Lok Sabha Question No. 1998 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Shortage of Trained Nurses and Midwives
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1998 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## SHORTAGE OF TRAINED NURSES AND MIDWIVES

## 1998.SHRIMATI PRATIM A MONDAL:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  shortage of  trained  nurses  and  midwives  in  the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the present nurs - patient ratio in the country; and
- (c) the number of diploma/degree schools and colleges with seats imparting nursing education in thecountry, State/UT - wise and the steps taken/proposed by the Government to open new nursing educational institutions in the country, location and State/U T-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b) : As per Indian Nursing Council (INC) records, there are around 22,72,208 Registe Nurses and Registered Midwives (RN&RM) and 9,91,4 25 Nurse Associates (9,34,583 - Auxiliary Nurse  Midwives  and  56,842 -Lady  Health  Visitors)  in  the  Country.There  are  around  5085 Nursing Institutions in the country producing about 3.35 lakh nursing personnel annually nurse - population ratio in the Countr y at present is 1.79 nurses per 1000 population.  However, the  nurse - population  ratio  varies  from  State  to  State,  District  to  District  and  Insti Institution.
- (c) The State -wise details of the total number of diploma/degree schools and colleges with imparting  nursing  education  in  the  country  is annexed . In  order  to  increase  the  number  of nursing Institutes :
- i. The requirement of land to construct building for School/College of Nursing and Hostel has been relaxed.
- ii.The requirement of a 100 bedded parent hospital has been relaxed for hilly and tribal a
- iii.The student teacher ratio for M.Sc.(N) programme has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:10
- iv. Student patient ratio for Nursing Institutions has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3
- v. Maximum number of 100 seats for Nursing College will be given to those having pare hospitals with 300 beds without insisting on requirement of a Medical College.
- vi. Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed from 15 km to 30 Km. However, for hilly and tribal areas the maximum distance is 50 Km.
- vii.Relaxation for opening M.Sc. (N) programme. Super Specialty Hospital can start M.Sc. without having under graduate programme.

Annexure

| State - wise distribution of Nursing   |
|----------------------------------------|

| Orissa        |   34 |   161 |   195 |   20 |   109 |   760 |   3160 |   129 |   3920 |   10 |   68 |   630 |   2385 | 78      | 3015   | 4        | 36 265   |   1500 |   40 |   1765 |
|---------------|------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------|------|-------|--------|---------|--------|----------|----------|--------|------|--------|
| Pondicherry   |    4 |    14 |    18 |    1 |     6 |    30 |    150 |     7 |    180 |    3 |    6 |   100 |    230 | 9       | 330    | 2        | 13 175   |    870 |   15 |   1045 |
| Punjab        |   18 |   234 |   252 |    7 |   162 |   240 |   5390 |   169 |   5630 |   10 |  203 |   480 |   9763 | 213     | 10243  | 6 103    | 320      |   5030 |  109 |   5350 |
| Rajasthan     |   37 |   251 |   288 |   19 |     9 |   520 |    260 |    28 |    780 |   12 |  162 |   685 |   7700 | 174     | 8385   | 11       | 160 790  |   7305 |  171 |   8095 |
| Sikkim        |    1 |     3 |     4 |    1 |     0 |    20 |      0 |     1 |     20 |    1 |    1 |    20 |     20 | 2       | 40     | 0        | 3 0      |    170 |    3 |    170 |
| Tamilnadu     |   40 |   299 |   339 |   13 |    42 |   700 |   1280 |    55 |   1980 |   25 |  182 |  2130 |   5145 | 207     | 7275   | 5        | 185 250  |  11110 |  190 |  11360 |
| Telangana     |   13 |   144 |   157 |    3 |    14 |    60 |    435 |    17 |    495 |    6 |   82 |   300 |   3692 | 88      | 3992   | 6        | 80 380   |   4560 |   86 |   4940 |
| Tripura       |    5 |     8 |    13 |    3 |     3 |   125 |    130 |     6 |    255 |    2 |    4 |   100 |    150 | 6       | 250    | 0        | 4 0      |    180 |    4 |    180 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   24 |   314 |   338 |   11 |   241 |   250 |   8650 |   252 |   8900 |    6 |  283 |   220 |  12760 | 289     | 12980  | 9 115    | 570      |   4920 |  124 |   5490 |
| Uttarakhand   |   15 |    30 |    45 |    7 |    14 |   170 |    425 |    21 |    595 |    4 |   28 |   160 |   1065 | 32 1225 |        | 7        | 18 360   |    855 |   25 |   1215 |
| West Bengal   |   59 |    59 |   118 |   15 |    14 |   735 |    590 |    29 |   1325 |   44 |   41 |  2571 |   2095 | 85      | 4666   | 13       | 19 655   |   1190 |   32 |   1845 |
| Grand Total   |  661 |  4424 |  5085 |  276 |  1650 |  8715 |  48195 |  1926 |  56910 |  329 | 2896 | 15481 | 116657 | 3225    | 132138 | 165 1901 | 9425     |  94804 | 2066 | 104229 |

