Lok Sabha Question No. 740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: D.K. Suresh, Ajay (Teni) Misra, Sunil Baburao Mendhe, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sunita Duggal, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Uday Pratap Singh, Rekha Arun Verma, Sumalatha Ambareesh, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Diya Kumari, Bholanath (B.P. Saroj), Veena Devi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 740 TH

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 February, 2021

## MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 740. SHRI D.K.SURESH:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

MS. DIYA KUMARI:

SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ):

SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any criteria and taken steps to establish at least one med college in each district in the country and ensure adequate number of seats in MBBS and PG medical colleges in the country, if so, the details thereof and the present status of any such proposal;
- (b)  the  details  of  existing  medical  colleges  along with  PG  Medical  seats  and  medical  colleges proposed to be set up in the country, State/UT - wise, district - wise,location - wise, specially in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana;
- (c) the details of the funds earmarked for opening these medical colleges, State/UT - wise along with thedetails of the review meeting, if any, held to oversee the establishment of new medical colleges recently;
- (d) whether it is a fact that the Government has made it mandatory for all the the medical college start PG courses within three years from the date of the MBBS recognition; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c) : The Ministry of Health & 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 wher medical colleges. A total of 157 medical colleges have been approved under three phases Scheme.

Further, meetings with the States are held at regular intervals to monitor the p medical colleges in terms of construction, utilizatio n of funds and plan of the States to make t colleges  functional. The  State - wise  details  of  these  157  college  alongwith  funds  earmarked opening of these colleges are at Annexure -I.

Besides , the Central Government has taken several steps to increase he umber of medical seats in the country. These include:

i. Centrally Sponsored Scheme Strengthening/ upgradation of existing Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS and PG seats.

Sta ii. Minimum Standard Requirements for setting up of Medical College have been rationalized in terms of land, faculty, staff, bed strength, equipment and other infrastructure.

i ii . Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.

i v.  DNB  qualification has been equated w ith the corresponding MD/MS and DM/M.Ch to take care of shortage of faculty.

v.  Enhancement  of  age  limit  for  appointment/  extension/  re - employment  against  posts  of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges upto 70 years.

vi. The teacher - student ratio has been rationalized to increase in number of PG seats.

vii . By amending the regulations, it has been made mandatory for all medical colleg PG  courses  within  3  years  from  the  date  of  their  MBBS  recognition  /continua recognition.

viii .  Colleges  are  allowed  to  apply  for  PG  courses  in  clinical  subjects  at  the renewal. It will serve to advance the process for starting PG courses by more than i x. Provision has been made in the R egulations to offer less number of sea ts to the applicant medical college, in case, it falls short of minimum prescribed requirements of ap to avoid wastage of human resources.

x. A Consortium (a group of 2 or upto 4 private organizations) has been allowed t a medical co llege.

xi.  To  promote  establishment  of  medical  colleges  in  PPP  mode,  Viability  Gap  F Scheme has been launched.

The  State - wise  details  of  existing  medical  colleges  alongwith  PG  Medical  seats at Annexure-II.

(d)& (e): The erstwhile Board of Governors, M edical C ouncil of India , with prior approval of the Central  Government had  amended  P ost G raduateM edicalEducationR egulations ,  2000  to provide that it shall be incumbent upon medical Colleges/Medical Institutions to make an n for starting Post -graduate medical education courses within three years of grant of recognit MBBS qualification.

| Sl. N.   | State/UT          |    | Districts              |   Total amount |   Central Share 60% (90% for NE) |
|----------|-------------------|----|------------------------|----------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | A & N Islands     |  1 | Port Blair             |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |  2 | Naharlagun             |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 2        | Assam             |  3 | Dhubri                 |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 2        | Assam             |  4 | Nagaon                 |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 3        | Assam             |  5 | North Lakhimpur        |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 2        | Assam             |  6 | Diphu                  |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 4        | Bihar             |  7 | Purnia                 |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 4        | Bihar             |  8 | Saran (Chhapara)       |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 4        | Bihar             |  9 | Samastipur             |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 10 | Rajnandgaon            |            189 |                            113.4 |
|          | Chhattisgarh      | 11 | Sarguja                |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 12 | Chamba                 |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 13 | Hamirpur               |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 14 | Nahan (Sirmour)        |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 7        | Haryana           | 15 | Bhiwani                |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 16 | Dumka                  |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 17 | Hazaribagh             |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 18 | Palamu (Daltonganj)    |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 19 | Anantnag               |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 20 | Baramulla              |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 21 | Rajouri                |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 22 | Doda                   |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 23 | Kathua                 |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 24 | Datia                  |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 25 | Khandwa                |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 26 | Ratlam                 |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    | 27 | Shahdol                |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 28 | Vidisha                |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 29 | Chindwara              |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 30 | Shivpuri               |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 11       | Maharashtra       | 31 | Gondia                 |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 12       | Meghalaya         | 32 | West Garo Hills (Tura) |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 13       | Mizoram           | 33 | Falkawn                |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 14       | Nagaland          | 34 | Naga Hospital          |            189 |                            170.1 |
| 15       | Odisha            | 35 | Balasore               |            189 |                            113.4 |
| 15       | Odisha            | 36 | Baripada (Mayurbhanj)  |            189 |                            113.4 |

