Lok Sabha Question No. 4472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Nursing Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4472 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH MARCH, 2020

## NURSING COLLEGES

## 4472. SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

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

- (a) whether there are sufficient trained nursing staff available in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of nursing colleges in the country, State/UT -wise;
- (c) the number of Government and private nursing colleges/institutes in the country, State/UT -wise including Assam; and
- (d) whether the Government is considering to establish a premier nursing institute, preferably a university in Barpeta, Assam, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a):: As per Indian Nursing Council (INC) records, there are around 8, 92, 829 Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM), 21, 51,8 50 Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives(RN&RM) and 56,644 Lady Health Visitors(LHV) in the Country .  There are around 8500 Nursing institutions in the country  producing  about  3  lakh  nursing  personnel  annually.    The  nurse  patient  ratio country at present is 1.7 nurses per 1000 population.  However, the nurse - patient ratio varies from State to State, District to District and Institution to Institution.  The problem skewed  distribution,  with  dense  concentration  of  work  force  in  some  areas  and  le concentration in other areas causing challenges in delivery of services in certain areas.
- (b) & (c): The State/UT - wise distribution of Government and private colleges/institutes in the country is at Annexure.

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| Annexure  ## State-wise distribution of Nursing Colleges/Institutions as on 31 st October, 2019  State  ANM  GNM  B.Sc.(N)  M.Sc.(N)  P.B.B.Sc. (N)  NPCC  PBDP  Govt.  Pvt.  Total  Govt.  Pvt.  Total  Govt.  Pvt.  Total  Govt.  Pvt.  Total  Govt.  Pvt.  Total  Govt.  Pvt.  Total  Govt.  Pvt.  Total  A&N Islands  1  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Andhra  Pradesh  4  28  32  9  146  155  9  135  144  1  35  36  1  32  33  0  1  1  3  10  13  Arunachal  Pradesh  4  3  7  4  3  7  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Assam  12  23  35  22  32  54  4  13  17  3  4  7  0  4  4  0  1  1  1  1  2  Bihar  20  88  108  7  17  24  2  8  10  0  0  0  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  3  3  Chandigarh  1  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  2  1  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  1  Chattisgarh  5  0  5  14  67  81  9  86  95  4  17  21  1  18  19  0  1  1  2  1  3  D&N Haveli  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  1  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  Daman &  Diu  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Delhi  2  8  10  2  16  18  7  7  14  3  4  7  1  3  4  0  3  3  7  3  10  Goa  1  1  2  1  0  1  1  2  3  1  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  2  Gujarat  28  103  131  24  124  148  8  90  98  3  17  20  1  19  20  1  2  3  5  1  6  Haryana  7  78  85  3  78  81  2  35  37  1  9  10  1  28  29  0  4  4  0  5  5  Himachal  Pradesh  2  8  10  7  32  39  1  29  30  1  6  7  1  13  14  0  0  0  0  0  0  J&K  0  14  14  0  16  16  4  12  16  0  4  4  0  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  Jharkhand  9  56  65  6  23  29  1  9  10  0  1  1  1  4  5  0  0  0  2  0  2  Karnataka  12  14  26  19  461  480  14  300  314  5  146  151  5  172  177  1  8  9  12  29  41  Kerala  8  10  18  17  159  176  9  123  132  7  52  59  6  35  41  0  7  7  12  16  28  Madhya  Pradesh  19  71  90  20  372  392  5  181  186  1  58  59  2  71  73  0  2  2  0  7  7  Maharashtra  31  514  545  37  227  264  6  99  105  4  36  40  3  49  52  0  4  4  13  16  29  Manipur  2  5  7  1  15  16  1  6  7  1  1  2  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  Meghalaya  1  2  3  2  6  8  1  1  2  1  0  1  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   |
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| Mizoram       |   3 |    1 |    4 |   3 | 3    | 6     |   2 | 1    |    3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0       | 0   | 0   |   0 |   0 |   0 0 |   0 |
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| Nagaland      |   1 |    1 |    2 |   3 | 2    | 5     |   0 | 1    |    1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 1       | 1   | 0 0 |   0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |
| Odisha        |  20 |  109 |  129 |  10 | 78   |       |   3 | 30   |   33 |   2 |  10 |  12 |   1 | 9 10    | 0   | 0   |   0 |   1 |     2 |   3 |
| Pondicherry   |   1 |    6 |    7 |   2 | 68 7 |       |   2 | 13   |   15 |   1 |   6 |   7 |   1 | 6 7     | 0   | 0   |   0 |   0 |     5 |   5 |
| Punjab        |   8 |  162 |  170 |   9 | 205  | 9 214 |   5 | 103  |  108 |   1 |  33 |  35 |   3 | 87 90   | 0   | 2   |   2 |   4 |     2 |   6 |
| Rajasthan     |  19 |    8 |   27 |  11 | 157  | 168   |  11 | 139  |  150 |   8 |  17 |  25 |   2 | 40 42   | 1   | 1   |   2 |   0 |     0 |   0 |
| Sikkim        |   1 |    0 |    1 |   1 | 1    | 2     |   0 | 3    |    3 |   0 |   1 |   1 |   0 | 0 0     | 0   | 0   |   0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |
| Tamil Nadu    |  13 |   32 |   45 |  23 | 181  | 204   |   5 | 176  |  181 |   2 |  77 |  79 |   2 | 63 65   | 0   | 8   |   8 |   1 |    24 |  25 |
| Telangana     |   3 |   14 |   17 |   6 | 84   | 90    |   5 |      |   84 |   1 |  22 |  23 |   0 | 16 16   | 0   | 4   |   4 |   1 |     8 |   9 |
| Tripura       |   3 |    2 |    5 |   2 | 4    | 6     |   0 | 79   |    4 |   0 |   2 |   2 |   0 | 1       | 1   | 0   |   0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |  13 |  226 |  239 |   6 | 270  | 276   |   8 | 4 95 |  103 |   1 |  16 |  17 |   2 | 33 35   | 0 0 | 3   |   3 |   4 |     0 |   4 |
| Uttarakhand   |   7 |   14 |   21 |   4 | 28   | 32    |   7 | 16   |   23 |   2 |   6 |   8 |   1 | 6 7     | 0   | 2   |   2 |   0 |     0 |   0 |
| West Bengal   |  14 |   14 |   28 |  41 | 34   | 75    |  10 | 15   |   25 |   7 |   6 |  13 |   6 | 4 10    | 0   | 1   |   1 |   7 |     6 |  13 |
| Total         | 275 | 1615 | 1890 | 317 | 2838 | 3155  | 146 | 1812 | 1958 |  64 | 586 | 650 |  45 | 720 765 | 3   | 54  |  57 |  76 |   141 | 217 |