Lok Sabha Question No. 885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Status of Medical Institutions
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat, Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

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

## LOK SABHA U NSTARRED QUESTION NO. 885 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## STATUS OF MEDICAL IN STITUTIONS

## 885. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH R AWAT: SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ):

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

- (a) the details of the medical colleges/universities/ institu es/hospitals functional and upcoming across the country along with the funds allocated/utilized and the total number o f graduate/post -graduate level seats, State/ UT, district, location -wise;
- (b) whether any criteria have been fixed for establishing new medical colleges in the private sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  medical  colleges/universities/ institutes/hospitals  etc.  which  have  been derecognized, and the reasons for their derecognition State/UT - wisetherefor; and
- (d) whether any steps have been taken by the Government to increase the number of seats of doctors/ nurses  in  medical  colleges/univ ersities/institutes/ hospitals  in  the  country,  State/UT -wise, district - wiseand if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR . BHARATI PRAVIN PAW AR )

(a): As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are 5 58 Medical Colleges in the country with an intake capacity of 83275 MBBS seats and 42720 PG seats (MD/ MS /DM /M.Ch /Diploma). State/UT - wise details are at Annexure I & II.

The  Ministry of  Heal th  &  Family  Welfare  administers  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme    for 'Establishment  of  new  medical  colleges  attached  with  existing  district/referral  hospitals'  for establishment of medical college by upgrading the district hospitals in districts whic have  either  a  government  or  a  private  medical  college. Under the  scheme157  new  medical colleges approvedin three phases. F unds to the tune of Rs.7541.1 crores, Rs. 3675 crores and Rs 5519.11crores have been released under Phase -I, II and III respectively. As informed by the State/UT governments, fund of Rs. 3238.09 Cr, Rs. 365.23 Cr. and Rs. 200 cr. have been ut by them under Phase -I, II and III respectively. Out of 157, 47 medical colleg es have become functional.

- (b):The  norms  for  establishment  of  medical  colleges  have  been  specified  under  t Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999. T he National Medical Commission

(NMC) has also framed Minimum Requirement Regulations ,2020 which provide for minimum standards viz. requirement of land, infrastructure, faculty, residents, equipments for th colleges.  The  applicant  medical  college  must  fulfil  these  requirements  in  order  to permission from the NMC as mandated un der the NMC Act, 2019. The permission is granted only after physical verification of the infrastructure, human resources and other facilities.

- (c):  During the last academic session 2020 - 21, no medical college has been derecognised.
- (d):  T he Governmenthas taken various steps to further increase the availability of doctor and nurses in the country which include: -
- i) Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  establishment  of  new  medical  college  by  upgradin district hospital in   underserved districts of the coun try.
- ii) Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Strengthening/ upgradation of existing Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS and PG seats.

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- iii)  Viability  Gap  Funding  Scheme  for  establishment  of  medical  colleges  in  Public - Private Par tnership mode.
- iv) A Consortium (a group of 2 or upto 4 private organizations) has been allowed to esta medical college.
- v) Relaxation in the norms for setting up of Medical College in terms of requiremen faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastructure.
- vi) Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.
- vii) DNB  qualification  has  been  recognized  for  appointment  as  faculty  to  take  care shortage of faculty.
- viii) Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re - employment  against  posts  of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges upto 70 years.
- ix) The  ratio  of  teachers  to  students  has  been  rationalized  to  increase  the  numb postgraduate med ical seats in the country.
- x) By amending the regulations, it has been made mandatory for all medical colleges to PG courses within 3 years from the date of their MBBS recognition /continuation of recogni
- xi) Provision has been made in the Regul ations to offer less number of seats to the applican medical college, in case, it falls short of minimum prescribed requirements of applied i avoid wastage of human resources.
- xii) U nder the Central Sector Scheme -Development of Nursing Services, financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 7 crore for each institution is provided to schools of nursing to be u college of nursing.
- xiii) The requirement of land to construct buildi ng for School/College of Nursing and Hostel has been relaxed.
- xiv)The requirement of a 100 beded parent hospital has been relaxed for hilly and triba for School/College of Nursing and Hostel.
- xv)The student teacher ratio for M.Sc(N) programme has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:10.
- xvi)Student patient ratio for Nursing Institutions has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.
- xvii) Distance from Nursing School to hospital has bee n relaxed from 15 km to 30 km. However, for hilly and tribal areas the maximum distan ce is 50 km. Super speciality hospital can start M.Sc.(N) without having under graduate programme.

