Lok Sabha Question No. 60 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-20
Subject: Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAOSAHEB PATIL DANVE, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 60 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH JULY, 2018 MEDICAL COLLEGES

## †*60. SHRI RAOSAHEB DANVE PATIL: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) the number of Government and private medical colleges in the country with the number of seats at graduation and post graduation level, State/ UT - wise;
- (b) the number of medical colleges established during the last five year UT - wise along with the norms for establishing such colleges and increasin therein;
- (c) whether the number of seats at graduation and post graduation level in me colleges are sufficient to cater to the need of doctors in the country an details thereof;
- (d) if not, the steps taken by the Government to increase the number of t graduation and post graduation level in medical colleges and set up new m colleges across the country, State/ UT - wise; and
- (e) the details of proposals received/ approved/rejected/pending regarding up of new medical colleges during the la st three years and the current year alon with reasons for delay in setting up of new medical colleges?

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

- (a)to ( e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 60* FOR 20 TH JULY, 2018

(a)& (b) Details are given in Annexure - I - III.

(c) As  per  information  provided  by  Medical  Council  of India (MCI), a total10,62,398 allopathic doctors registered with the State Med Councils/MCI  as  on  31 st December,  2017.  Assuming  80%  availability,  it  is estimated  that  around  8.50  lakh  doctors  may  be  actually  available  for service.  It  gives  a  doctor - population  ratio of  1:1565  as  per  current  population estimate  of  1.33  billion.  Besides,  there  are  7,73,668  registered  practi AYUSH  in  the  country  and  6.19  lakh  AYUSH  practitioners  may  be  in  activ service on assuming their 80% availability. If the allopathic and AYUSH streams are considered together, it gives a doctor population ratio of 1: 905, whic than the WHO norms.

(d) The government has taken various steps to increase the UG / PG medical in modern medicine. This include:

(i) The ratio of te achers to students has been revised from 1:1 to 1:2 for all M disciplines  and  1:1  to  1:3  in  subjects  of  Anaesthesiology,  Forensic  Me Radiotherapy,  Medical  Oncology,  Surgical  Oncology  and  Psychiatry.  Furth teacher: student ratio in public fund ed Government Medical Colleges for Professor has been increased from 1:2 to 1:3 in all clinical subjects and for Asso. 1:1 to 1:2 if the Asso. Prof. is a unit head. The same has also been exten private  medical  colleges  with  the  conditi ons  that  it  should  be  a  standing  of  15 years,  running  PG  courses  since  10  years,  should  have  completed  at  le continuance  of  recognition  assessment  satisfactorily  and  applies  u/s  10A IMC Act, 1956 for increase of seats.This would result in incre ase in number of PG seats in the country.

(ii) DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as faculty to t of shortage of faculty.

(iii) Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.

(iv)  relaxation in  the  norms  of  setting  up  of  Medical  College  in  terms requirement for faculty, staff, bed/bed strength and other infrastructure.

(v)    Requirement  of  land  for  establishment  of  medical  college  in  metrop cities , as  notified  under  Article  243P(c)  of the  Constitution  of  India , has  been dispensed with.

(vi) Strengthening/upgradation of State Government Medical Colleges for st new PG courses/Increase of PG seats.

(vii)  Establishment  of  New  Medical  Colleges  by  upgrading  district/re hospi tals preferably in underserved districts of the country.

(viii) Strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Ce Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS seats.

