Lok Sabha Question No. 78 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Nursing and Midwifery Schools
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 78 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH DEEMBER ,2018 NURSING AND MIDWIFER Y SCHOOLS

## *78. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government is according special attention to improve the qu and  capacity  of  the  General  Nursing  Midwifery  (GNM)  and  Auxiliary  Nur s ng Midwifery (ANM) schools at all India level, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  financial  implications  for  upgradation  of  present  nursing  schoo colleges in the country; and
- (c)  the  details  of  steps  being  taken/  proposed  to  be  taken  for  increas qualified faculty and upgrading the knowledge and skills of nursing person various speciality areas?

## 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. 78* FOR 14 TH DECEMBER , 20 18

(a)  Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Upgradation /strengthening of Nursing Services (Auxiliary  Nurse  Midwives/General  Nurse  Midwives),  the  Government  has  approved  and released  funds  to  112  Auxiliary  Nurse  Midwives  (ANM)  and  136  General  Nurse  Midwives (GNM) Schools in the country. The details are enclosed as Annexure - I.

(b) Under the Central Sector Scheme of Development of Nursing Services, funds to the tun Rs. 6.00 crore areearmarked for Upgradation of an existing School of Nursing into College of Nursing.  So far 17 institutions have been provided with funds to the tune of Rs. 48.715 Upgradation of School of Nursing into College of Nursing.  List of 17 institutions alo funds release d is at Annexure -II.

(c)  Various  steps have  beentaken  for  increasing  the  qualified  faculty  and  upgrading  th knowledge and skill of nursing personnel in various specialty areas such as:

- i.Student patient ratio has been changed from 1:5 to 1:3;
- ii.The  landfrom  5  acres  has  been  relaxed  to  construct  building  of  54,000  sq.  ft. school/college of Nursing and Hostel;
- iii.Relaxing norms for teaching faculty to start B.Sc. (N) Programme:
- At least 2 M.Sc. (N) faculty to be available;
- Qualification and Experience of the Nursing Teachers has been relaxed;
- Sharing of teaching faculty for both Diploma and Graduate Programme;
- iv. Relaxation for opening M.Sc. (N) programme:
- Super speciality Hospital can start M.Sc.(N) without having under graduate programm
- Relaxation of stud ent teacher ratio for M.Sc (N) programme has been relaxed from 1:5 t 1:10
- Age increased for Teaching Faculty up to 70 years.
- v. Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed from 15 km to 30 km ,however for hilly and tribal areas the maximum distance is 50 Km.
- vi. Six  weeks  training  is  imparted  by  using  Standard  Based  management  and  recognitio approach to strengthen the foundation of pre - service education of ANM resulting in better prepared health provider.

State - wise details of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) and General Nurse Midwives (GNM) Schools

| Sl.No.   | State             | ANM Schools (Districts)   | GNM Schools (Districts)   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | Narsapuram                | Tirupathi                 |
|          |                   | Vijaywada                 | Eluru                     |
|          |                   | Kakinada                  | Ongole                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | Lohit                     | U.Subansiri               |
|          |                   | Tawang                    | East Siang (Pasighat)     |
|          |                   | West Siang                | Naharlagun (Papampure)    |
| 3        | Assam             | Baksa                     | Bongaigaon                |
|          |                   | Udalguri                  |                           |
|          |                   | Chirang                   |                           |
| 4        | Bihar             | Aurangabad                | Banka                     |
|          |                   | Jamui                     | Buxar                     |
|          |                   | Kaimur (Bhabhua)          | Jehanabad                 |
|          |                   | Khagaria                  | Saran                     |
|          |                   | Lakhisarai                | Seikhpur                  |
|          |                   | Nawada                    | Vaishali                  |
|          |                   | Sheohar                   | Purnia                    |
|          |                   | Siwan                     | Sasaram                   |
|          |                   | Supaul                    | Madhepur                  |
|          |                   | Darbanga                  | West Champaran            |
|          |                   | Arwal                     | Katihar                   |
|          |                   | Araria                    | Saharsa                   |
|          |                   |                           | Kishanganj                |
| 5        | Chattisgarh       | Bijapur                   | Dantewada                 |
|          |                   | Kawardha                  | Janjgir - Champa          |
|          |                   | Narayanpur                | Kanker                    |
|          |                   | Bastar                    | Korba                     |
|          |                   | Bilaspur                  | Korea                     |
|          |                   |                           | Mahasamund                |
| 6        | Gujarat           | Ahmedabad                 | Anand                     |
|          |                   | Jamnagar                  | Bhavnagar                 |
|          |                   | Patan                     | Kheda                     |
|          |                   | Valsad                    | Porbander                 |
|          |                   | Tapi                      |                           |
| 7        | Haryana           | Chakhri Dadri             | Palwal                    |
|          |                   | Rewari                    | Mewat                     |
|          |                   |                           | Kurukshetra               |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | Kullu                     | Nahan                     |
|          |                   |                           | Chamba                    |
|          |                   |                           | Mandi                     |

