Lok Sabha Question No. 1614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Courses in Medical Institutes
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1614 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th FEBRUARY, 2022

## COURSES IN MEDICAL INSTITUTES

## 1614. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  seats  available  for  admission  in  various  courses  in  Government  and private medical institutes across the country, State/UT-wise; (b) the number of applications received for admission in various courses of these institutes; (c) whether all the applicants have got admission in these institutes and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether seats are lying vacant in different courses of the institutes in Government and private sector, if so, the details thereof, institute-wise and course-wise; (e) whether the Government has taken or proposed to take any steps to fill such vacant seats in
- these institutes and if so, the details thereof?

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

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (e) As per the information provided by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are total 89875 MBBS seats & 46118 PG seats in Government & Private medical Colleges in the country as on date. The State/UT -wise details of seats and vacancy are at Annexure

As  per  the  provisions  of  the  Regulations  on  Graduate  Medical  Education  and  Post  Graduate Medical Education, the Common Counseling for admission to Central Educational Institutions, All India Quota seats in Government Medical Colleges and Deemed Universities is conducted by  the  Directorate  General  of  Health  Services,  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare, Government of India. Similarly, for admission to the State Quota seats in Government Medical College and all the seats in private medical Colleges, the respective State Governments conduct common counseling and are responsible for filling up the seats.

State/UT-Wise details of UG & PG Seats

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                |   Total UGSeats |   Total PG Seats |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Island |             100 |                0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          |            5210 |             2589 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |              50 |                0 |
| 4         | Assam                   |            1100 |              738 |
| 5         | Bihar                   |            2540 |              952 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |             150 |              567 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            |            1565 |              457 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |             150 |                0 |
| 9         | Delhi                   |            1422 |             2734 |
| 10        | Goa                     |             180 |              129 |
| 11        | Gujarat                 |            5650 |             2234 |
| 12        | Haryana                 |            1660 |              680 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh        |             870 |              324 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir          |            1085 |              573 |
| 15        | Jharkhand               |             880 |              249 |
| 16        | Karnataka               |            9695 |             5669 |
| 17        | Kerala                  |            4205 |             1735 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh          |            3735 |             1678 |
| 19        | Maharashtra             |            9450 |             5122 |
| 20        | Manipur                 |             375 |              223 |
| 21        | Meghalaya               |              50 |               35 |
| 22        | Mizoram                 |             100 |                0 |
| 23        | Orissa                  |            2100 |             1011 |
| 24        | Pondicherry             |            1530 |              854 |
| 25        | Punjab                  |            1550 |              750 |
| 26        | Rajasthan               |            4680 |             2649 |
| 27        | Sikkim                  |             150 |               31 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu              |           10425 |             4603 |
| 29        | Telangana               |            5340 |             2442 |
| 30        | Tripura                 |             225 |               84 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh           |            8678 |             3343 |
| 32        | Uttarakhand             |             825 |             1795 |
| 33        | West Bengal             |            4150 |             1868 |
|           | Total                   |           89875 |            46118 |
|           | Vcancy                  |             273 |             1425 |

The State/UT- wise details of vacant MBBS seats during the academic year 2019-20.

| State/UT         |   Total vacant seats in A.Y. 2019-20 |
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                                    6 |
| Assam            |                                    1 |
| Bihar            |                                    4 |
| Chandigarh       |                                    1 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                                    0 |
| Delhi            |                                    2 |
| Gujarat          |                                    5 |
| Haryana          |                                    7 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                                    0 |
| Jammu &Kashmir   |                                   55 |
| Jharkhand        |                                  114 |
| Karnataka        |                                    6 |
| Kerala           |                                    1 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                                    2 |
| Maharashtra      |                                    9 |
| Manipur          |                                    1 |
| Mizoram          |                                    0 |
| Orissa           |                                   21 |
| Punjab           |                                    1 |
| Rajasthan        |                                    5 |
| Tamil Nadu       |                                   10 |
| Telangana        |                                    8 |
| Tripura          |                                    1 |
| Uttarakhand      |                                    0 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                                    4 |
| West Bengal      |                                    9 |

## Specialty wise details of vacant Postgraduate seats during the academic year 2021-22

| MD/ MS Courses (broad-specialty)   | MD/ MS Courses (broad-specialty)                            | MD/ MS Courses (broad-specialty)   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S. No.                             | Name of Course                                              | Total vacant seats in A.Y. 2020-21 |
| 1                                  | MD- Social &Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine        | 173                                |
| 2                                  | MD- Pharmacology                                            | 172                                |
| 3                                  | MD- Physiology                                              | 167                                |
| 4                                  | MD- Microbiology                                            | 158                                |
| 5                                  | MD/MS - Anatomy                                             | 151                                |
| 6                                  | MD- Bio-Chemistry                                           | 147                                |
| 7                                  | MD- Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine& Toxicology         | 72                                 |
| 8                                  | MD- Pathology                                               | 64                                 |
| 9                                  | MD- Anaesthesiology                                         | 45                                 |
| 10                                 | MS - General Surgery                                        | 39                                 |
| 11                                 | MD- General Medicine                                        | 25                                 |
| 12                                 | MD- Radio Diagnosis/Radiology                               | 24                                 |
| 13                                 | MS - Orthopaedics                                           | 23                                 |
| 14                                 | MD/MS - Ophthalmology                                       | 19                                 |
| 15                                 | MD- Psychiatry                                              | 14                                 |
| 16                                 | MD- Dermatology , Venereology &Leprosy                      | 12                                 |
| 17                                 | MD/MS - Obstetrics &Gynaecology                             | 12                                 |
| 18                                 | MD- Paediatrics                                             | 10                                 |
| 19                                 | MD- Aviation Medicine/Aerospace Medicine                    | 7                                  |
| 20                                 | MS - ENT                                                    | 7                                  |
| 21                                 | MD- Tuberculosis &Respiratory Diseases / Pulmonary Medicine | 6                                  |
| 22                                 | MD- Radiotherapy/ Radiation Oncology                        | 5                                  |
| 23                                 | MD- Immuno Haematology &Blood Transfusion                   | 4                                  |
| 24                                 | MD- Community Health Administration                         | 2                                  |
| 25                                 | MD- Hospital Administration                                 | 2                                  |
| 26                                 | MD- Nuclear Medicine                                        | 2                                  |
| 27                                 | MD- Family Medicine                                         | 1                                  |
| 28                                 | MD- Palliative Medicine                                     | 1                                  |
| 29                                 | MD- Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation                       | 1                                  |