Lok Sabha Question No. 70 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Establishment of New Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 70 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH FEBRUARY , 2021 ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW MEDICAL COLLEGES

## *70. SHRI UPENDRA SI NGH RAWAT:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  f establishment  of  new  medical  colleges  attached  to  existing  district/r hospitals in the country;
- (b) if s o, the details of the new medical colleges set up or proposed to be under different phases of the scheme in the country, State/UT and distric - wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the criteria/norms adopted for making these colleges functional along with the details of funds allocated, State/UT and district - wise; and
- (d)  the  likely  improvement  envisaged  by  the  Government  in  the  healthc facilities post establishment of the medical colleges under the said schem

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a)to ( d)A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEME NT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 70* FOR 5 TH FEBRUARY , 2021

(a)  to  (d) The  Ministryof  Health  &  Family  Welfare  administers  a  Centra Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing  district/referral  hospitals'.  Establishment  of  157  new  Medical  Colleges  has been approved under the scheme in three phases. The fund sharing ratio between Central Government and States under the Scheme is 90:10 for NE/Special C States and 60:40 for other States. Under the Scheme, a new medical coll taken up by upgradation of a district hospital. As per the Scheme guidelines, such projects can be approved in districts where there are no prior Governmen medical college.

Under Phase - I of the Scheme, 58 districts in 20 States/UT have been a for  establishment  of  medical  colleges.  Tot al  cost  of  establishment  of  one  Medi College under this Phase is Rs.189 crore. Entire Central Share of Rs.7541. been released to the State/UT Governments for these medical colleges. Ou 58 medical colleges, 46 have become functional .  Details are at Annexure - I .

Under Phase - II of the Scheme ( launched in February, 2018) , 24 new medical colleges  in  8  States  have  been  approved.    The  total  cost  of  establish Medical College under this Phase is Rs.250 crore. Funds to the tune of Rs.3150.70 crore have been released to the State Governments. Details are at Annexure - II .

Under  Phase - III  of  the  Scheme  launched  in  August,  2019,  75  new  me colleges have been approved in 18 States/UTs. The total cost of establish Medical C ollege under this Phase is Rs.325 crore. Funds to the tune of Rs. have  been  released  to  the  State  Government/UT  Administrations.  Detail Annexure - III.

The norms for establishment of medical colleges have been specified Establish ment of Medical College Regulations, 1999. The National Me Commission (NMC) has also framed Minimum Requirement Regulations, 2020 whi provide  for  minimum  standards  viz.  requirement  of  land,  infrastructur residents, equipments for the medi cal colleges. The applicant medical college fulfill these requirements in order to obtain permission from the NMC as under the NMC Act, 2019. The permission is granted only after physical ve of the infrastructure, human resources an d other facilities.

The establishment of new medical colleges will extend tertiary medic hitherto uncovered districts, increase the number of doctors and improve -population ratio. This will also promote affordable medical education i n the country and optimally utilize the existing infrastructure of district hospitals.

## Annexure - I Details  of  medical  colleges  approved under  Phase - I  of  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for ' Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing D rict/Referral Hospitals '

Rs.i n crore

|   S.N. | State/UT          |    | Districts           |   Approved Cost |   Central Share 60% (90% for NE) |   TotalCentral Share Released | Functional   |
|--------|-------------------|----|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------|
|      1 | A & N Islands     | 1  | Port Blair          |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2  | Naharlagun          |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      3 | Assam             | 3  | Dhubri              |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | No           |
|      3 | Assam             | 4  | Nagaon              |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | No           |
|      3 | Assam             | 5  | North Lakhimpur     |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | No           |
|      3 | Assam             | 6  | Diphu               |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      4 | Bihar             | 7  | Purnia              |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | No           |
|      4 | Bihar             | 8  | Saran (Chhapara)    |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | No           |
|      4 | Bihar             | 9  | Samastipur          |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | No           |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh10    |    | Rajnandgaon         |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh10    | 11 | Sarguja             |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh  | 12 | Chamba              |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh  | 13 | Hamirpur            |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh  | 14 | Nahan (Sirmour)     |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      7 | Haryana           | 15 | Bhiwani             |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | No           |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 16 | Dumka               |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 17 | Hazaribagh          |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|      8 | Jharkhand         | 18 | Palamu (Daltonganj) |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|      9 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 19 | Anantnag            |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      9 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 20 | Baramulla           |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      9 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 21 | Rajouri             |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      9 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 22 | Doda                |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|      9 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 23 | Kathua              |             189 |                            170.1 |                         170.1 | Yes          |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 24 | Datia               |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 25 | Khandwa             |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 26 | Ratlam              |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 27 | Shahdol             |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 28 |                     |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 29 | Vidisha Chindwara   |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 30 | Shivpuri            |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |
|     11 | Maharashtra       | 31 | Gondia              |             189 |                            113.4 |                         113.4 | Yes          |

