Lok Sabha Question No. 507 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-20
Subject: Construction of New Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 507 TO BE ANSWERED ON  20 TH JULY, 2018

## CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 507. SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  Government  and  private  medical  colleges  newly  opened  indicating increases  in  the  medical  seats  as  a  result  thereof  during  each  of  the  last  three  yea current year, State/UT - wise particularly in Odisha;
- (b) whether construct ion work of a number of newly approved medical colleges has not begun despite submission of Detailed Project Report (DPR) in various States/UTs including Odisha
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  time  by  w construction work on these projects are likely to commence, State/UTwise; and
- (d) the action plan of the Government to scale up medical education facilities, particula States/UTs deficient in medical colleges/institutions?

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

## ( SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

## (a ) : Details are given in Annexure-I

- (b)to (d) : The Ministry of Health  &  Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme  for  Establishment  of  new  medical  colleges  attached  with  existing  district/re hospitals in the underserved areas of the country.

Under this scheme, 58  districts  in  20  States/UT  have  been  identified  to  establi sh new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. Out of these, 57 ve been approved  till  date  and  22 have  become  functional  so  far.  The  list  of  58  identified  m edical colleges is at Annexure - II .Construction work under the Scheme has to be carried out by the State Governments.

Under Phase - II  of  this  Scheme,  the  requirement  of  24  new  medical  colleges  has  bee identified  for  ensuring  the  availability  of  one  medical  college  in  every  3  Parlia Constituencies and one Government medical college in each State. The State Governments were requested to select the locations of these 24 new Medical Colleges on Challenge Mode. Th of  locations  selected  by  the  State  Governments is  at  Annexure -III .  Out  of  these,  12  medical colleges ha ve been approved recently.

Annexure-I

Number of Govt. and Pvt. Medical Colleges newly opened alongwith number of seats during last three years and current year, State/UT wise

2015-16

| Sl   | State             |   Govt. |   Seats |   Pvt. |   Seats |
|------|-------------------|---------|---------|--------|---------|
| 1    | Andaman & Nicobar |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh    |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
| 3    | Gujarat           |       2 |     300 |      0 |       0 |
| 4    | Karnataka         |       3 |     450 |      0 |       0 |
| 5    | Maharashtra       |       2 |     200 |      1 |     150 |
| 6    | Rajasthan         |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
| 7    | Tamilnadu         |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 8    | Uttar Pradesh     |       1 |     100 |      2 |     300 |
|      | Total             |      10 |    1250 |      5 |     750 |

2016-17

| Sl   | State            |   Govt. |   Seats |   Pvt. |   Seats |
|------|------------------|---------|---------|--------|---------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh   |       0 |       0 |      5 |     750 |
| 2    | Chhattisgarh     |       1 |     100 |      2 |     300 |
| 3    | Delhi            |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 4    | Gujarat          |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
| 5    | Himachal Pradesh |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 6    | Karnataka        |       3 |     450 |      3 |     450 |
| 7    | Kerala           |       0 |       0 |      3 |     350 |
| 8    | Maharashtra      |       1 |     100 |      1 |     150 |
| 9    | Rajasthan        |       0 |       0 |      3 |     450 |
| 10   | Tamilnadu        |       1 |     100 |      2 |     300 |
| 11   | Telangana        |       2 |     250 |      2 |     300 |
| 12   | Uttar Pradesh    |       1 |     100 |      8 |    1200 |
| 13   | Uttarakhand      |       1 |     150 |      1 |     150 |
| 14   | West Bengal      |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
|      | Total            |      12 |    1450 |     32 |    4700 |

2017-18

| Sl   | State            |   Govt. |   Seats |   Pvt. |   Seats |
|------|------------------|---------|---------|--------|---------|
| 1    | Gujarat          |       1 |     150 |      1 |     150 |
| 2    | Himachal Pradesh |       2 |     200 |      0 |       0 |
| 3    | Haryana          |       1 |     100 |      1 |     150 |
| 4    | Karnataka        |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
| 5    | Kerala           |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 6    | Maharashtra      |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
| 7    | Odisha           |       2 |     200 |      0 |       0 |
| 8    | Tamilnadu        |       1 |     150 |      0 |       0 |
| 9    | Uttar Pradesh    |       1 |     150 |      1 |     150 |
|      | Total            |       9 |    1050 |      5 |     750 |

