Lok Sabha Question No. 91 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: MBBS Seats in Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 91 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  July, 2022

## MBBS SEATS IN MEDICAL COLLEGES

## *91. DR. HEENA GAVIT:

## DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  MBBS  seats  allotted  to  Government  and  private  medical colleges  in  the  country,  State/UT/  college-wise  including  Maharashtra,  Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  Government  and  private  medical  colleges  set  up  in  the country during each of the last five years;
- (c) whether the seats in existing medical colleges of various States are proposed to be increased, particularly in the above said States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  fulfill  the requirement of doctors as per the population in the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 91* FOR 22 ND  JULY, 2022

(a)  &  (b)  As  informed  by  the  National  Medical  Commission,  there  are  612 Medical Colleges with 91927 MBBS seats. The details are at Annexure-I .  The details of the Government and private colleges set up in the country during the last five years are at Annexure-II .

(c)  &  (d)  Under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  for  'Up-gradation  of Government  Medical  Colleges  for  increase  of  MBBS  seats  in  existing  medical colleges', 3495 MBBS seats have been approved in 16 States/UTs. Details are at Annexure III .

Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Strengthening and upgradation of State Government medical colleges for starting new PG disciplines and increasing PG seats', 5930 seats have been approved in 22 States/UTs in 2 Phases. Details are at Annexure IV .

Further under the Central Sector Scheme for 'Upgradation of Government Medical College by construction of Super Specialty Blocks', approximately 1000 Post graduate seats have been made available.

- (e) Government  has  taken various steps to increase the availability of Undergraduate and Post graduate Seats:-
- i. Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishment of new medical college by upgrading district/ referral hospital under which 157 new medical colleges have been approved and 72 are  functional.
- ii. Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  strengthening/  upgradation  of  existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS and PG seats.
- iii. Central Sector Scheme for 'Upgradations of Government Medical College by construction of Super   Specialty Blocks' . A total of 75 projects have been approved

iv  Under Central Sector Scheme for setting up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved. Undergraduate courses have started in 19 AIIMS.

- v. Relaxation  in  the  norms  for  setting  up  of  Medical  College  in  terms  of requirement for faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastructure.
- vi. DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.
- vii. Enhancement  of  age  limit  for  appointment/  extension/  re-employment against  posts  of  teachers/dean/principal/  director  in  medical  colleges  upto  70 years.

Annexure-I

## The State/UT-wise list of MBBS colleges under Government & Private (including AIIMS & JIPMER) in the Country.

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT      |   Government Colleges |   Government Seats |   Private Colleges |   Private Seats |   Total Colleges |   Total Seats |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                     1 |                100 |                  0 |               0 |                1 |           100 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            |                    13 |               2485 |                 18 |            2850 |               31 |          5335 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         |                     1 |                 50 |                  0 |               0 |                1 |            50 |
| 4       | Assam                     |                     9 |               1150 |                  0 |               0 |                9 |          1150 |
| 5       | Bihar                     |                    12 |               1515 |                  8 |             900 |               20 |          2415 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                |                     1 |                150 |                  0 |               0 |                1 |           150 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              |                     8 |                965 |                  4 |             600 |               12 |          1565 |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       |                     1 |                150 |                  0 |               0 |                1 |           150 |
| 9       | Delhi                     |                     8 |               1247 |                  2 |             250 |               10 |          1497 |
| 10      | Goa                       |                     1 |                180 |                  0 |               0 |                1 |           180 |
| 11      | Gujarat                   |                    18 |               3700 |                 13 |            2000 |               31 |          5700 |
| 12      | Haryana                   |                     5 |                710 |                  7 |             950 |               12 |          1660 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh          |                     7 |                770 |                  1 |             150 |                8 |           920 |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir            |                     9 |               1047 |                  1 |             100 |               10 |          1147 |
| 15      | Jharkhand                 |                     7 |                680 |                  2 |             250 |                9 |           930 |
| 16      | Karnataka                 |                    21 |               3150 |                 42 |            6995 |               63 |         10145 |
| 17      | Kerala                    |                    10 |               1555 |                 21 |            2700 |               31 |          4255 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh            |                    14 |               2180 |                 11 |            1900 |               25 |          4080 |
| 19      | Maharashtra               |                    29 |               4825 |                 33 |            5070 |               62 |          9895 |
| 20      | Manipur                   |                     2 |                225 |                  1 |             150 |                3 |           375 |
| 21      | Meghalaya                 |                     1 |                 50 |                  0 |               0 |                1 |            50 |
| 22      | Mizoram                   |                     1 |                100 |                  0 |               0 |                1 |           100 |
| 23      | Orissa                    |                     9 |               1375 |                  4 |             750 |               13 |          2125 |
| 24      | Puducherry                |                     2 |                380 |                  7 |            1250 |                9 |          1630 |
| 25      | Punjab                    |                     5 |                800 |                  7 |             950 |               12 |          1750 |
| 26      | Rajasthan                 |                    17 |               3055 |                  9 |             950 |               26 |          4005 |
| 27      | Sikkim                    |                     0 |                  0 |                  1 |             150 |                1 |           150 |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu                |                    38 |               5225 |                 32 |            5500 |               70 |         10725 |
| 29      | Telangana                 |                    11 |               1840 |                 23 |            3200 |               34 |          5040 |
| 30      | Tripura                   |                     1 |                125 |                  1 |             100 |                2 |           225 |
| 31      | Uttar Pradesh             |                    35 |               4303 |                 32 |            4750 |               67 |          9053 |
| 32      | Uttarakhand               |                     5 |                700 |                  3 |             450 |                8 |          1150 |
| 33      | West Bengal               |                    20 |               3225 |                  7 |            1000 |               27 |          4225 |
|         | Total                     |                   322 |              48012 |                290 |           43915 |              612 |         91927 |