| 12   | Meghalaya     | 32   | West Garo Hills (Tura)   |   189.00 |   170.10 |   170.10 | No   |
|------|---------------|------|--------------------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
| 13   | Mizoram       | 33   | Falkawn                  |      189 |    170.1 |    170.1 | Yes  |
| 14   | Nagaland      | 34   | Naga Hospital            |      189 |    170.1 |    170.1 | No   |
| 15   | Odisha        | 35   | Balasore                 |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 15   | Odisha        | 36   | Baripada (Mayurbhanj)    |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 15   | Odisha        | 37   | Bolangir                 |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 15   | Odisha        | 38   | Koraput                  |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 15   | Odisha        | 39   | Puri                     |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | No   |
| 16   | Punjab        | 40   | SAS Nagar                |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | No   |
| 17   | Rajasthan     | 41   | Barmer                   |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 17   | Rajasthan     | 42   | Bharatpur                |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 17   | Rajasthan     | 43   | Bhilwara                 |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 17   | Rajasthan     | 44   | Churu                    |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 17   | Rajasthan     | 45   | Dungarpur                |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 17   | Rajasthan     | 46   | Pali                     |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 17   | Rajasthan     | 47   | Sikar                    |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh | 48   | Basti                    |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh | 49   | Faizabad                 |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh | 50   | Firozabad                |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh | 51   | Shahjahanpur             |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh | 52   | Bahraich                 |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 19   | Uttarakhand   | 53   | Almora                   |      189 |    170.1 |    170.1 | No   |
| 20   | West Bengal   | 54   | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)     |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 20   | West Bengal   | 55   | Cooch behar              |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 20   | West Bengal   | 56   | Diamond harbour          |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 20   | West Bengal   | 57   | Purulia                  |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
| 20   | West Bengal   | 58   | Raiganj, North Dinajpur  |      189 |    113.4 |    113.4 | Yes  |
|      | Total         |      |                          |    10962 |   7541.1 |   7541.1 |      |

## Annexure - II

## Details of medical colleges approved under Phase - II of Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing District/Referral Hospit Rs. in crore

| S. No.   | State          |       | Location Selected State Government   |   by Approved Cost |   Central Share |   Amount released | Functional   |
|----------|----------------|-------|--------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
| 1        | Bihar          | 1     | Sitamarhi                            |                250 |             150 |            100    | No           |
| 1        | Bihar          | 2     | Jhanjharpur                          |                250 |             150 |            100    | No           |
| 1        | Bihar          | 3     | Siwan                                |                250 |             150 |              0    | No           |
| 1        | Bihar          | 4     | Buxar                                |                250 |             150 |            100    | No           |
| 1        | Bihar          | 5     | Jamui                                |                250 |             150 |            100    | No           |
| 2        | Jharkhand      | 6     | Koderma                              |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 2        | Jharkhand      | 7     | Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                 |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 3        | Madhya Pradesh | 8     | Satna                                |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 4        | Odisha         | 9     | Jajpur                               |                250 |             150 |            100    | No           |
| 5        | Rajasthan      | 10    | Dholpur                              |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 6        | Uttar          | 11    | Etah                                 |                250 |             150 |            145.14 | No           |
| 6        | Pradesh        | 12    | Hardoi                               |                250 |             150 |            145.14 | No           |
| 6        | Uttar          | 13    | Pratapgarh                           |                250 |             150 |            145.14 | No           |
| 6        | Uttar          | 14    | Fatehpur                             |                250 |             150 |            145.14 | No           |
| 6        | Uttar          | 15    | Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj)        |                250 |             150 |            145.14 | No           |
| 6        | Uttar          | 16    | Deoria                               |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 6        | Uttar          | 17    | Ghazipur                             |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 6        | Uttar          | 18    | Mirzapur                             |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 7        | West Bengal    | 19    | Barasat                              |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 7        | West Bengal    | 20    | Uluberia                             |                250 |             150 |             50    | No           |
| 7        | West Bengal    | 21    | Arambagh                             |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 7        | West Bengal    | 22    | Jhargram                             |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 7        | West Bengal    | 23    | Tamluk                               |                250 |             150 |            150    | No           |
| 8        | Sikkim         | 24    | Gangtok                              |                250 |             225 |            225    | No           |
| Total    | Total          | Total | Total                                |               6000 |            3675 |           3150.7  | 3150.70      |