| 9   | Jammu & Kashmir   | Bandipora     | Budgam          |
|-----|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|     |                   | Kargil        | Gangerbal       |
|     |                   | Kishtwar      | Kulgam          |
|     |                   | Ramban        | Pulwama         |
|     |                   | Bhadarwah     | Reasi           |
|     |                   | Billawar      | Samba           |
|     |                   | Ananthnag     | Shopian         |
|     |                   | Thanmandi     | Udhampur        |
|     |                   | Surankote     | Kathua          |
|     |                   | Kokarnag      | Doda            |
|     |                   |               | Rajouri         |
| 10  | Jharkhand         | Chatra        | Gumla           |
|     |                   | Godda         | Latehar         |
|     |                   | Khunti        | Saraikela       |
|     |                   | Garhwa        | Hazaribagh      |
|     |                   | Ramgarh       | Palamu          |
|     |                   |               | Ranchi          |
|     |                   |               | Jamtara         |
| 11  | Madhya Pradesh    | Annupur       | Mandsour        |
|     |                   | Alirajpur     | Dewas           |
|     |                   | Ashoknagar    |                 |
|     |                   | Burhanpur     |                 |
|     |                   | Dindori       |                 |
|     |                   | Harda         |                 |
|     |                   | Neemuch       |                 |
|     |                   | Rewa          |                 |
|     |                   | Shajapur      |                 |
|     |                   | Sheopur       |                 |
|     |                   | Singrauli     |                 |
|     |                   | Umaria        |                 |
| 12  | Maharashtra       | Gadhchiroli   | Gadchirouli     |
|     |                   | Pusad/Yeotmal | Washim          |
|     |                   | Ratnagiri     | Nandurbar       |
|     |                   |               | Ratnagiri       |
|     |                   |               | Sindhudurg      |
|     |                   |               | Bhandara        |
|     |                   |               | Amravati        |
|     |                   |               | Gondia          |
| 13  | Manipur           |               | Bishnupur       |
|     |                   |               | Chandel         |
|     |                   |               | Senapati        |
|     |                   |               | Tamenglong      |
|     |                   |               | Thoubal         |
|     |                   |               | Ukhrul          |
| 14  | Meghalaya         |               | East Garo Hills |
|     |                   |               | Ri Bhoi         |
|     |                   |               | South GaroHills |

|    |               |                | West Khasi Hills   |
|----|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
| 15 | Mizoram       | Lawngtlai      | Champhai           |
|    |               | Mammit         | Kolasib            |
|    |               | Aizwal         | Saiha              |
|    |               |                | Serchhip           |
| 16 | Nagaland      | Zunheboto      | Mon                |
|    |               | Kohima         | Phek               |
|    |               | Mokokchung     | Tuensang           |
| 17 | Odisha        | Boudh          | Nabrangpur         |
|    |               | Subarnapur     | Kalahandi          |
|    |               | Gajapati       | Sundergarh         |
|    |               | Raigada        | Khandhamal         |
|    |               | Malkangiri     | Dhenkanal          |
|    |               |                | Keonjhar           |
|    |               |                | Mayurbhanj         |
|    |               |                | Koraput            |
|    |               |                | Balasore           |
| 18 | Puducherry    | Mahe           | Karaikal           |
|    |               | Yanam          |                    |
| 19 | Punjab        |                | Rupnagar           |
|    |               |                | Bhatinda           |
|    |               |                | Gurdaspur          |
|    |               |                | Sangrur            |
|    |               |                | Patiala            |
| 20 | Rajasthan     | Pratapgarh     | Baran              |
|    |               | Alwar          | Bikaner            |
|    |               |                | Nagour             |
|    |               |                | Jhunjhun           |
|    |               |                | Chittorgarh        |
| 21 | Sikkim        | East Sikkim    |                    |
|    |               | West Sikkim    |                    |
| 22 | Tamil Nadu    | Namakkal       |                    |
|    |               | Theni          |                    |
|    |               | Shivganga      |                    |
| 23 | Telangana     |                | Karimnagar         |
| 24 | Tripura       | West Tripura   |                    |
| 25 | Uttarkhand    | Bageshwar      | Haridwar           |
|    |               | Champawat      | Nainital           |
|    |               | Rudraprayag    | Roorkhi            |
|    |               | Uttarkashi     |                    |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | Auraiya        | Ambedkar Nagar     |
|    |               | Balrampur      | Bundaun            |
|    |               | Bulandshahar   | Farrukhabad        |
|    |               | Chandauli      | Firozabad          |
|    |               | Mahamaya Nagar | Hardoi             |
|    |               | Jyotiba Phule  | NagarJalaun        |

