Lok Sabha Question No. 149 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: Admission in Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 149 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH JULY, 2018 ADMISSION IN MEDICAL COLLEGES

## *149. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  medical  colleges,  both  recognised  and  un - recognised,  offering admission for academic session 2018 - 19, State/UT - wise;
- (b) the number of students who have qualified the National Eligibility - cumEntrance Test  and  are  supposed  to  get  admission  but  may  not  get  admission  for  the session in these colleges;
- (c) the names of medical colleges which collect more than rupees fifteen l annum from the students; and
- (d) the number  of  medical colleges de - recognised by the Medical Council of India during the last one year along with the reasons therefor, State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 149* FOR 27 TH JULY, 2018

(a) 432  Medical  Colleges  are  offering  59930  MBBS  seats.  State/UT  wise details of the Colleges are given in annexure.

(b) As  per information  provided  by  CBSE,  7,14,562  candidates  have  been declared  qualified  in  NEET  (UG) -2018.  Out  of  the  qualified  candidates, 6,54,632  candidates  may  not  get  admission  in  2018 - 19  session  since  the  total seats available in both Government  and Privat e Colleges for the year 2018 - 19 are 59930 only.

(c) In the case of Government medical colleges, the respective Sta Governments are responsible for fixation of fee and in the case of private u medical  colleges,  the  fee  structure  is  decided  by  a  Committee  set  up  by respective  State  Government  unde r  the  Chairmanship  of  a  retired  High  Court Judge in pursuance of the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. It is for the Committee to decide whether the fee proposed by an Institute is jus and the fee fixed by the Committee is binding on the Institute. The data regarding the fee collected in various medical colleges across the country is not mai centrally.

(d) During the last one year, Medical Council of India (MCI) recommended to withdraw  the  recognition  of  one  Medical  College  in  the State  of  Maharashtra under Section 19 of IMC Act, 1956 in view of persisting deficiencies.

|   Sl. | State/UT          |   No. of Colleges (both recognized and to be recognized) |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                       27 |
|     2 | A & N Islands     |                                                        1 |
|     3 | Assam             |                                                        6 |
|     4 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                        1 |
|     5 | Bihar             |                                                       12 |
|     6 | Chandigarh        |                                                        1 |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh      |                                                        6 |
|     8 | Delhi             |                                                        8 |
|     9 | Goa               |                                                        1 |
|    10 | Gujarat           |                                                       25 |
|    11 | Haryana           |                                                        9 |
|    12 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                        7 |
|    13 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                        4 |
|    14 | Jharkhand         |                                                        3 |
|    15 | Karnataka         |                                                       52 |
|    16 | Kerala            |                                                       27 |
|    17 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                       17 |
|    18 | Maharashtra       |                                                       49 |
|    19 | Manipur           |                                                        2 |
|    20 | Meghalaya         |                                                        1 |
|    21 | Mizoram           |                                                        1 |

Annexure

| 22   | Orissa        |   10 |
|------|---------------|------|
| 23   | Pondicherry   |    9 |
| 24   | Punjab        |    8 |
| 25   | Rajasthan     |   18 |
| 26   | Sikkim        |    1 |
| 27   | Tamil Nadu    |   45 |
| 28   | Telangana     |   22 |
| 29   | Tripura       |    2 |
| 30   | Uttar Pradesh |   35 |
| 31   | Uttarakhand   |    5 |
| 32   | West Bengal   |   17 |
|      | TOTAL         |  432 |