## A nnexure- I

| Data for UG seats for Medical Colleges as on (05.03.2021) as per NMC Website for the academic year 2020-21   | Data for UG seats for Medical Colleges as on (05.03.2021) as per NMC Website for the academic year 2020-21   | Data for UG seats for Medical Colleges as on (05.03.2021) as per NMC Website for the academic year 2020-21   | Data for UG seats for Medical Colleges as on (05.03.2021) as per NMC Website for the academic year 2020-21   | Data for UG seats for Medical Colleges as on (05.03.2021) as per NMC Website for the academic year 2020-21   | Data for UG seats for Medical Colleges as on (05.03.2021) as per NMC Website for the academic year 2020-21   | Data for UG seats for Medical Colleges as on (05.03.2021) as per NMC Website for the academic year 2020-21   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | No of Colleges                                                                                               | No of Colleges                                                                                               | No of Colleges                                                                                               | Pvt.                                                                                                         | Pvt.                                                                                                         |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                      | State                                                                                                        | Govt.                                                                                                        | Pvt.                                                                                                         | Total                                                                                                        | Govt.                                                                                                        | Total                                                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                               | 13                                                                                                           | 18                                                                                                           | 31                                                                                                           | 2410 2800                                                                                                    | 5210                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                            | A & N Islands                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 100                                                                                                          | 100                                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                                        | 8                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 8                                                                                                            | 0 1050 0                                                                                                     | 1050                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                            | Arunachal Praresh                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 50 0                                                                                                         | 50                                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                                            | Bihar                                                                                                        | 11                                                                                                           | 6                                                                                                            | 17                                                                                                           | 750                                                                                                          | 2140                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                            | Chandigarh                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 1390 150                                                                                                     | 150                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                            | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                            | 3                                                                                                            | 10                                                                                                           | 0 450                                                                                                        | 1345                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                            | D& N Haveli                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 895 150 0                                                                                                    | 150                                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                                            | Delhi                                                                                                        | 8                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                            | 10                                                                                                           | 1222 200                                                                                                     | 1422                                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 180                                                                                                          | 180                                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                                      | 18                                                                                                           | 13                                                                                                           | 31                                                                                                           | 0 3700 2000                                                                                                  | 5700                                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                                      | 5                                                                                                            | 7                                                                                                            | 12                                                                                                           | 950                                                                                                          | 1660                                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                             | 7                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 8                                                                                                            | 710 770 1035                                                                                                 | 920                                                                                                          |
| 14                                                                                                           | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                              | 9                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 10                                                                                                           | 150 100                                                                                                      | 1135                                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                                                    | 7                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 8                                                                                                            | 150                                                                                                          | 780                                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                                    | 19                                                                                                           | 41                                                                                                           | 60                                                                                                           | 630 2900 6445                                                                                                | 9345                                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                                           | Kerala                                                                                                       | 10                                                                                                           | 21                                                                                                           | 31                                                                                                           | 1555 2550                                                                                                    | 4105                                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                               | 14                                                                                                           | 9                                                                                                            | 23                                                                                                           | 1450                                                                                                         | 3585                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                                  | 26                                                                                                           | 31                                                                                                           | 57                                                                                                           | 2135 4430 4570                                                                                               | 9000                                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                            | 225                                                                                                          | 225                                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 0 50 0                                                                                                       | 50                                                                                                           |
| 22                                                                                                           | Mizoram                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 100 0                                                                                                        | 100                                                                                                          |
| 23                                                                                                           | Nagaland                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                                           | Orissa                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                            | 4                                                                                                            | 12                                                                                                           | 0 1250                                                                                                       | 1950                                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                                           | Pondicherry                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                            | 7                                                                                                            | 9                                                                                                            | 700 1150                                                                                                     | 1530                                                                                                         |
| 26                                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                            | 6                                                                                                            | 10                                                                                                           | 380 650                                                                                                      | 1425                                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                                    | 16                                                                                                           | 8                                                                                                            | 24                                                                                                           | 775 2900 1300                                                                                                | 4200                                                                                                         |
| 28                                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 0 50                                                                                                         | 50                                                                                                           |
| 29                                                                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                   | 26                                                                                                           | 26                                                                                                           | 52                                                                                                           | 3650 4350                                                                                                    | 8000                                                                                                         |
| 30                                                                                                           | Telangana                                                                                                    | 11                                                                                                           | 23                                                                                                           | 34                                                                                                           | 3450                                                                                                         | 5240                                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                                           | Tripura                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                            | 1790 125                                                                                                     | 225                                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                | 26                                                                                                           | 31                                                                                                           | 57                                                                                                           | 100 4250                                                                                                     | 7428                                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                            |                                                                                                              | 300                                                                                                          | 825                                                                                                          |
| 34                                                                                                           | West Bengal                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                           | 6                                                                                                            | 6                                                                                                            | 3178 525 3150                                                                                                | 4000                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                              | TOTAL                                                                                                        | 289                                                                                                          | 269                                                                                                          | 26 558                                                                                                       | 850 43435 39840                                                                                              | 83275                                                                                                        |