## Annexure - I

## Rs. in Crore

|    |               | 37   | Bolangir                |   189.00 |   113.40 |
|----|---------------|------|-------------------------|----------|----------|
|    |               | 38   | Koraput                 |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 39   | Puri                    |      189 |    113.4 |
| 16 | Punjab        | 40   | SAS Nagar               |      189 |    113.4 |
|    | Rajasthan     | 41   | Barmer                  |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 42   | Bharatpur               |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 43   | Bhilwara                |      189 |    113.4 |
| 17 |               | 44   | Churu                   |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 45   | Dungarpur               |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 46   | Pali                    |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 47   | Sikar                   |      189 |    113.4 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | 48   | Basti                   |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 49   | Faizabad                |      189 |    113.4 |
| 18 |               | 50   | Firozabad               |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 51   | Shahjahanpur            |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 52   | Bahraich                |      189 |    113.4 |
| 19 | Uttarakhand   | 53   | Almora                  |      189 |    170.1 |
|    |               | 54   | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)    |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 55   | Cooch behar             |      189 |    113.4 |
| 20 | West Bengal   | 56   | Diamond harbour         |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 57   | Purulia                 |      189 |    113.4 |
|    |               | 58   | Raiganj, North Dinajpur |      189 |    113.4 |
|    | Total         |      |                         |    10962 |   7541.1 |

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

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   S. No. | Name of the Districts     |   Approved Cost |   Central Share |
|-----------|---------------------|----------|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |        1 | Piduguralla               |             325 |           195   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |        2 | Paderu                    |             325 |           195   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |        3 | Machilipatnam             |             325 |           195   |
| 2         | Assam               |        4 | Kokrajhar                 |             325 |           292.5 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh        |        5 | Korba                     |             325 |           195   |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh        |        6 | Mahasamund                |             325 |           195   |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh        |        7 | Kanker                    |             325 |           195   |
| 4         | Gujarat             |        8 | Narmada                   |             325 |           195   |
| 4         | Gujarat             |        9 | Navsari                   |             325 |           195   |
| 4         | Gujarat             |       10 | Panchmahal                |             325 |           195   |
| 4         | Gujarat             |       11 | Porbandar                 |             325 |           195   |
| 4         | Gujarat             |       12 | Morbi                     |             325 |           195   |
| 5         | Jammu and Kashmir   |       13 | Udhampur                  |             325 |           292.5 |
| 5         | Jammu and Kashmir   |       14 | Handwara (Distt. Kupwara) |             325 |           292.5 |
| 6         | Karnataka           |       15 | Chikkamagaluru            |             325 |           195   |
| 6         | Karnataka           |       16 | Haveri                    |             325 |           195   |
| 6         | Karnataka           |       17 | Yadgiri                   |             325 |           195   |
| 6         | Karnataka           |       18 | Chikkaballapura           |             325 |           195   |
| 7         | Ladakh              |       19 | Leh                       |             325 |           292.5 |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh      |       20 | Rajgarh                   |             325 |           195   |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh      |       21 | Mandla                    |             325 |           195   |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh      |       22 | Neemuch                   |             325 |           195   |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh      |       23 | Mandsaur                  |             325 |           195   |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh      |       24 | Sheopur                   |             325 |           195   |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh      |       25 | Singrauli                 |             325 |           195   |
| 9         | Maharashtra         |       26 | Nandurbar                 |             325 |           195   |
| 10        | Manipur             |       27 | Churachandpur             |             325 |           292.5 |
| 11        | Nagaland            |       28 | Mon                       |             325 |           292.5 |
| 12        | Odisha              |       29 | Kalahandi                 |             325 |           195   |
| 13        | Punjab              |       30 | Kapurthala                |             325 |           195   |
| 13        | Punjab              |       31 | Hoshiarpur                |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       32 | Alwar                     |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       33 | Baran                     |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       34 | Bansawara                 |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       35 | Chittorgarh               |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       36 | Jaisalmer                 |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       37 | Karauli                   |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       38 | Nagaur                    |             325 |           195   |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |       39 | Shri Ganganagar           |             325 |           195   |
|           |                     |       40 | Sirohi                    |             325 |           195   |
|           |                     |       41 | Bundi                     |             325 |           195   |
|           |                     |       42 | Sawai Madhopur            |             325 |           195   |
|           |                     |       43 | Tonk                      |             325 |           195   |
|           |                     |       44 | Hanumangarh               |             325 |           195   |
|           |                     |       45 | Jhunjhunu                 |             325 |           195   |
|           |                     |       46 | Dausa                     |             325 |           195   |

