Lok Sabha Question No. 1009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Setting up of Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1009 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 nd  JULY, 2022

## SETTING UP OF MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 1009.  SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) the criteria for setting up new medical colleges in the country;
- (b) the number of medical colleges set up during the last five years along with the number of seats approved in said colleges, State/UT-wise including Odisha;
- (c) whether academic session has been started in all the said colleges and if not, the time by which the same is likely to be started;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  medical  colleges  in  every  district  in Government and Private sectors including tribal areas particularly in Rayagada, Odisha;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including the time by which the said colleges are likely to be set up; and
- (f) if not, whether the Government will consider setting up of said colleges?

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

(a) to (f) Minimum Requirements for Annual MBBS Admissions Regulations, 2020 of National Medical Commission (erstwhile Medical Council of  India)  stipulates  criteria  for  setting  up  of new  medical  colleges  which  indicates  requirement  of  faculty,  beds,  infrastructure,  etc.    The State-wise details of functional medical colleges along with MBBS seats available in the country in 2016-17 and in 2021-22 are at Annexure-I.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral  hospitals' with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing Government or private medical college. Under the Scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved in three  phases  and  72  are  already  functional.  The  details  are  at  Annexure-II.  No  proposal  was received from State Government of Odisha for establishment of a medical college at Rayagada district. As per the Scheme guidelines, the State Government is the implementing agency and the planning, execution and commissioning of the project is done by the State Governments.

## The State-wise detail of medical colleges along with MBBS seats available in the country in 2016-17 and in 2021-22

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT     | 2016-17            | 2016-17    | 2021-22            | 2021-22    |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT     | Number of Colleges | MBBS seats | Number of Colleges | MBBS Seats |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1                  | 100        | 1                  | 100        |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 32                 | 4800       | 31                 | 5335       |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | -                  | -          | 1                  | 50         |
| 4       | Assam                    | 6                  | 726        | 9                  | 1150       |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 14                 | 1450       | 20                 | 2415       |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 1                  | 100        | 1                  | 150        |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 10                 | 1200       | 12                 | 1565       |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | -                  | -          | 1                  | 150        |
| 9       | Delhi                    | 9                  | 1173       | 10                 | 1497       |
| 10      | Goa                      | 1                  | 150        | 1                  | 180        |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 25                 | 3530       | 31                 | 5700       |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 10                 | 1250       | 12                 | 1660       |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 4                  | 450        | 8                  | 920        |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 4                  | 500        | 10                 | 1147       |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 3                  | 350        | 9                  | 930        |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 56                 | 8245       | 63                 | 10145      |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 33                 | 4050       | 31                 | 4255       |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh           | 19                 | 2700       | 25                 | 4080       |
| 19      | Maharashtra              | 50                 | 7120       | 62                 | 9895       |
| 20      | Manipur                  | 2                  | 200        | 3                  | 375        |
| 21      | Meghalaya                | 1                  | 50         | 1                  | 50         |
| 22      | Mizoram                  | -                  | -          | 1                  | 100        |
| 23      | Odisha                   | 9                  | 1350       | 13                 | 2125       |
| 24      | Puducherry               | 9                  | 1350       | 9                  | 1630       |
| 25      | Punjab                   | 10                 | 1375       | 12                 | 1750       |
| 26      | Rajasthan                | 17                 | 2750       | 26                 | 4005       |
| 27      | Sikkim                   | 1                  | 100        | 1                  | 150        |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu               | 49                 | 6615       | 70                 | 10725      |
| 29      | Telangana                | 24                 | 3650       | 34                 | 5040       |
| 30      | Tripura                  | 2                  | 200        | 2                  | 225        |
| 31      | Uttar Pradesh            | 45                 | 6049       | 67                 | 9053       |
| 32      | Uttarakhand              | 7                  | 900        | 8                  | 1150       |
| 33      | West Bengal              | 18                 | 2700       | 27                 | 4225       |

