Lok Sabha Question No. 2118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Nursing Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2118 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 nd  JULY, 2022

## NURSING COLLEGES'

## 2118: MS CHANDRANI MURMU:

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

- (a)  the  total  number of  Government  and private nursing colleges in the country, State/UTwise including Odisha; and
- (b) the necessary steps taken by the Government to increase the number of nursing staff in the country?

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

- (a) There  are  2241  Colleges  of  Nursing  (CoN)  in  the  country  including  176  Government Colleges.  State/UT-wise  Government  and  private  Colleges  of  Nursing  in  the  country, including Odisha is at Annexure.
- (b) Steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  nursing  manpower  in  the  country  are  as follows: -
- i. The requirement of land for School/College of Nursing and Hostel relaxed.
- ii. Relaxation in the norms of having a 100 bedded parent hospital for hilly and tribal areas.
- iii. The student teacher ratio for M.Sc.(N) programme relaxed from 1:5 to 1:10.
- iv. Student patient ratio for Nursing Institutions relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.
- v. Maximum number of 100 seats for Nursing College to be given to parent hospitals with 300 beds without insisting for a Medical College.
- vi. Distance from school/college to hospital relaxed from 15 Km to 30 Km. For hilly and tribal areas the maximum distance is 50 Km.
- vii. Eligibility criteria to admission for Diploma and Degree relaxed.
- viii. Relaxation  in  norms  for  opening  M.Sc.  (N)  programme  by  allowing  Super Speciality Hospital to start M.Sc. (N) without having under graduate programme.
- ix. Under the Central Sector Scheme 'Development of Nursing Services'  School of Nursing(SoN) are given Grants-in-aid to upgrade them into College of Nursing(CoN).

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## State/UT-Wise Govt. and Pvt. Nursing Colleges in the country

| S.No.   | States/UTs          | Total No. of Nursing Colleges   | Total No. of Nursing Colleges   |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S.No.   | States/UTs          | Govt.                           | Pvt.                            |
| 1.      | Andaman &Nicobar    | 0                               | 0                               |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh      | 12                              | 140                             |
| 3.      | Assam               | 4                               | 14                              |
| 4.      | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                               | 3                               |
| 5.      | Bihar               | 2                               | 10                              |
| 6.      | Chandigarh          | 2                               | 0                               |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh        | 9                               | 91                              |
| 8.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 1                               | 0                               |
| 9.      | Daman &Diu          | 1                               | 0                               |
| 10.     | Delhi               | 9                               | 5                               |
| 11.     | Goa                 | 1                               | 2                               |
| 12.     | Gujarat             | 9                               | 98                              |
| 13.     | Haryana             | 3                               | 36                              |
| 14.     | Himachal Pradesh    | 1                               | 34                              |
| 15.     | Jammu &Kashmir      | 4                               | 14                              |
| 16.     | Jharkhand           | 1                               | 18                              |
| 17.     | Karnataka           | 15                              | 347                             |
| 18.     | Kerala              | 12                              | 121                             |
| 19.     | Ladakh              | 0                               | 0                               |
| 20.     | Lakshadweep         | 0                               | 0                               |
| 21.     | Madhya Pradesh      | 10                              | 209                             |
| 22.     | Maharashtra         | 6                               | 99                              |
| 23.     | Manipur             | 2                               | 8                               |
| 24.     | Meghalaya           | 1                               | 1                               |
| 25.     | Mizoram             | 2                               | 1                               |
| 26.     | Nagaland            | 0                               | 1                               |
| 27.     | Odisha              | 4                               | 37                              |
| 28.     | Pondicherry         | 3                               | 11                              |
| 29.     | Punjab              | 6                               | 109                             |
| 30.     | Rajasthan           | 11                              | 161                             |
| 31.     | Sikkim              | 0                               | 3                               |
| 32.     | Tamilnadu           | 5                               | 191                             |
| 33.     | Telangana           | 6                               | 81                              |
| 34.     | Tripura             | 0                               | 3                               |
| 35.     | Uttar Pradesh       | 9                               | 137                             |
| 36.     | Uttarakhand         | 7                               | 21                              |
| 37      | West Bengal         | 18                              | 59                              |