Lok Sabha Question No. 2165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Medical Universities in Backward Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES IN BACKWARD AREAS

## 2165. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to set up medical universities/ colleges in backward areas of the country to tackle malnutrition and infectious diseases in view of the lack of health facilities in these areas;

- (b) if so, the details thereof as on date; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (c) Health is a State subject and primary responsibility to ensure availability of public health facilities lies with the State Government. However, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  administers  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  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. This step will help to improve the healthcare delivery system in these areas. Under this scheme, Government of India has approved establishment of 157 new medical colleges in three phases. Out of these, 70 medical colleges have become functional till date.  Details are at Annexure.

## Annexure

## Centrally Sponsored scheme for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals'

## Approved medical colleges

| Sl. No   | State/UT          | Districts                                                                                     |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | Phase-I (58)      | Phase-I (58)                                                                                  |
| 1        | A &NIslands       | Port Blair                                                                                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun                                                                                    |
| 3        | Assam             | Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Diphu                                                        |
| 4        | Bihar             | Purnia, Saran (Chhapara), Samastipur                                                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | Rajnandgaon, Sarguja                                                                          |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | Chamba, Hamirpur, Nahan (Sirmour)                                                             |
| 7        | Haryana           | Bhiwani                                                                                       |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj)                                                        |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua                                                    |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    | Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, Shivpuri                                 |
| 11       | Maharashtra       | Gondia                                                                                        |
| 12       | Meghalaya         | West Garo Hills (Tura)                                                                        |
| 13       | Mizoram           | Falkawn                                                                                       |
| 14       | Nagaland          | Naga Hospital (Kohima)                                                                        |
| 15       | Odisha            | Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Puri                                      |
| 16       | Punjab            | SAS Nagar                                                                                     |
| 17       | Rajasthan         | Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali, Sikar                                    |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh     | Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Bahraich                                            |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       | Almora                                                                                        |
| 20       | West Bengal       | Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch behar, Diamond harbour, Purulia, Raiganj (North Dinajpur)         |
|          | Phase -II (24)    | Phase -II (24)                                                                                |
| 1        | Bihar             | Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Buxar, Jamui                                                   |
| 2        | Jharkhand         | Koderma, Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                                                                 |
| 3        | Madhya Pradesh    | Satna                                                                                         |
| 4        | Odisha            | Jajpur                                                                                        |
| 5        | Rajasthan         | Dholpur                                                                                       |
| 6        | Uttar Pradesh     | Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur |
| 7        | West Bengal       | Barasat, Uluberia, Arambagh, Jhargram, Tamluk                                                 |
| 8        | Sikkim            | Gangtok                                                                                       |
|          | Phase-III (75)    | Phase-III (75)                                                                                |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam                                                            |
| 2        | Assam             | Kokrajhar                                                                                     |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh      | Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker                                                                     |
| 4        | Gujarat           | Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi                                                |
| 5        | Jammu& Kashmir    | Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)                                                           |
| 6        | Karnataka         | Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura                                              |
| 7        | Ladakh            | Leh                                                                                           |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh    | Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli                                        |
| 9        | Maharashtra       | Nandurbar                                                                                     |
| 10       | Manipur           | Churachandpur                                                                                 |
| 11       | Nagaland          | Mon                                                                                           |
| 12       | Odisha            | Kalahandi                                                                                     |
| 13       | Punjab            | Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur                                                                        |

|   14 | Rajasthan     | Alwar, Baran, Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli, Nagaur, Shri Ganganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa    |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   15 | Uttarakhand   | Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar                                                                                               |
|   16 | Uttar Pradesh | Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Chandauli, Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Amethi |
|   17 | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul,, Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi                     |
|   18 | West Bengal   | Jalpaiguri                                                                                                                                               |