## Annexure - III

## Details of medical colleges approved under Phase - IIIof Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing District/Referral Hospit Rs. in crore

| S. No.   | State             | S. No.         | District                  |   Approved Cost |   Central Share |   Total fund released | Functional   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|--------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1              | Piduguralla               |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2              | Paderu                    |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 3              | Machilipatnam             |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 2        | Assam             | 4              | Kokrajhar                 |             325 |           292.5 |                   143 | No           |
| 2        | Assam             | 5              | Korba                     |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 3        | Assam             | Chhattisgarh 6 | Mahasamund                |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 2        | Assam             | 7              | Kanker                    |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 4        | Gujarat           | 8              | Narmada                   |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 4        | Gujarat           | 9              | Navsari                   |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 4        | Gujarat           | 10             | Panchmahal                |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 4        | Gujarat           | 11             | Porbandar                 |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 4        | Gujarat           | 12             | Morbi                     |             325 |           195   |                     0 | No           |
| 5        | Jammu and Kashmir | 13             | Udhampur                  |             325 |           292.5 |                    75 | No           |
| 5        | Jammu and Kashmir | 14             | Handwara (Distt. Kupwara) |             325 |           292.5 |                    75 | No           |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 15             | Chikkamagaluru            |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 16             | Haveri                    |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 17             | Yadgiri                   |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 18             | Chikkaballapura           |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 7        | Ladakh            | 19             | Leh                       |             325 |           292.5 |                    75 | No           |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh    | 20             | Rajgarh                   |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh    | 21             | Mandla                    |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh    | 22             | Neemuch                   |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh    | 23             | Mandsaur                  |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh    | 24             | Sheopur                   |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh    | 25             | Singrauli                 |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 9        | Maharashtra       | 26             | Nandurbar                 |             325 |           195   |                    50 | Yes          |
| 10       | Manipur           | 27             | Churachandpur             |             325 |           292.5 |                   143 | No           |
| 11       | Nagaland          | 28             | Mon                       |             325 |           292.5 |                   125 | No           |
| 12       | Odisha            | 29             | Kalahandi                 |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 13       |                   | 30             | Kapurthala                |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
|          | Punjab            | 31             | Hoshiarpur                |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
|          | Punjab            | 32             | Alwar                     |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
| 14       | Rajasthan         | 33             | Baran                     |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No           |
|          | Punjab            | 34             | Bansawara                 |             325 |           195   |                    50 | No No        |
|          | Punjab            | 35             | Chittorgarh               |             325 |           195   |                    50 |              |

|                             |                             | 36                          | Jaisalmer                          | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|                             |                             | 37                          | Karauli                            | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 38                          | Nagaur                             | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 39                          | Shri Ganganagar                    | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 40                          | Sirohi                             | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 41                          | Bundi                              | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 42                          | Sawai Madhopur                     | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 43                          | Tonk                               | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 44                          | Hanumangarh                        | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 45                          | Jhunjhunu                          | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 46                          | Dausa                              | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
| 15                          | Uttarakhand                 | 47                          | Rudrapur, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar | 325                         | 292.5                       | 75                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 48                          | Pithoragarh                        | 325                         | 292.5                       | 75                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 49                          | Haridwar                           | 325                         | 292.5                       | 75                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 50                          | Bijnaur                            | 322.79                      | 193.67                      | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 51                          | Kushinagar                         | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 52                          | Sultanpur                          | 324.98                      | 194.99                      | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 53                          | Gonda                              | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 54                          | Lalitpur                           | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 55                          | Lakhimpur Kheri                    | 324.22                      | 194.53                      | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 56                          | Chandauli                          | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
| 16                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 57                          | Bulandshahar                       | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 58                          | Sonbhadra                          | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 59                          | Pilibhit                           | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 60                          | Auraiya                            | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 61                          | Kanpur Dehat                       | 323.42                      | 194.05                      | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 62                          | Kaushambi                          | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 63                          | Amethi                             | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 64                          | Tiruppur                           | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 65                          | Nilgiris                           | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 66                          | Ramanathapuram                     | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 67                          | Namakkal                           | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 68                          | Dindigul                           | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
| 17                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 69                          | Virudhunagar                       | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 70                          | Krishnagiri                        | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 71                          | Tiruvallur                         | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             |                             | Nagapattinam                       | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
|                             |                             | 72                          |                                    |                             |                             |                             |                             |
|                             |                             | 73                          | Ariyalur                           | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No No                       |
|                             |                             | 74                          | Kallakurichi                       | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          |                             |
| 18                          | West Bengal                 | 75                          | Jalpaiguri                         | 325                         | 195                         | 50                          | No                          |
| Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111 | Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111 | Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111 | Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111        | Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111 | Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111 | Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111 | Total 24370.41 15499.7 4111 |