Lok Sabha Question No. 5643 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Inspection of Medical and Dental Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5643 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## INSPECTION OF MEDICA L AND DENTAL COLLEGE S

## 5643. DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  quality  of  education  imparted  and  the  infrastructure  provided  in  medic dental colleges ar e not upto the standard, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor
- (b)  the  details  of  the  existing  norms  for  inspection  of  medical  and  dental  colle Government/Medical Council of India (MCI);
- (c) the number of medical colleges inspected and shortcomings noticed therein during each of last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise;
- (d) the number of medical colleges found guilty of violation of the said provisions du course of inspe ction and the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government/MCI agains them during the said period, State/ UT - wise;
- (e) whether MCI and Dental Council of India (DCI) has recommended withdrawal of recogniti of some of these colleges and proposed reinspection of other colleges given the opportunity to rectify the deficiencies, if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon;
- (f)  the  other  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  maintain  the  overall  standar medical educat ion in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (f) : The  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  on  recommendation  of  Board  of Governors (BoG) in supersession of Medical Counci l of India (MCI)/ Dental Council of India (DCI) grants permission for establishment of  Medical Colleges & Dental Colleges inclu renewal of permission and recognition, after verifying the infrastructural facilities, av faculty  &  residents, bed  occupancy,  availability  of  clinical  materials  and  availability equipments as per Minimum Standards Requirements (MSRs) stipulated in Medical Council of India  (MCI)/  Dental  Council  of  India  (DCI)  Regulations.  Medical  Colleges/Dental  Colle which d o not fulfill the required norms are not given permissions.

Details  of  the  existing  norms  for  inspection  of  medical  and  dental  colleges  reg requirement  of  infrastructural  facilities,  availability  of  faculty  & residents,  bed  occupancy, availability  of  clinical  materials  and  availability  of  equipments  etc  are  available  in  MCI's Minimum Standards Requirements (MSRs) and DCI's Revised BDS Course Regulations, 2007, Revised MDS Course Regulations, 2007 and DCI's Mi scellaneous Regulations, 2007.

The details of medical colleges inspected and shortcomings noticed therein during of the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise, are given in Annexure - I .

The  details  of  medical  colleges  found  guilty  of  violation  of  the  provisions  duri course of inspections are given in Annexure - II. The Colleges which do not fulfill MCI's norms are not given permission for that academic year.

MCI  recommended withdrawal  of  recognition  of  3  Medical  Colleges  and  DCI recommended withdrawal of recognition of 7 Dental Colleges. The Ministry has taken action as per the provisions of Indian Medical Council Act & Dental Council Act.

|   Sl. No. | State                | Academi c year 2016 - 2017   | Academic year 2017 - 2018   | Academic year 2018- 2019   | Academic year 2019 - 2020   |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Arunachal Pradesh    | -                            | -                           | 1                          | 1                           |
|         2 | Assam                | 2                            | 2                           | 1                          | 1                           |
|         3 | Andaman & Nikobar    | 1                            | 1                           | 1                          | 1                           |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh       | 19                           | 21                          | 20                         | 17                          |
|         5 | Bihar                | 11                           | 11                          | 12                         | 12                          |
|         6 | Chandigarh           | 1                            | 1                           | 1                          | 1                           |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         | 8                            | 8                           | 8                          | 8                           |
|         8 | Daman & Diu          | 1                            | -                           | -                          | -                           |
|         9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                            | -                           | -                          | 1                           |
|        10 | Delhi                | 4                            | 3                           | 2                          | 2                           |
|        11 | Goa                  | 1                            | 1                           |                            |                             |
|        12 | Gujarat              | 14                           | 12                          | 11                         | 15                          |
|        13 | Haryana              | 8                            | 9                           | 9                          | 9                           |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     | 5                            | 5                           | 5                          | 4                           |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 3                            | 3                           | 3                          | 8                           |
|        16 | Jharkhand            | 5                            | 3                           | 2                          | 5                           |
|        17 | Karnataka            | 36                           | 35                          | 34                         | 27                          |
|        18 | Kerala               | 18                           | 19                          | 13                         | 13                          |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh       | 18                           | 7                           | 18                         | 18                          |
|        20 | Maharashtra          | 34                           | 22                          | 33                         | 25                          |
|        21 | Mizoram              | -                            | 1                           | 1                          | 1                           |
|        22 | Nagaland             | 1                            | -                           | -                          | -                           |
|        23 | Punjab               | 8                            | 7                           | 6                          | 4                           |
|        24 | Pondicherry          | 4                            | 2                           | 2                          | 2                           |
|        25 | Rajasthan            | 16                           | 22                          | 19                         | 20                          |
|        26 | Sikkim               | 1                            | 1                           | 1                          | 2                           |
|        27 | Tamil Nadu           | 27                           | 29                          | 22                         | 15                          |
|        28 | Telangana            | 20                           | 16                          | 21                         | 19                          |
|        29 | Uttar Pradesh        | 44                           | 47                          | 40                         | 36                          |
|        30 | Uttarakhand          | 3                            | 5                           | 5                          | 4                           |
|        31 | Odisha               | 9                            | 8                           | 9                          | 8                           |
|        32 | West Bengal          | 16                           | 18                          | 13                         | 11                          |

## Annexure - II

## Details of  no. of colleges  not permitted due to shortcomings

|   Sl. No. | State                |   Academic year 2016 - 2017 |   Academic year 2017 - 2018 |   Academic year 2018 - 2019 | Academic year 2019 - 2020   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                           0 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|         2 | Assam                |                           0 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|         3 | Andaman & Nikobar    |                           0 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh       |                          08 |                          01 |                          06 | 01                          |
|         5 | Bihar                |                          01 |                          02 |                          04 | 01                          |
|         6 | Chandigarh           |                           0 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         |                          02 |                          02 |                          04 | 02                          |
|         8 | Daman & Diu          |                          01 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|         9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                           0 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|        10 | Delhi                |                           0 |                          01 |                           0 | 0                           |
|        11 | Goa                  |                           0 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|        12 | Gujarat              |                          01 |                          01 |                          02 |                             |
|        13 | Haryana              |                          03 |                          02 |                          04 | 01                          |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                          02 |                          01 |                           0 | 0                           |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                           0 |                           0 |                           0 | 01                          |
|        16 | Jharkhand            |                          02 |                          01 |                          02 | 05                          |
|        17 | Karnataka            |                          05 |                          04 |                          13 | 03                          |
|        18 | Kerala               |                          06 |                          05 |                          08 | 04                          |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh       |                          07 |                          07 |                          09 | 03                          |
|        20 | Maharashtra          |                          02 |                          06 |                          08 | 03                          |
|        21 | Mizoram              |                           0 |                          01 |                           0 | 0                           |
|        22 | Nagaland             |                          01 |                           0 |                           0 | 0                           |
|        23 | Punjab               |                           0 |                          01 |                           0 | 01                          |
|        24 | Pondicherry          |                          01 |                           0 |                          01 | 0                           |
|        25 | Rajasthan            |                          03 |                          09 |                          06 | 01                          |
|        26 | Sikkim               |                          01 |                           0 |                          01 | 02                          |
|        27 | Tamil Nadu           |                          03 |                          07 |                          05 | 01                          |
|        28 | Telangana            |                          07 |                          05 |                          09 | 03                          |
|        29 | Uttar Pradesh        |                          15 |                          20 |                          24 | 11                          |
|        30 | Uttarakhand          |                           0 |                          01 |                          03 | 01                          |
|        31 | Odisha               |                          02 |                          02 |                          01 | 0                           |

32.

West Bengal

01

07

03

02