 | Rajasthan      | 10 | Dholpur                                 |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Etah                                    |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 12 | Hardoi                                  |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 13 | Pratapgarh                              |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 14 | Fatehpur                                |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 15 | Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj)           |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 16 | Deoria                                  |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 17 | Ghazipur                                |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 18 | Mirzapur                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 19 | Barasat                                 |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 20 | Uluberia                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 21 | Arambagh                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 22 | Jhargram                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 23 | Tamluk                                  |
|       8 | Sikkim         | 24 | Gangtok                                 |