## Annexure-II

The details of the Government and private medical colleges in the country during each of the last five years

| Year    |   Government Colleges |   MBBS Seats |   Private Colleges |   MBBS Seats |   Total No. of Colleges |   Total No. of Seats |
|---------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
| 2017-18 |                   237 |        31483 |                243 |        36040 |                     480 |                67523 |
| 2018-19 |                   253 |        33893 |                248 |        36540 |                     499 |                70433 |
| 2019-20 |                   279 |        42222 |                260 |        38090 |                     539 |                80312 |
| 2020-21 |                   289 |        43435 |                269 |        39840 |                     558 |                83275 |
| 2022-23 |                   322 |        48212 |                290 |        43915 |                     612 |                91927 |

## Annexure-III

Details of seats approved under Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Up-gradation of existing Government medical colleges to increase MBBS seats in the country

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   Number of MBBS seats approved |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                             150 |
| 2        | Gujarat           |                             270 |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh  |                              20 |
| 4        | Jammu and Kashmir |                              60 |
| 5        | Jharkhand         |                             100 |
| 6        | Karnataka         |                             550 |
| 7        | Madhya Pradesh    |                             600 |
| 8        | Maharashtra       |                             150 |
| 9        | Manipur           |                              50 |
| 10       | Odisha            |                             200 |
| 11       | Punjab            |                             100 |
| 12       | Rajasthan         |                             700 |
| 13       | Tamil Nadu        |                             345 |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     |                              50 |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       |                              50 |
| 16       | West Bengal       |                             100 |
|          | TOTAL             |                            3495 |

Annexure-IV Details  of  seats  approved  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  'Strengthening  and  upgradation  of  Government  Medical  Colleges  for  starting  new  PG  disciplines  and  increasing  PG seats'

Phase-I

| S. No   | State/UT         |   Number of PG seats approved |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam            |                           143 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh   |                           410 |
| 3       | Bihar            |                           199 |
| 4       | Chandigarh       |                            48 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     |                            79 |
| 6       | Goa              |                           124 |
| 7       | Gujarat          |                            86 |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh |                            17 |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                           127 |
| 10      | Jharkhand        |                           102 |
| 11      | Kerala           |                           150 |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh   |                           203 |
| 13      | Maharashtra      |                           692 |
| 14      | Orissa           |                           107 |
| 11      | Punjab           |                            87 |
| 16      | Rajasthan        |                           297 |
| 17      | Telangana        |                           279 |
| 18      | Tripura          |                           115 |
| 19      | Uttarakhand      |                            62 |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh    |                           265 |
| 21      | West Bengal      |                           466 |
|         | Total            |                          4058 |

Phase-II

| S. No.   | State          |   Number of PG seats approved |
|----------|----------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Bihar          |                           115 |
| 2        | Rajasthan      |                           977 |
| 3        | Karnataka      |                            70 |
| 4        | Gujarat        |                            64 |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh |                           646 |
|          | Total          |                          1872 |