Lok Sabha Question No. 2012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: PG Courses in Medicine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: (SMT.) RATNA DE(NAG), MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI, HARI OM PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2012 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## PG COURSES IN MEDICI NE

## 2012. DR. RATNA DE (NAG): SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: SHRI HARI OM PANDAY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the number of seats for medical PG courses in the country, State - wise;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the current status of newly announced AIIMS?

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

- (a) to (c): Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has received 891 proposals/applications from the existing Medical Colleges for opening/increase of seats in Post Graduate Co for  the  academic  year  2019 - 20.  The  State  wise  details  of  proposals/applications  is Annexure-I.  The  last  dat e  for  granting  approval  for  increasing  number  of  PG  seats  for 2019- 20 is 28.02.2019.

Further, the Ministry is also implementing a scheme for strengthening/ upgradati existing State Government/Central Government   Medical Colleges to increase PG seats.

- (d): A statement showing status of newly announced 15 AIIMS is annexed at Annexure -II .

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         |   No. of PG Applications |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                      112 |
| 2         | Assam            |                       26 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                       19 |
| 4         | Chandigarh       |                        5 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh     |                        6 |
| 6         | Delhi            |                       15 |
| 7         | Goa              |                        0 |
| 8         | Gujarat          |                        9 |
| 9         | Haryana          |                        0 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh |                       12 |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir  |                        4 |
| 12        | Jharkhand        |                       21 |
| 13        | Karnataka        |                      138 |
| 14        | Kerala           |                       27 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh   |                       52 |
| 16        | Maharashtra      |                      105 |
| 17        | Manipur          |                        0 |
| 18        | Meghalaya        |                        2 |
| 19        | Orissa           |                        4 |
| 20        | Pondicherry      |                       48 |
| 21        | Punjab           |                        0 |
| 22        | Rajasthan        |                       30 |
| 23        | Sikkim           |                        5 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu       |                       75 |
| 25        | Telangana        |                       43 |
| 25        | Tripura          |                       14 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh    |                       90 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand      |                        4 |
| 28        | West Bengal      |                       25 |
|           | TOTAL            |                      891 |

Annexure-I

## Total AIIMS - 15

* Estimated Cost

## Status of new AIIMS

| Sl.   | Phase                                                | Location of AIIMS to be set up                   | Date of Cabinet approval                                          | Approved Outlay                            | Target date for completion of project      |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| i.    | Phase II                                             | Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh                        | 05 th Feb, 2009 *Revised RCE was approved on 10.07.2017 by HFM/FM | Rs.823 Cr                                  | March, 2020                                |
| ii.   | Phase-IV (Budget announcement                        | Mangalagiri near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh        | 07.10.2015 (Time frame for completion: 60 months)                 | Rs 1618 Cr                                 | Sep, 2020                                  |
| iii   | for the year 2014- 15)                               | Kalyani in West Bengal                           | 07.10.2015 (Time frame for completion: 60 months)                 | Rs 1754 Cr                                 | Sep, 2020                                  |
| iv    | for the year 2014- 15)                               | Nagpur in Maharashtra                            | 07.10.2015 (Time frame for completion: 60 months)                 | Rs.1577 Cr                                 | Sep, 2020                                  |
| v     | for the year 2014- 15)                               | Gorakhpur in UP                                  | 20.07.2016 (Time frame for completion: 45 months)                 | Rs 1011 Cr                                 | April 2020                                 |
| vi    | Phase-V (Budget announcement for the year 2015- 16   | Bathinda in Punjab                               | 27.07.2016 (Time frame for completion: 48 months)                 | Rs 925 Cr                                  | June, 2020                                 |
| vii.  | Phase-V (Budget announcement for the year 2015- 16   | Kamrup District in Guwahati, Assam               | 24.05.2017 (Time frame for completion: 48 months)                 | Rs 1123 Cr                                 | April, 2021                                |
| viii  | Phase-V (Budget announcement for the year 2015- 16   | Kothipura in Bilaspur District, Himachal Pradesh | 03.01.2018 (Time frame for completion: 48 months)                 | Rs 1351 Cr                                 | Dec,2021                                   |
| ix.   | Phase-V (Budget announcement for the year 2015- 16   | Thopur in Madurai District                       | 17.12.2018 (Time frame for completion: 45 months)                 | Rs 1264 Cr                                 | Sep, 2022                                  |
| x.    | Phase-VI (Budget announcement for the year 2017- 18) | Deoghar in Jharkhand                             | 16.05.2018 (Time frame for completion: 45 months)                 | Rs. 1103 Cr                                | Feb, 2022                                  |
| xi.   | Phase-VII                                            | Bibinagar, Telangana                             | 17.12.2018 (Time frame for completion: 45 months)                 | Rs 1028 Cr                                 | Sep, 2022                                  |
| 3.    | In Process for EFC / Cabinet Approval-(02)           | In Process for EFC / Cabinet Approval-(02)       | In Process for EFC / Cabinet Approval-(02)                        | In Process for EFC / Cabinet Approval-(02) | In Process for EFC / Cabinet Approval-(02) |
| xii   | Phase-V (Budget announce- ment 2015-16)              | Samba District in Jammu                          | ---                                                               | Rs. 1668 Cr*                               | ---                                        |
| xiii  | Phase-V (Budget announce- ment 2015-16)              | Awantipora, Pulwama in Kashmir                   | ---                                                               | Rs. 1828 Cr*                               | ----                                       |
| 4.    | Site Selection in Process-(02)                       | Site Selection in Process-(02)                   | Site Selection in Process-(02)                                    | Site Selection in Process-(02)             | Site Selection in Process-(02)             |
| xiv   | Phase-V (Budget announcement 2015-16)                | Bihar                                            | ---                                                               | Rs. 1200 Cr*                               | 2022                                       |
| xv    | Phase VI (Budget announcement for 2017-18)           | Gujarat                                          | ---                                                               | Rs. 1200 Cr*                               | 2022                                       |

## Annexure-II