( e)Details are given in Annexure - IV

Annexure-I

| STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                  |                                          | 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                                       | 1900                                     | 19                                       | 2950                                     | 31                                       | 4850                                     |
| 2                                        | A & N Islands                            | 1                                        | 100                                      | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 100                                      |
| 3                                        | Assam                                    | 6                                        | 726                                      | 0                                        | 0                                        | 6                                        | 726                                      |
| 4                                        | Arunachal Praresh                        | 1                                        | 50                                       | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 50                                       |
| 5                                        | Bihar                                    | 9                                        | 950                                      | 4                                        | 450                                      | 13                                       | 1400                                     |
| 6                                        | Chandigarh                               | 1                                        | 100                                      | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 100                                      |
| 7                                        | Chhattisgarh                             | 6                                        | 650                                      | 3                                        | 450                                      | 9                                        | 1100                                     |
| 8                                        | Delhi                                    | 6                                        | 900                                      | 2                                        | 200                                      | 8                                        | 1100                                     |
| 9                                        | Goa                                      | 1                                        | 150                                      | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 150                                      |
| 10                                       | Gujarat                                  | 17                                       | 3050                                     | 9                                        | 1300                                     | 26                                       | 4350                                     |
| 11                                       | Haryana                                  | 5                                        | 600                                      | 6                                        | 850                                      | 11                                       | 1450                                     |
| 12                                       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 6                                        | 600                                      | 1                                        | 150                                      | 7                                        | 750                                      |
| 13                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                          | 3                                        | 400                                      | 1                                        | 100                                      | 4                                        | 500                                      |
| 14                                       | Jharkhand                                | 3                                        | 350                                      | 0                                        | 0                                        | 3                                        | 350                                      |
| 15                                       | Karnataka                                | 18                                       | 2650                                     | 39                                       | 6195                                     | 57                                       | 8845                                     |
| 16                                       | Kerala                                   | 10                                       | 1350                                     | 24                                       | 2800                                     | 34                                       | 4150                                     |
| 17                                       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 10                                       | 1300                                     | 12                                       | 1800                                     | 22                                       | 3100                                     |
| 18                                       | Maharashtra                              | 23                                       | 3240                                     | 28                                       | 4220                                     | 51                                       | 7460                                     |
| 19                                       | Manipur                                  | 2                                        | 200                                      | 0                                        | 0                                        | 2                                        | 200                                      |
| 20                                       | Meghalaya                                | 1                                        | 50                                       | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 50                                       |
| 21                                       | Mizoram                                  | 1                                        | 100                                      | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 100                                      |
| 22                                       | Orissa                                   | 7                                        | 1050                                     | 4                                        | 500                                      | 11                                       | 1550                                     |
| 23                                       | Pondicherry                              | 1                                        | 150                                      | 7                                        | 1050                                     | 8                                        | 1200                                     |
| 24                                       | Punjab                                   | 3                                        | 500                                      | 7                                        | 775                                      | 10                                       | 1275                                     |
| 25                                       | Rajasthan                                | 13                                       | 1950                                     | 8                                        | 1200                                     | 21                                       | 3150                                     |

| 26   | Sikkim        |   0 |     0 |   1 |   100 |   1 |   100 |
|------|---------------|-----|-------|-----|-------|-----|-------|
| 27   | Tamil Nadu    |  25 |  3250 |  24 |  3600 |  49 |  6850 |
| 28   | Telangana     |   8 |  1250 |  19 |  2800 |  27 |  4050 |
| 29   | Tripura       |   2 |   200 |   0 |     0 |   2 |   200 |
| 30   | Uttar Pradesh |  17 |  2199 |  31 |  4300 |  48 |  6499 |
| 31   | Uttarakhand   |   3 |   350 |   3 |   450 |   6 |   800 |
| 32   | West Bengal   |  14 |  2150 |   5 |   700 |  19 |  2850 |
| 33   | AIIMS         |   7 |   707 |   0 |     0 |   7 |   707 |
| 34   | JIPMER        |   1 |   150 |   0 |     0 |   1 |   150 |
|      | TOTAL         | 243 | 33322 | 257 | 36940 | 500 | 70262 |