Rs. in Crore

| 15   | Uttarakhand   | 47   | Rudrapur, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar   |      325 |    292.5 |
|------|---------------|------|--------------------------------------|----------|----------|
|      |               | 48   | Pithoragarh                          |   325    |   292.5  |
|      |               | 49   | Haridwar                             |   325    |   292.5  |
| 16   | Uttar Pradesh | 50   | Bijnaur                              |   322.79 |   193.67 |
|      |               | 51   | Kushinagar                           |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 52   | Sultanpur                            |   324.98 |   194.99 |
|      |               | 53   | Gonda                                |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 54   | Lalitpur                             |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 55   | Lakhimpur Kheri                      |   324.22 |   194.53 |
|      |               | 56   | Chandauli (AD)                       |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 57   | Bulandshahar                         |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 58   | Sonbhadra (AD)                       |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 59   | Pilibhit                             |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 60   | Auraiya                              |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 61   | Kanpur Dehat                         |   323.42 |   194.05 |
|      |               | 62   | Kaushambi                            |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 63   | Amethi                               |   325    |   195    |
| 17   | Tamil Nadu    | 64   | Tiruppur                             |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 65   | Nilgiris                             |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 66   | Ramanathapuram                       |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 67   | Namakkal                             |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 68   | Dindigul                             |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 69   | Virudhunagar                         |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 70   | Krishnagiri                          |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 71   | Tiruvallur                           |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 72   | Nagapattinam                         |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 73   | Ariyalur                             |   325    |   195    |
|      |               | 74   | Kallakurichi                         |   325    |   195    |
| 18   | West Bengal   | 75   | Jalpaiguri                           |   325    |   195    |
|      | Total         |      |                                      | 24370.4  | 15499.7  |

## Number of Medical Colleges along with PG seats in the country

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Number of medical colleges |   Number of PG seats Total |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                           31 |                       2371 |
| 2         | A & N Islands     |                            1 |                          0 |
| 3         | Assam             |                            8 |                        715 |
| 4         | Arunachal Pradesh |                            1 |                          0 |
| 5         | Bihar             |                           18 |                        856 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |                            1 |                        557 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |                           10 |                        206 |
| 8         | D& N Haveli       |                            1 |                          0 |
| 9         | Delhi             |                           10 |                       2715 |
| 10        | Goa               |                            1 |                        119 |
| 11        | Gujarat           |                           30 |                       2127 |
| 12        | Haryana           |                           12 |                        554 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  |                            7 |                        318 |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                            9 |                        568 |
| 15        | Jharkhand         |                            8 |                        227 |
| 16        | Karnataka         |                           61 |                       5379 |
| 17        | Kerala            |                           31 |                       1587 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh    |                           23 |                       1548 |
| 19        | Maharashtra       |                           60 |                       4922 |
| 20        | Manipur           |                            2 |                        210 |
| 21        | Meghalaya         |                            1 |                         35 |
| 22        | Mizoram           |                            1 |                          0 |
| 23        | Nagaland          |                            0 |                          0 |
| 24        | Orissa            |                           12 |                        852 |
| 25        | Pondicherry       |                            9 |                        817 |
| 26        | Punjab            |                           11 |                        734 |
| 27        | Rajasthan         |                           24 |                       1841 |
| 28        | Sikkim            |                            1 |                         22 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu        |                           53 |                       4255 |
| 30        | Telangana         |                           34 |                       2237 |
| 31        | Tripura           |                            2 |                         84 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh     |                           57 |                       2836 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand       |                            6 |                       1732 |
| 34        | West Bengal       |                           26 |                       1758 |
|           | TOTAL             |                          562 |                      42182 |

Besides the above, there are 9795 DNB/FNB seats and 2432 CPS Diploma seats available in the country