Annexure - II

## State wise details of PG Seats in the country (Data based on NMC website as on 25.06.2021)  including PGIMER (Chandigarh), AIIMS (New Delhi) and JIPMER (Puducherry)

|         |                  | Government   | Government   | Government   | Government   | Government   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   |
|---------|------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT         | MD           | MS           | MCH          | DM           | Dip.         | Total     | MD        | MS        | MCH       | DM        | Dip.      | Total     | MD                       | MS                       | MCH                      | DM                       | Dip.                     | Total                    |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | 616          | 353          | 39           | 42           | 15           | 1065      | 797       | 444       | 24        | 30        | 11        | 1306      | 1413                     | 797                      | 63                       | 72                       | 26                       | 2371                     |
| 2       | Assam            | 425          | 238          | 23           | 25           | 4            | 715       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 425                      | 238                      | 23                       | 25 4                     |                          | 715                      |
| 3       | Bihar            | 345          | 238          | 19           | 12           | 24           | 638       | 137       | 81        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 218       | 482                      | 319                      | 19                       | 12                       | 24                       | 856                      |
| 4       | Chandigarh       | 301          | 155          | 52           | 49           | 0            | 557       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 301                      | 155                      | 52                       | 49                       | 0                        | 557                      |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     | 201          | 98           | 19           | 10           | 0            | 328       | 23        | 3         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 26        | 224                      | 101                      | 19                       | 10                       | 0                        | 354                      |
| 6       | Delhi            | 1264         | 631          | 223          | 446          | 117          | 2681      | 30        | 19        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 49        | 1294                     | 650                      | 223                      | 446                      | 117                      | 2730                     |
| 7       | Goa              | 89           | 28           | 2            | 0            | 0            | 119       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 89                       | 28                       | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 119                      |
| 8       | Gujarat          | 1022         | 555          | 58           | 47           | 28           | 1710      | 289       | 120       | 3         | 2         | 3         | 417       | 1311                     | 675                      | 61                       | 49                       | 31                       | 2127                     |
| 9       | Haryana          | 209          | 75           | 8            | 2            | 0            | 294       | 171       | 81        | 4         | 4         | 0         | 260       | 380                      | 156                      | 12                       | 6                        | 0                        | 554                      |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh | 125          | 81           | 3            | 4            | 13           | 226       | 63        | 29        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 92        | 188                      | 110                      | 3                        | 4                        | 13                       | 318                      |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir  | 274          | 198          | 17           | 18           | 14           | 521       | 30        | 17        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 47        | 304                      | 215                      | 17                       | 18                       | 14                       | 568                      |
| 12      | Jharkhand        | 135          | 63           | 7            | 2            | 20           | 227       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 135                      | 63                       | 7 2                      | 20                       |                          | 227                      |
| 13      | Karnataka        | 758          | 399          | 73           | 84           | 14           | 1328      | 2595      | 1208      | 103       | 117       | 28        | 4051      | 3353                     | 1607                     | 176                      | 201                      | 42                       | 5379                     |
| 14      | Kerala           | 559          | 290          | 75           | 80           | 11           | 1015      | 340       | 144       | 26        | 50        | 12        | 572       | 899                      | 434                      | 101                      | 130                      | 23                       | 1587                     |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh   | 612          | 327          | 28           | 15           | 8            | 990       | 350       | 193       | 8         | 7         | 0         | 558       | 962                      | 520                      | 36                       | 22                       | 8                        | 1548                     |
| 16      | Maharashtra      | 1691         | 797          | 135          | 102          | 61           | 2786      | 1287      | 774       | 34        | 36        | 5         | 2136      | 2978                     | 1571                     | 169                      | 138                      | 66                       | 4922                     |
| 17      | Manipur          | 119          | 80           | 3            | 2            | 6            | 210       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 119                      | 80                       | 3                        | 2                        | 6                        | 210                      |
| 18      | Meghalaya        | 23           | 10           | 0            | 2            | 0            | 35        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 23                       | 10                       | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 35                       |
| 19      | Orissa           | 382          | 192          | 41           | 44           | 3            | 662       | 176       | 92        | 12        | 32        | 0         | 312       | 558                      | 284                      | 53                       | 76                       | 3                        | 974                      |
|         |                  | 146          |              | 20           |              |              |           | 343       |           |           |           |           |           |                          |                          | 25                       | 33                       |                          |                          |
| 20      | Pondicherry      |              | 73           |              | 32           | 19           | 290       |           | 178       | 5         | 1         | 0         | 527       | 489                      | 251                      |                          |                          | 19                       | 817                      |

