Lok Sabha Question No. 4094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Hospitals and Medical Colleges in Banka, Bihar
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Giridhari Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4094 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2023

## HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL COLLEGES IN BANKA, BIHAR

## †4094. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that special hospitals/ medical colleges with the cost of Rs. 100 crores each are being established by the Union Government in the States;
- (b) if so, the names of the States along with the number of such hospitals established so far;
- (c) whether it is a fact that no such special hospitals/medical college has been established in the Banka district of Bihar, despite being a backward district in terms of education, geography and economy;
- (d) if so, whether the Government proposes to establish such special hospitals/medical college at Banka district headquarters; and
- (e) if so, the time by which it is likely to be established and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (e): The Government has increased number of medical colleges and subsequently increased MBBS seats. There is an increase of 71% in Medical Colleges from 387 before 2014 to 660 as of now. Further, there is an increase of 97% in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 101,043 as of now, there is also an increase of 110% in PG seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 65,335 as of now, including, Diplomate of National Board (DNB) / Fellowship of National Board (FNB) PG seats and PG seats in College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS).

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. The Medical Colleges have been approved at a total cost of Rs. 189 Crore/ Medical College for 58 Medical Colleges in Phase-I, Rs. 250 Crore/ Medical College for 24 Medical Colleges in Phase-II and Rs. 325 Crore/ Medical College for 75 Medical Colleges in Phase-III with fund sharing between the Centre and State Governments in the ratio of 90:10 for North Eastern and Special Category States and 60:40 for others. Under the Scheme, all the envisaged 157 Medical colleges have already been approved in three phases, including 08 Medical Colleges in the State of Bihar.

No proposal for setting up of Medical College at Banka district was received from the State Government of Bihar.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme, support has been provided to Government of Bihar for upgradation of 06 Government Medical Colleges by setting up of Super Specialty blocks and also 02 AIIMS at Patna and Darbhanga have been approved. In addition,  for  creating  tertiary  healthcare  infrastructure,  under  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme namely  Pradhan  Mantri-Ayushman  Bharat  Health  Infrastructure  Mission  (PM-ABHIM),  01 Critical Care Hospital Blocks at AIIMS, Patna and 12 in various District Hospitals/Government Medical Colleges of State of Bihar have been approved.

The  State/UT-wise  details  of  the  Medical  Colleges  approved  under  the  CSS  for 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals' are at Annexure.

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Annexure

## State/UT-wise details of establishment of Medical Colleges

|   S.No. | State/UT          |   Medical Colleges approved for establishment |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | A &NIslands       |                                             1 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                             1 |
|       3 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                             3 |
|       4 | Assam             |                                             5 |
|       5 | Bihar             |                                             8 |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh      |                                             5 |
|       7 | Gujarat           |                                             5 |
|       8 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                             3 |
|       9 | Haryana           |                                             1 |
|      10 | Jharkhand         |                                             5 |
|      11 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                             7 |
|      12 | Karnataka         |                                             4 |
|      13 | Ladakh            |                                             1 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                            14 |
|      15 | Maharashtra       |                                             2 |
|      16 | Manipur           |                                             1 |
|      17 | Meghalaya         |                                             1 |
|      18 | Mizoram           |                                             1 |
|      19 | Nagaland          |                                             2 |
|      20 | Odisha            |                                             7 |
|      21 | Punjab            |                                             3 |
|      22 | Rajasthan         |                                            23 |
|      23 | Sikkim            |                                             1 |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu        |                                            11 |
|      25 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                            27 |
|      26 | Uttarakhand       |                                             4 |
|      27 | West Bengal       |                                            11 |