2018-19

| Sl   | State             |   Govt. |   Seats |   Pvt. |   Seats |
|------|-------------------|---------|---------|--------|---------|
| 1    | Arunachal Pradesh |       1 |      50 |      0 |       0 |
| 2    | Gujarat           |       0 |       0 |      2 |     300 |
| 3    | Himachal Pradesh  |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 4    | Madhya Pradesh    |       4 |     500 |      0 |       0 |
| 5    | Maharashtra       |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 6    | Mizoram           |       1 |     100 |      0 |       0 |
| 7    | Odisha            |       2 |     200 |      0 |       0 |
| 8    | Rajasthan         |       5 |     500 |      0 |       0 |
| 9    | Telangana         |       1 |     150 |      1 |     150 |
| 10   | Uttar Pradesh     |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
| 11   | West Bengal       |       0 |       0 |      1 |     150 |
|      | Total             |      16 |    1700 |      5 |     750 |

## Annexure - II

## State - wise List of 58 identified New Medical Colleges under the Scheme

| S.N.   | State/UT          | No. of District/Referral Hospitals   | Districts             |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1      | A & N Islands     | 1                                    | Port Blair            |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                    | Naharlagun            |
|        |                   |                                      | Diphu                 |
|        |                   |                                      | Dhubri                |
| 3      | Assam             | 4                                    | Nagaon                |
|        |                   |                                      | North Lakhimpur       |
|        |                   |                                      | Purnia                |
| 4      | Bihar             | 3                                    | Samastipur            |
|        |                   |                                      | Saran(Chhapara)       |
| 5      |                   |                                      | Rajnandgaon           |
|        | Chhattisgarh      | 2                                    | Sarguja (Ambikapur)   |
| 6      | Haryana           | 1                                    | Bhiwani               |
|        |                   |                                      | Chamba                |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                                    | Hamirpur              |
|        |                   |                                      | Nahan (Sirmour)       |
|        |                   |                                      | Dumka                 |
| 8      | Jharkhand         | 3                                    | Hazaribagh            |
|        |                   |                                      | Palamu                |
|        |                   |                                      | Anantnag              |
|        |                   |                                      | Baramulla             |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5                                    | Doda                  |
|        |                   |                                      | Kathua                |
|        |                   |                                      | Rajouri               |
|        |                   |                                      | Chhindwara            |
|        |                   |                                      | Datia                 |
|        |                   |                                      | Khandwa               |
| 10     | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                                    | Ratlam Shivpuri       |
|        |                   |                                      | Shahdol Vidisha       |
| 11     | Maharashtra       | 1                                    | Gondia                |
| 12     | Meghalaya         | 1                                    | West Garo Hills, Tura |
| 13     | Mizoram           | 1                                    | Falkawn               |
| 14     | Nagaland          | 1                                    | Naga Hospital         |
|        |                   |                                      | Balasore              |
|        |                   |                                      | Baripada (Mayurbhanj) |
| 15     | Odisha            | 5                                    | Bolangir              |
|        |                   |                                      | Koraput               |
|        |                   |                                      | Puri                  |
| 16     | Punjab            | 1                                    | SAS Nagar             |
|        |                   |                                      | Sikar                 |
|        |                   |                                      | Barmer                |
| 17     | Rajasthan         | 7                                    |                       |
|        |                   |                                      | Bharatpur             |
|        |                   |                                      | Bhilwara              |
|        |                   |                                      | Churu                 |

|       |               |    | Dungarpur                           |
|-------|---------------|----|-------------------------------------|
|       |               |    | Pali                                |
|       |               |    | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)                |
|       |               |    | Cooch behar                         |
| 18    | West Bengal   | 5  | Diamond harbour, South 24 Paraganas |
|       |               |    | Purulia                             |
|       |               |    | Raiganj, North Dinajpur             |
|       |               |    | Faizabad                            |
|       |               |    | Bahraich                            |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh | 5  | Basti                               |
|       |               |    | Firozabad                           |
|       |               |    | Shahjahanpur                        |
| 20    | Uttarakhand   | 1  | Almora                              |
| Total | Total         | 58 |                                     |

## List of 24 Blocks identified under Phase -II

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