Lok Sabha Question No. 766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Skill Training Centre for Emergency Medical Services
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kaushal Kishore

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## SKILL TRAINING CENTR E FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

## 766. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up the Skill Training Centre under scheme 'Human Resource Development for Emergency Medical Service' in India;

- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wis ;
- (c) the number of such Skill Training Centres propos d to be set up in the State of Uttar Pradesh along with the districts that will be covered under the scheme;
- (d) whether his Ministry has allocated funds for the Skill Training Centres; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): Yes. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, under its Central Sector Scheme, 'Human Resource Development for Emergency Medical Services, has provision for setting up 140 Skill Centres to be established in government medical colleges across India. to impar on life saving inte rventions.

List of State/UT - wise number of allocated skill centres attached at Annexure I .

- (c):  Under  the  said  scheme,  17  such  Skill  Centers  have  been  proposed  to  be  set  up  in Pradesh. Of these nominations for 11 Skill centres by the State Governmen t of Uttar Pradesh have  been  received  so  far.  Details  of  medical  colleges,  where  these  skill  centers established is at Annexure II .

(d) & (e): This is a Central Sector Scheme under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, w setting up of skill ce nters is 100% funded by the Central Government.

For each skill centers, funds to the tune of Rs. 2.60 to 2.90 crores (depending location) are released to Government Medical Colleges/ Institutions subject to recommendation by the concerned sta te government. The funds allocated is for infrastructure an procurement of training equipment.

So far 82 medical colleges have been granted funds to the tune of Rs. 121 Crores.

## State/ UT wise distribution of proposed Skill Centres

| Sr. No.   | State or Union Territory   |   No. of Skill Centres to be established |
|-----------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Uttar Pradesh              |                                       17 |
| 2         | Maharashtra                |                                       11 |
| 3         | Bihar                      |                                       10 |
| 4         | West Bengal                |                                        9 |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh             |                                        8 |
| 6         | Tamil Nadu                 |                                        8 |
| 7         | Rajasthan                  |                                        7 |
| 8         | Karnataka                  |                                        7 |
| 9         | Gujarat                    |                                        7 |
| 10        | Andhra Pradesh             |                                        6 |
| 11        | Odisha                     |                                        5 |
| 12        | Telangana                  |                                        4 |
| 13        | Kerala                     |                                        4 |
| 14        | Jharkhand                  |                                        4 |
| 15        | Assam                      |                                        4 |
| 16        | Punjab                     |                                        3 |
| 17        | Chattisgarh                |                                        3 |
| 18        | Haryana                    |                                        3 |
| 19        | Uttrakhand                 |                                        2 |
| 20        | Himachal Pradesh           |                                        2 |
| 21        | Tripura                    |                                        1 |
| 22        | Meghalaya                  |                                        1 |
| 23        | Manipur                    |                                        1 |
| 24        | Nagaland                   |                                        1 |
| 25        | Goa                        |                                        1 |
| 26        | Arunachal Pradesh          |                                        1 |
| 27        | Mizoram                    |                                        1 |
| 28        | Sikkim                     |                                        1 |
| UT 1      | Puducherry                 |                                        1 |
| UT 2      | Andaman and Nicobar        |                                        1 |
| UT 3      | Delhi                      |                                        2 |
| UT 4      | Chandigarh                 |                                        1 |
| UT 5      | Laddakh                    |                                        1 |
| UT 6      | Jammu and Kashmir          |                                        2 |
|           | Total                      |                                      140 |

## Annexure II

## Skill centres are proposed to set up on the basis of nomination received from State Government of Uttar Pradesh, at the following 11 medical colleges:

|   Sr. No. | Name of Medical College              |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|
|         1 | BHU Institute of Medical Sciences    |
|         2 | Govt. Medical College Kanpur         |
|         3 | Govt.Medical College Allahabad       |
|         4 | Govt. Medical College Jhansi         |
|         5 | Govt. Medical College Kannauj        |
|         6 | Govt. Medical College Jalaun         |
|         7 | Govt. Medical College Agra           |
|         8 | Govt. Medical College Meerut         |
|         9 | Govt. Medical College Gorakhpur      |
|        10 | Govt. Medical College Ambedkar Nagar |
|        11 | Govt. Medical College Azamgarh       |