Annexure-II State wise details of PG Seats in the country (academic year 2018-19)

|   Sl. No. | State/UT         |   MD/MS |   MCH |   DM |   Diploma |   Total |
|-----------|------------------|---------|-------|------|-----------|---------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |    1518 |    47 |   49 |       256 |    1870 |
|         2 | Assam            |     458 |    13 |   10 |        55 |     536 |
|         3 | Bihar            |     590 |    10 |    4 |        74 |     678 |
|         4 | Chandigarh       |     448 |    52 |   46 |         0 |     546 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh     |     100 |     0 |    0 |        21 |     121 |
|         6 | Delhi            |    1799 |   209 |  408 |       124 |    2540 |
|         7 | Goa              |      98 |     2 |    0 |        22 |     122 |
|         8 | Gujarat          |    1723 |    55 |   41 |       281 |    2100 |
|         9 | Haryana          |     507 |    12 |    6 |        49 |     574 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh |     209 |     2 |    2 |        13 |     226 |
|        11 | Jammu& Kashmir   |     387 |    12 |   14 |        69 |     482 |
|        12 | Jharkhand        |     142 |     1 |    0 |        72 |     215 |
|        13 | Karnataka        |    3210 |   118 |  131 |       669 |    4128 |
|        14 | Kerala           |    1079 |    92 |  101 |       226 |    1498 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh   |     753 |    17 |    7 |       125 |     902 |
|        16 | Maharashtra      |    3219 |   136 |  112 |       521 |    3988 |
|        17 | Manipur          |     198 |     3 |    0 |         6 |     207 |
|        18 | Meghalaya        |      20 |     0 |    2 |         0 |      22 |
|        19 | Orissa           |     680 |    23 |   24 |         3 |     730 |
|        20 | Pondicherry      |     569 |    23 |   21 |        39 |     652 |
|        21 | Punjab           |     630 |     9 |   14 |        61 |     714 |
|        22 | Rajasthan        |    1346 |    63 |   53 |        56 |    1518 |
|        23 | Sikkim           |      22 |     0 |    0 |         0 |      22 |

| 25   | Telangana     |   1286 |   72 |   74 |   223 | 1655   |
|------|---------------|--------|------|------|-------|--------|
| 25   | Tripura       |     30 |    0 |    0 |     0 | 30     |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh |   1751 |   64 |   88 |   222 | 2125   |
| 27   | Uttarakhand   |    236 |    0 |    0 |    15 | 251    |
| 28   | West Bengal   |   1259 |   69 |   78 |   162 | 1568   |
|      | TOTAL         |  26590 | 1294 | 1452 |  3844 | 33180* |

*Does not include:-

(i) PG Seats in Institutes of National Importance - 4454

(ii) DNB Seats which are treated equivalent to MD/MD -6955

Annexure-III Number of Medical College established during last five years State/UT wise

|   SL. |                   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh    |         3 |         1 |         4 |         0 |         0 |
|     2 | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |
|     3 | Assam             |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|     4 | Bihar             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|     5 | Chhattisgarh      |         1 |         0 |         3 |         0 |         0 |
|     6 | Delhi             |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |
|     7 | Gujarat           |         0 |         2 |         1 |         2 |         2 |
|     8 | Himachal Pradesh  |         0 |         0 |         1 |         2 |         1 |
|     9 | Haryana           |         0 |         1 |         2 |         2 |         0 |
|    10 | J&K               |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|    11 | Jharkhand         |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|    12 | Karnataka         |         1 |         3 |         6 |         1 |         0 |
|    13 | Kerala            |         5 |         0 |         3 |         1 |         0 |
|    14 | Madhya Pradesh    |         1 |         1 |         5 |         0 |         4 |
|    15 | Maharashtra       |         1 |         3 |         2 |         1 |         1 |
|    16 | Mizoram           |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |
|    17 | Orissa            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         2 |         2 |
|    18 | Punjab            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|    19 | Rajasthan         |         2 |         1 |         3 |         0 |         5 |
|    20 | Tamil Nadu        |         0 |         1 |         3 |         1 |         0 |
|    21 | Uttar Pradesh     |         2 |         4 |         9 |         2 |         1 |
|    22 | Uttarakhand       |         0 |         0 |         2 |         0 |         0 |
|    23 | West Bengal       |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 |         1 |