|    |             | Kanpur Dehat       | Kannauj         |
|----|-------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|    |             | Kanshiram          | Mahoba          |
|    |             | Kaushambi          | Siddharth Nagar |
|    |             | Kusinagar          | Unnao           |
|    |             | Lalitpur           | Kheri           |
|    |             | Maharajganj        | Mainpuri        |
|    |             | Sant Kabir Nagar   | Faizabad        |
|    |             | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Rampur          |
|    |             | Sharavasti         | Balia           |
|    |             | Sonbhadra          | Gonda           |
|    |             | Amethi             | Morarabad       |
|    |             | Fatehpur Sikri     | Jhansi          |
|    |             | Sambhal            | Barabanki       |
|    |             | Etah               | Aligarh         |
|    |             | Mau                | Raibrali        |
|    |             | Jounpur            | Etawa           |
|    |             | Sultanpur          | Ghazipur        |
| 27 | West Bengal |                    | Ghatal          |
|    |             |                    | Barasat         |
|    |             |                    | Maldha          |
|    |             |                    | Jangipur        |
|    |             |                    | West Medinipur  |
|    |             |                    | Howrah          |
|    |             |                    | Kolkata N       |
|    |             |                    | N. Paragnas     |
|    | Total       | 112                | 136             |

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## LIST OF SCHOOL OF NURSING UPGRADED INTO COLLEGE OF NURSING AND AMOUNT RELEASED

## ANNEXURE -II

(Rs. in

| S.No   | State            | Name of Institution                                                                  | Fund released   |
|--------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| a)     | Gujarat          | School of Nursing, Sir T. General Hospital, Road, Bhavnagar                          | Jail 1.025      |
| a)     | Gujarat          | School of Nursing, S.S. Hospital, Baroda                                             | 1.025           |
| b)     | Jharkhand        | School of Nursing, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital, Jamshedpur.     | 5.065           |
| b)     | Jharkhand        | School of Nursing, Patliputra Medical College Hospital Dhanbad.                      | and 2.025       |
| b)     | Jharkhand        | School of Nursing, Rajendra Institute of Sciences, Nurses Hostel, Bariatu, Ranchi    | Medical 1.025   |
| c)     | Himachal Pradesh | GNM Training Center Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Shimla,                         | 4.40            |
| d)     | Manipur          | School of GNM, RIMS Campus, Imphal,                                                  | 3.00            |
| e)     | Rajasthan        | SON, PBM Hospital Bikaner,                                                           | 5.205           |
| e)     | Rajasthan        | SON, Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Jodhpur.                                               | 5.205           |
| e)     | Rajasthan        | SON, Maharana Bhupal Govt. Hospital, Udaipur.                                        | 5.205           |
| e)     | Rajasthan        | SON, J.L.N Medical College and Asso. Group of Hospital, Ajmer.                       | 5.205           |
| e)     | Rajasthan        | General Nursing Midwifery Training Center, Maharaja Bhim Singh Singh Hospital, Kota. | 5.205           |
| f)     | Tamil Nadu       | School of Nursing, Govt. K.G Hospital Chennai,                                       | 1.025           |
| f)     | Tamil Nadu       | School of Nursing Govt. M.K Medical College Hospital, Salem.                         | 1.025           |
| g)     | Uttar Pradesh    | School of Nursing BHU Institute of Medical Varanasi.                                 | Science, 1.025  |
| h)     | West Bengal      | School of Nursing, Medinipur Medical College Hospital, Medinipur.                    | and 1.025       |
| h)     | West Bengal      | School of Nursing Culcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkota.           | 1.025           |
| h)     | West Bengal      | Total                                                                                | 48.715          |

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