Lok Sabha Question No. 710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Nursing Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 710 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## NURSING COLLEGES

## 710. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a) the number of nursing colleges in the public and the private sectors at present in the country, State/UTwise, location -wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received any complaints against these colleges with regar d to quality of education being provided by them; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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

- (a): The State - wise number of nursing colleges under Government as well as in private sect in the country is enclosed at Annexure -I.
- (b) & (c ): Indian Nursing Council (INC) conducts regular inspection to monitor quality education in Nursing Colleges.  It  also conducts surprise inspections whenever a compla received against any Institution. Various steps have been taken by the INC to improv e the qual ty of nursing education. These include improvement in the norms for Institutions (Instituti required to have their own 100 bedded hospital and to have their own building within two of the establishment) and various programmes for tr aining of nursing teachers.

| State-wise distribution of Nursing Institutions and the Admission Capacity as on 31st March, 2021   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| Jharkhand      |   1 |   13 |   50 |   590 |   14 |    640 |   0 |   2 |    0 |    37 |   2 |    37 |   1 |   4 |   30 | 110   | 5    | 14 0      |     | 0 0   | 0 0    | 0   | 0     |
|----------------|-----|------|------|-------|------|--------|-----|-----|------|-------|-----|-------|-----|-----|------|-------|------|-----------|-----|-------|--------|-----|-------|
| Karnataka      |  13 |  325 |  765 | 17835 |  338 |  18600 |   7 | 153 |   90 |  3215 | 160 |  3305 |   6 | 172 |  220 | 6270  | 178  | 64 90     | 1 8 | 10    | 130    | 9   | 140   |
| Kerala         |  12 |  120 |  745 |  6575 |  132 |   7320 |   8 |  50 |  155 |   936 |  58 |  1091 |   6 |  35 |  190 | 1100  | 41   | 12 90     | 0   | 7     | 0 120  | 7   | 120   |
| Madhya Pradesh |   8 |  190 |  520 |  8225 |  198 |   8745 |   1 |  67 |   50 |  1124 |  68 |  1174 |   3 |  71 |   90 | 2040  | 74   | 21 30     | 0   | 2 0   | 20     | 2   | 20    |
| Maharashtra    |   6 |   99 |  300 |  4605 |  105 |   4905 |   4 |  40 |   80 |   695 |  44 |   775 |   2 |  51 |   70 | 1425  | 53   | 14 95     | 0   | 4     | 0 55   | 4   | 55    |
| Manipur        |   2 |    6 |   90 |   210 |    8 |    300 |   2 |   0 |   18 |     0 |   2 |    18 |   0 |   2 |    0 | 40    | 2    | 40        | 0   | 0     | 0 0    | 0   | 0     |
| Meghalaya      |   1 |    1 |   50 |    40 |    2 |     90 |   1 |   0 |   10 |     0 |   1 |    10 |   0 |   1 |    0 | 30    | 1    | 30        | 0   | 0     | 0 0    | 0   | 0     |
| Mizoram        |   2 |    1 |   65 |    30 |    3 |     95 |   0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |   0 |    0 | 0 0   |      | 0         | 0   | 0 0   | 0      | 0   | 0     |
| Nagaland       |   0 |    1 |    0 |    40 |    1 |     40 |   0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |   1 |    0 | 20    | 1    | 20        | 0   | 0 0   | 0      | 0   | 0     |
| Orissa         |   4 |   36 |  265 |  1500 |   40 |   1765 |   3 |  11 |   62 |   275 |  14 |   337 |   1 |   9 |   40 | 320   | 10   | 36 0      | 0   | 0     | 0 0    | 0   | 0     |
| Pondicherry    |   2 |   13 |  175 |   870 |   15 |   1045 |   2 |   7 |   47 |   146 |   9 |   193 |   1 |   6 |   25 | 195   | 7    | 22 0      | 0   | 0 0   | 0      | 0   | 0     |
| Punjab         |   6 |  105 |  320 |  5200 |  111 |   5520 |   2 |  35 |   50 |   692 |  37 |   742 |   3 |  90 |   85 | 2940  | 93   | 30 25 13  | 1   | 1     | 5 10   | 2   | 15    |
| Rajasthan      |  11 |  160 |  790 |  7305 |  171 |   8095 |   8 |  21 |  190 |   335 |  29 |   525 |   2 |  47 |   45 |       | 1280 | 49 25     | 1   | 1     | 25 20  | 2   | 45    |
| Sikkim         |   0 |    3 |    0 |   170 |    3 |    170 |   0 |   1 |    0 |    25 |   1 |    25 |   0 |   0 |    0 | 0     |      | 0         | 0 0 | 0     | 0 0    | 0   | 0     |
| Tamilnadu      |   5 |  187 |  250 | 11370 |  192 |  11620 |   2 |  80 |   65 |  1744 |  82 |  1809 |   2 |  64 |   90 | 2165  | 66   | 22 55     | 0 9 | 0     | 115    | 9   | 115   |
| Telangana      |   6 |   81 |  380 |  4600 |   87 |   4980 |   1 |  23 |   30 |   463 |  24 |   493 |   1 |  17 |   10 | 520   | 18   | 53 0      | 0   | 4 0   | 80     | 4   | 80    |
| Tripura        |   0 |    4 |    0 |   190 |    4 |    190 |   0 |   2 |    0 |    20 |   2 |    20 |   0 |   1 |    0 | 20    | 1    | 20 13     | 0   | 0 0   | 0      | 0   | 0     |
| Uttar Pradesh  |   9 |  123 |  570 |  5250 |  132 |   5820 |   1 |  22 |   50 |   494 |  23 |   544 |   2 |  43 |   80 | 1220  | 45   | 00 21     | 0   | 3     | 0 40   | 3 2 | 40 25 |
| Uttarakhand    |   7 |   18 |  360 |   855 |   25 |   1215 |   2 |   6 |   43 |   106 |   8 |   149 |   1 |   6 |   30 | 180   | 7    | 0         | 0 2 | 0     | 25     |     |       |
| Uttaranchal    |   0 |    1 |    0 |    30 |    1 |     30 |   0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |   0 |    0 | 0     | 0    | 0         | 0 0 |       | 0 0    | 0   | 0     |
| West Bengal    |  13 |   28 |  700 |  1845 |   41 |   2545 |   9 |   7 |  180 |   125 |  16 |   305 |   7 |   7 |  380 | 295   | 14   | 67 0      | 1   | 0     | 10     | 1   | 10    |
| Grand Total    | 165 | 1962 | 9470 | 98344 | 2127 | 107814 |  74 | 627 | 1597 | 12374 | 701 | 13971 |  48 | 754 | 1655 | 23830 | 802  | 5 25 48 5 | 5   | 53    | 65 755 | 58  | 820   |