| 24   | Sikkim      |   0 | 0   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 25   | Meghalya    |   0 | 0   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 26   | Nagaland    |   0 | 0   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 27   | Tripura     |   0 |     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 28   | Puducherry  |   0 | 0   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 29   | Telangana   |   0 | 0   |   5 |   0 |   2 |
| 30   | A &CNicobar |   0 | 1   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Total       |  17 | 18  |  51 |  14 |  21 |

## Annexure-IV

Details of proposals received/approved/rejected/pending regarding setting up new medical colleges during the last three years and current year

| SL.   |                  | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20                                                                          |
|-------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL.   |                  | Received  | Approved  | Disapp.   | Received  | Approved  | Disapp.   | Received  | Approved  | Disapp.   | Received  | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   | 4         | 4         | 0         | 6         | 0         | 6         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 2     | Assam            | 0         | 0         | 0         | 3         | 0         | 3         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 1         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 3     | Bihar            | 2         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 4         | 0         | 4         | 4         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh     | 3         | 3         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 1         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 5     | Delhi            | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 6     | Gujarat          | 1         | 1         | 0         | 2         | 2         | 0         | 7         | 2         | 5         | 4         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 7     | Himachal Pradesh | 4         | 1         | 3         | 3         | 2         | 1         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 8     | Haryana          | 6         | 2         | 4         | 6         | 2         | 4         | 4         | 0         | 4         | 2         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 9     | J& K             | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 5         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 10    | Jharkhand        | 2         | 0         | 2         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 5         | 0         | 5         | 4         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 11    | Karnataka        | 8         | 6         | 2         | 5         | 1         | 4         | 8         | 0         | 8         | 2         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 12    | Kerala           | 9         | 3         | 6         | 5         | 1         | 4         | 3         | 0         | 3         | 2         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh   | 11        | 5         | 6         | 6         | 0         | 6         | 8         | 4         | 4         | 7         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 14    | Maharashtra      | 5         | 2         | 3         | 4         | 1         | 3         | 5         | 1         | 4         | 5         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 15    | Orissa           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 2         | 0         | 0         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 16    | Punjab           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 17    | Rajasthan        | 5         | 3         | 2         | 10        | 0         | 10        | 9         | 5         | 4         | 3         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |
| 18    | Tamil Nadu       | 8         | 3         | 5         | 4         | 1         | 3         | 5         | 0         | 5         | 8         | All proposal sent to MCI for evaluation and recommendation last date for issuing |

| 19   | Uttar Pradesh       |   21 |   10 |   11 |   18 |   2 |   16 |   11 |   1 |   10 |   12 |
|------|---------------------|------|------|------|------|-----|------|------|-----|------|------|
| 20   | Uttarakhand         |    1 |    1 |    0 |    1 |   0 |    1 |    1 |   0 |    1 |    1 |
| 21   | West Bengal         |    3 |    1 |    2 |    3 |   0 |    3 |    3 |   1 |    2 |    6 |
| 22   | Sikkim              |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    1 |
| 23   | Meghalya            |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |
| 24   | Nagaland            |    1 |    0 |    1 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |
| 25   | Arunachal Pradesh   |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    1 |   1 |    0 |    0 |
| 26   | Mizoram             |    1 |    0 |    1 |    1 |   0 |    1 |    1 |   1 |    0 |    0 |
| 27   | Tripura             |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |
| 28   | Puducherry          |    1 |    0 |    1 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |
| 28   | Telangana           |   10 |    5 |    5 |    6 |   0 |    6 |    5 |   2 |    3 |    6 |
| 30   | A&Nicobar           |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |
| 31   | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    1 |
|      |                     |  107 |   51 |   56 |   88 |  14 |   74 |   85 |  21 |   64 |   77 |