Lok Sabha Question No. 151 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, RAMA DEVI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 151 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH JULY,

## 2018 MEDICAL COLLEGES

## †*151. SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken a policy decision to set up a medical c for every three districts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number and names of districts new medical colleges have been set up under the said policy by June, 2018; an
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 151* FOR 27 TH JULY, 2018

(a) to (c) This Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishm new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. Th - II of this  Scheme  for  establishment  of  24  new  medical  colleges  has  been  appro Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in its meeting held on 7th February, The objective of the Phase - II of the scheme is to ensure the availability of one college in every 3 Parliamentary Constituencies and one Government medical in each State. 2 4 new medical colleges in 8 States/UT have been identified und Scheme. The fund sharing ratio between the Central Government and States un Scheme is 90:10 for NE/Special Category states and 60:40 for other States. cost of establishm ent of one Medical College under the scheme is Rs.250 crore. State  Governments  were  requested  to  identify  locations  of  these  24  new colleges on Challenge mode. Out of 24 medical colleges, 12 have been appro date.  Funds  to  the  tune  of  Rs .600  crore  have  been  released  to  the  State/ Governments for the approved districts under the Scheme. Details are at Annexure .

## List of 24 medical colleges identified under Phase - II

## Annexure

(Rs. in crore)

|   S.No. | State          |    | Location Selected by State Government   | Current Status   |   Approved Cost |   Central Share | Funds released   |
|---------|----------------|----|-----------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|       1 | Bihar          |  1 | Sitamarhi                               | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       1 | Bihar          |  2 | Jhanjharpur                             | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       1 | Bihar          |  3 | Siwan                                   | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       1 | Bihar          |  4 | Buxar                                   | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       1 | Bihar          |  5 | Jamui                                   | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       2 | Jharkhand      |  6 | Koderma                                 | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       2 | Jharkhand      |  7 | Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                    | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       3 | Madhya Pradesh |  8 | Satna                                   | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       4 | Odisha         |  9 | Jajpur                                  | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       5 | Rajasthan      | 10 | Dholpur                                 | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Etah                                    | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 12 | Hardoi                                  | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 13 | Pratapgarh                              | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 14 | Fatehpur                                | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 15 | Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj)           | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 16 | Deoria                                  | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 17 | Ghazipur                                | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 18 | Mirzapur                                | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 19 | Barasat                                 | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 20 | Uluberia                                | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 21 | Arambagh                                | Approved         |             250 |             150 | 50.00            |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 22 | Jhargram                                | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 23 | Tamluk                                  | -                |             250 |             150 |                  |
|       8 | Sikkim         | 24 | Gangtok                                 | Approved         |             250 |             225 | 50.00            |