| State - wise distribution of Nursing Institutions   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|

| a             |    |     |      |       |     |       |    |     |      |       |     |       |    |     |      |      |     |      |     |     |     |       |     |    |     |
|---------------|----|-----|------|-------|-----|-------|----|-----|------|-------|-----|-------|----|-----|------|------|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|-------|-----|----|-----|
| Manipur       |  2 |   0 |   18 |     0 |   2 |    18 |  0 |   2 |    0 |    40 |   2 |    40 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   | 0    |     | 0 0 |     | 0 0   |     |  0 |   0 |
| Meghalaya     |  1 |   0 |   10 |     0 |   1 |    10 |  0 |   1 |    0 |    30 |   1 |    30 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   |      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |  0 |   0 |
| Mizoram       |  0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |  0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   | 0    |     | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |  0 |   0 |
| Nagaland      |  0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |  0 |   1 |    0 |    20 |   1 |    20 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    |     |      | 0 0 | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |  0 |   0 |
| Orissa        |  2 |  10 |   37 |   230 |  12 |   267 |  1 |   9 |   40 |   275 |  10 |   315 |  1 |   2 |   20 | 25   | 3   | 45   |     | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |  0 |   0 |
| Pondicherry   |  2 |   7 |   47 |   146 |   9 |   193 |  1 |   6 |   25 |   195 |   7 |   220 |  0 |   5 |    0 | 75   | 5   |      | 75  | 0   |     | 0 0   | 0   |  0 |   0 |
| Punjab        |  2 |  34 |   50 |   672 |  36 |   722 |  3 |  87 |   85 |  2800 |  90 |  2885 |  6 |   2 |   58 | 30   | 8   |      | 88  | 1   | 1   | 5     | 10  |  2 |  15 |
| Rajasthan     |  8 |  20 |  190 |   310 |  28 |   500 |  2 |  46 |   45 |  1220 |  48 |  1265 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   |      | 0   | 1   | 1   | 25 20 |     |  2 |  45 |
| Sikkim        |  0 |   1 |    0 |    25 |   1 |    25 |  0 |   0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   |      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |  0 |   0 |
| Tamilnadu     |  2 |  80 |   65 |  1744 |  82 |  1809 |  2 |  64 |   90 |  2165 |  66 |  2255 |  1 |  32 |   10 | 415  |     | 33   | 425 |     | 0 9 | 0     | 115 |  9 | 115 |
| Telangana     |  1 |  22 |   30 |   433 |  23 |   463 |  1 |  16 |   10 |   480 |  17 |   490 |  1 |   8 |   15 |      | 95  | 9    | 110 |     | 0   | 4 0   | 80  |  4 |  80 |
| Tripura       |  0 |   2 |    0 |    20 |   2 |    20 |  0 |   1 |    0 |    20 |   1 |    20 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   |      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0   |  0 |   0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |  1 |  21 |   50 |   484 |  22 |   534 |  2 |  40 |   80 |  1130 |  42 |  1210 |  4 |   0 |   70 | 0    | 4   | 70   | 0   |     | 3   | 0     | 40  |  3 |  40 |
| Uttarakhand   |  2 |   6 |   43 |   106 |   8 |   149 |  1 |   6 |   30 |   180 |   7 |   210 |  0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   |      | 0   | 0   |     | 2 0   | 25  |  2 |  25 |
| West Bengal   |  9 |   7 |  165 |   120 |  16 |   285 |  7 |   6 |  370 |   235 |  13 |   605 |  7 |   6 |  110 |      | 85  | 13   | 195 |     | 0   | 1 0   | 10  |  1 |  10 |
| Grand Total   | 73 | 614 | 1557 | 12108 | 687 | 13665 | 48 | 742 | 1645 | 23295 | 790 | 24940 | 84 | 147 | 1260 | 1875 | 231 | 3135 |     | 5   |     | 53 65 | 755 | 58 | 820 |