Lok Sabha Question No. 1539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: AIIMS Institutes
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy, Gopal Jee Thakur, Deepak Baij

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1539 TO BE ANSWERED ON- 10/02/2023

## AIIMS INSTITUTES

## 1539. SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA: SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR: SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

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

- (a) the details of AIIMS and AIIMS like institutions functioning in the country along with the total bed capacity, total medical, para-medical staff, total number of MBBS and postgraduate students enrolled in such institutions, institution-wise;
- (b) whether a number of AIIMS operational in the country are not working at their full capacity due  to  shortage  of  human  resources  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  necessary  steps taken/proposed to be taken in this regard;
- (c)  whether  the  completion  of  some  proposed  AIIMS  projects  are  badly  delayed  particularly AIIMS, Bibinagar and Darbhanga;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the specific reasons therefor; and
- (e) the time by which said institutions are likely to be made functional?

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

- (a):  Details of AIIMS and AIIMS like Institutions functioning in the country along with the total bed capacity, total medical, para-medical staff, total number of MBBS and postgraduate students enrolled in such institutions, institution-wise is at Annexure.
- (b):  In various AIIMS, recruitment to various faculty and non-faculty positions is done in view of additional services and facilities added. Following provisions have been facilitated by this Ministry for augmenting faculty strength in the newly set up AIIMS:
- (i) Standing Selection Committee (SSC) has been constituted in each new AIIMS to facilitate expeditious filling up of vacancies.
- (ii)  The upper age limit for  direct  recruitment  against  the  posts  of  Professor  and  Additional Professor has been raised from 50 years to 58 years.
- (iii) Permission  has  been  granted  for  taking  serving  faculty  from  Government  Medical Colleges/Institutes on deputation basis.
- (iv) Contractual engagement of retired faculty of Government Medical Colleges/Institutes up to 70 years of age has also been allowed.
- (v)  Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders have been allowed to be appointed on faculty positions.
- (vi) Visiting faculty scheme has been formulated to allow national and international faculty to work in newly set up AIIMS for teaching and academic purposes
- (vii)  Temporary diversion of faculty posts has been allowed on loan basis from one Department to another, which can be filled up on contractual basis.
- (viii)Advertisement for recruitment with one-year validity has been put in place to fast track the process of filling up vacancies.
- (ix) Centralized recruitment for Nursing cadres has been implemented.

(c) to (e): The Ministry closely monitors the progress of new AIIMS projects. Completion of works depends upon various factors including transfer  of  encumbrance  free  land  by  the  State  Govt., regulatory clearances and site specific issues. Tender for construction of AIIMS Bibinagar has been awarded in July, 2022 and construction work has started at site. Government of Bihar has not transferred encumbrance free 200 acres of land to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for construction of AIIMS.

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## Details of AIIMS functioning in the country:

| Sl.No.         | AIIMS   | Sanctioned hospital beds   | Sanctioned MBBS seats per annum   | PG seats   | FACULTY          | FACULTY      | FACULTY   | NON-FACULTY      | NON-FACULTY   | NON-FACULTY   |
|----------------|---------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------|------------------|--------------|-----------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl.No.         | AIIMS   | Sanctioned hospital beds   | Sanctioned MBBS seats per annum   | PG seats   | Sanctioned Posts | In- Position | Vacant    | Sanctioned Posts | In- Position  | Vacant        |
| 1. Delhi       | 3279    | 125 + 7 foreign national   | 1213                              | 1131       | 904              | 227          | 12524     | 10773            |               | 1751          |
| 2. Bhopal      | 960     | 125                        | 103                               | 305        | 198              | 107          |           | 3884             | 1857          | 2027          |
| 3. Bhubaneswar | 960     | 125                        | 141                               | 305        | 231              | 74           | 3884      |                  | 1984          | 1900          |
| 4. Jodhpur     | 960     | 125                        | 312                               | 305        | 224              | 81           | 3884      | 2465             | 1419          |               |
| 5. Patna       | 960     | 125                        | 186                               | 305        | 177              | 128          | 3884      | 1906             |               | 1978          |
| 6. Raipur      | 960     | 125                        | 215                               | 305        | 184              | 121          | 3884      |                  | 2251          | 1633          |
| 7. Rishikesh   | 960     | 125                        | 443                               | 305        | 200              | 105          | 3876      |                  | 2216          | 1660          |
| 8. Mangalagiri | 960     | 125                        | 32                                | 183        | 115              | 68           | 1054      |                  | 629           | 425           |

## Annexure

| 9.                 |   Nagpur |   960 | 125   |   50 | 183                       |   123 |   60 |   1054 |   659 395 |
|--------------------|----------|-------|-------|------|---------------------------|-------|------|--------|-----------|
| 10. Kalyani        |      960 |   125 | 26    |  183 | 105                       |    78 | 1012 |    537 |       475 |
| 11. Gorakhpur      |      750 |   125 | -     |  183 | 80                        |   103 | 1038 |    517 |       521 |
| 12. Bathinda       |      750 |   100 | 50    |  183 | 112                       |    71 | 1038 |    609 |       429 |
| 13. Bilaspur       |      750 |   100 | -     |  183 | 91                        |    92 | 1018 |    320 |       698 |
| 14. Guwahati       |      750 |   100 | -     |  183 | 79                        |   104 | 1026 |    122 |       904 |
| 15. Deoghar        |      750 |   125 | 11    |  183 | 96                        |    87 | 1018 |    412 |       606 |
| 16. Bibinagar      |      750 |   100 | 21    |  183 | 100                       |    83 |  971 |    335 |       636 |
| 17. Raebareli      |      610 |   100 | -     |  183 | 82                        |   101 |  975 |    663 |       312 |
| 18. Rajkot         |      750 |   100 | -     |  183 | 65                        |   118 |  951 |    280 |       671 |
| 19. Madurai        |      750 |   100 | -     |  183 | 8 ( Contractual Faculty ) |   183 |   32 |      0 |        32 |
| 20. Vijaypur Jammu |      750 |   100 | -     |  183 | 77                        |   106 |  959 |    391 |       568 |

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