Lok Sabha Question No. 603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Establishment of Medical Colleges in aspirational Districts
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 603 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICAL COLLEGES IN ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

## 603. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  had  announced  establishment  of  medical  colleges  in  all aspirational districts across the country;
- (b) if so, the number of aspirational districts where medical colleges have been established as per  the  announcement  so  far  and  the  districts  where  these  are  yet  to  be  established, State/UT-wise and district-wise;
- (c) the reasons for delay in establishing medical college in Dhenkanal which is one of the aspirational district in Odisha;
- (d) the time by which the same is likely to be established; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) & (b) The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)  for  'Establishment  of  new  Medical  Colleges  attached  with  existing  district/referral hospitals'  with  preference  to  underserved  areas  and  aspirational  districts,  where  there  is  no existing Government or private medical college. Under the Scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved in three phases and 70 are already functional. Out of 157 sites, 40 are in aspirational districts. The details are at Annexure.

(c)  to  (e)  Under  Phase-III  of  the  above  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme,  all  States/UTs  were requested  to  submit  proposals  along  with  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR).  No  proposal  was received  from  the  State  Government  of  Odisha  for  establishment  of  a  medical  college  at Dhenkanal district.

## Details  of  medical  colleges  approved  in  aspirational  districts  under  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme for 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing District/Referral Hospitals'

|   S. No. | Name of the State   | Name of the District                                                    |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      | Paderu (Vishakhapatnam)                                                 |
|        2 | Assam               | Dhubri                                                                  |
|        3 | Bihar               | Purnia, Sitamarhi, Jamui                                                |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh        | Rajnandgaon, Korba,Mahasamund, Kanker                                   |
|        5 | Gujarat             | Narmada                                                                 |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh    | Chamba                                                                  |
|        7 | Jammu &Kashmir      | Baramulla, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)                                    |
|        8 | Jharkhand           | Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj), Chaibasa (Singhbhum)            |
|        9 | Karnataka           | Yadgiri                                                                 |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh      | Khandwa, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Singrauli                                    |
|       11 | Maharashtra         | Nandurbar                                                               |
|       12 | Odisha              | Bolangir, Koraput, Kalahandi                                            |
|       13 | Rajasthan           | Dholpur, Baran, Jaisalmer, Karauli' Sirohi                              |
|       14 | Uttarakhand         | Haridwar Rudrapur, (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar)                           |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh       | Bahraich, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Chandauli, Sonbhadra |
|       16 | Tamil Nadu          | Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar                                            |