Lok Sabha Question No. 2291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Government Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2291 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 2291.   SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) the number of Government Medical College located in the country, State-wise including Mahrashtra;
- (b) whether the faculty positions in many departments of Government Medical Colleges have remained vacant for several years and if so, the details thereof and the extent to which the vacancies affects the aspiring doctors;
- (c) whether any steps are being taken to fill the vacant positions;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposals  to  open  the  Government  Medical College in Osmanabad of Mahrashtra and if so, the details and the present status thereof?

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

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a)  As  informed  by  National  Medical  Commission  (NMC),  there  are  313  Government medical colleges in the country including Maharashtra. The State-wise detail is at annexure. (b) to (d)   Public Health and Hospitals is a State subject, is the responsibility of respective
- State Governments to fill the vacant positions in Medical Colleges.
- (e)  The  permission  for  opening  of  medical  college  is  granted  by  the  National  Medical Commission  as  per  the  National  Medical  Commission  Act,  2019  and  Regulations  framed thereunder.  As  informed  by  NMC,  no  such  application/proposal  for  opening  of  medical college in Osmanabad, Maharashtra has been received by them during this year.

Annexure

| State-wise details of Government Medical Colleges in the country   | State-wise details of Government Medical Colleges in the country   | State-wise details of Government Medical Colleges in the country   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                              | Name of the States/UTs                                             | Govt.                                                              |
| 1                                                                  | Andaman and Nicobar Island                                         | 1                                                                  |
| 2                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                     | 13                                                                 |
| 3                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                  | 1                                                                  |
| 4                                                                  | Assam                                                              | 9                                                                  |
| 5                                                                  | Bihar                                                              | 12                                                                 |
| 6                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                         | 1                                                                  |
| 7                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                       | 8                                                                  |
| 8                                                                  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                             | 1                                                                  |
| 9                                                                  | Delhi                                                              | 8                                                                  |
| 10                                                                 | Goa                                                                | 1                                                                  |
| 11                                                                 | Gujarat                                                            | 18                                                                 |
| 12                                                                 | Haryana                                                            | 5                                                                  |
| 13                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                   | 7                                                                  |
| 14                                                                 | Jammu and Kashmir                                                  | 8                                                                  |
| 15                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                          | 4                                                                  |
| 16                                                                 | Karnataka                                                          | 19                                                                 |
| 17                                                                 | Kerala                                                             | 10                                                                 |
| 18                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                     | 14                                                                 |
| 19                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                        | 28                                                                 |
| 20                                                                 | Manipur                                                            | 2                                                                  |
| 21                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                          | 1                                                                  |
| 22                                                                 | Mizoram                                                            | 1                                                                  |
| 23                                                                 | Odisha                                                             | 9                                                                  |
| 24                                                                 | Puducherry                                                         | 2                                                                  |
| 25                                                                 | Punjab                                                             | 5                                                                  |
| 26                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                          | 17                                                                 |
| 27                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                         | 37                                                                 |
| 28                                                                 | Telangana                                                          | 11                                                                 |
| 29                                                                 | Tripura                                                            | 1                                                                  |
| 30                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                      | 35                                                                 |
| 31                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                        | 4                                                                  |
| 32                                                                 | West Bengal                                                        | 20                                                                 |
| Total                                                              | Total                                                              | 313                                                                |