|         |               | Government   | Government   | Government   | Government   | Government   | Government   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Private   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   | Total (Govt. and Pvt.)   |
|---------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT      | MD           | MS           | MCH          | DM           | Dip.         | Total        | MD        | MS        | MCH       | DM        | Dip.      | Total     | MD                       | MS                       | MCH                      | DM                       | Dip.                     | Total                    |
| 21      | Punjab        | 228          | 144          | 2            | 0            | 22           | 396          | 211       | 98        | 11        | 18        | 0         | 338       | 439                      | 242                      | 13                       | 18                       | 22                       | 734                      |
| 22      | Rajasthan     | 969          | 427          | 96           | 96           | 0            | 1588         | 300       | 144       | 30        | 32        | 0         | 506       | 1269                     | 571                      | 126                      | 128                      | 0                        | 2094                     |
| 23      | Sikkim        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 18        | 4         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 22        | 18                       | 4                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 22                       |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu    | 1093         | 743          | 189          | 180          | 176          | 2381         | 1067      | 576       | 89        | 136       | 6         | 1874      | 2160                     | 1319                     | 278 316                  |                          | 182                      | 4255                     |
| 25      | Telangana     | 606          | 284          | 68           | 78           | 17           | 1053         | 764       | 396       | 12        | 8         | 4         | 1184      | 1370                     | 680                      | 80                       | 86                       | 21                       | 2237                     |
| 25      | Tripura       | 52           | 27           | 0            | 0            | 0            | 79           | 4         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 5         | 56                       | 28                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 84                       |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh | 885          | 497          | 104          | 122          | 69           | 1677         | 786       | 365       | 0         | 0         | 8         | 1159      | 1671                     | 862                      | 104                      | 122                      | 77                       | 2836                     |
| 27      | Uttarakhand   | 612          | 241          | 285          | 282          | 92           | 1512         | 137       | 70        | 5         | 2         | 6         | 220       | 749                      | 311                      | 290                      | 284                      | 98                       | 1732                     |
| 28      | West Bengal   | 855          | 486          | 83           | 114          | 90           | 1628         | 83        | 31        | 0         | 0         | 16        | 130       | 938                      | 517                      | 83                       | 114                      | 106                      | 1758                     |
|         | TOTAL         | 14596        | 7730         | 1672         | 1890         | 823          | 26711        | 10001     | 5068      | 366       | 475       | 99        | 16009     | 24597                    | 12798 2038               |                          | 2365                     | 922                      | 42720                    |