## Annexure-II

## Centrally Sponsored scheme for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals'

## Approved medical colleges

| Sl. No         | State/UT          | No. of colleges   | Districts                                                                                     |
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-I (58)   | Phase-I (58)      | Phase-I (58)      | Phase-I (58)                                                                                  |
| 1              | A &NIslands       | 1                 | Port Blair                                                                                    |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                 | Naharlagun                                                                                    |
| 3              | Assam             | 4                 | Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Diphu                                                        |
| 4              | Bihar             | 3                 | Purnia, Saran (Chhapara), Samastipur                                                          |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh      | 2                 | Rajnandgaon, Sarguja                                                                          |
| 6              | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                 | Chamba, Hamirpur, Nahan (Sirmour)                                                             |
| 7              | Haryana           | 1                 | Bhiwani                                                                                       |
| 8              | Jharkhand         | 3                 | Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj)                                                        |
| 9              | Jammu &Kashmir    | 5                 | Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua                                                    |
| 10             | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                 | Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, Shivpuri                                 |
| 11             | Maharashtra       | 1                 | Gondia                                                                                        |
| 12             | Meghalaya         | 1                 | West Garo Hills (Tura)                                                                        |
| 13             | Mizoram           | 1                 | Falkawn                                                                                       |
| 14             | Nagaland          | 1                 | Naga Hospital (Kohima)                                                                        |
| 15             | Odisha            | 5                 | Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Puri                                      |
| 16             | Punjab            | 1                 | SAS Nagar                                                                                     |
| 17             | Rajasthan         | 7                 | Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali, Sikar                                    |
| 18             | Uttar Pradesh     | 5                 | Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Bahraich                                            |
| 19             | Uttarakhand       | 1                 | Almora                                                                                        |
| 20             | West Bengal       | 5                 | Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch behar, Diamond harbour, Purulia, Raiganj (North Dinajpur)         |
| Phase -II (24) | Phase -II (24)    | Phase -II (24)    | Phase -II (24)                                                                                |
| 1              | Bihar             | 5                 | Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Buxar, Jamui                                                   |
| 2              | Jharkhand         | 2                 | Koderma, Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                                                                 |
| 3              | Madhya Pradesh    | 1                 | Satna                                                                                         |
| 4              | Odisha            | 1                 | Jajpur                                                                                        |
| 5              | Rajasthan         | 1                 | Dholpur                                                                                       |
| 6              | Uttar Pradesh     | 8                 | Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur |
| 7              | West Bengal       | 5                 | Barasat, Uluberia, Arambagh, Jhargram, Tamluk                                                 |
| 8              | Sikkim            | 1                 | Gangtok                                                                                       |
| Phase-III (75) | Phase-III (75)    | Phase-III (75)    | Phase-III (75)                                                                                |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh    | 3                 | Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam                                                            |
| 2              | Assam             | 1                 | Kokrajhar                                                                                     |
| 3              | Chhattisgarh      | 3                 | Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker                                                                     |
| 4              | Gujarat           | 5                 | Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi                                                |
| 5              | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2                 | Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)                                                           |

|   6 | Karnataka      |   4 | Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura                                                                                                        |
|-----|----------------|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   7 | Ladakh         |   1 | Leh                                                                                                                                                     |
|   8 | Madhya Pradesh |   6 | Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli                                                                                                  |
|   9 | Maharashtra    |   1 | Nandurbar                                                                                                                                               |
|  10 | Manipur        |   1 | Churachandpur                                                                                                                                           |
|  11 | Nagaland       |   1 | Mon                                                                                                                                                     |
|  12 | Odisha         |   1 | Kalahandi                                                                                                                                               |
|  13 | Punjab         |   2 | Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur                                                                                                                                  |
|  14 | Rajasthan      |  15 | Alwar, Baran, Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli, Nagaur, ShriGanganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa     |
|  15 | Uttarakhand    |   3 | Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar                                                                                              |
|  16 | Uttar Pradesh  |  14 | Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, LakhimpurKheri, Chandauli, Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Amethi |
|  17 | Tamil Nadu     |  11 | Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi                     |
|  18 | West Bengal    |   1 | Jalpaiguri                                                                                                                                              |