Lok Sabha Question No. 993 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Setting up of Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 993 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH DECEMBER, 2023

## SETTING UPOFMEDICALCOLLEGES

## †993. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government has announced to establish a medical college in every three districts/ parliamentary constituencies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the target and timeline fixed for the same;
- (c) the number of Government and private medical colleges in operation State/UT-wise in the country particularly in Osmanabad (Dharashiv) parliamentary constituency;
- (d) whether the Government proposes any scheme to establish new medical colleges affiliated to the existing district/referral hospitals under the centrally sponsored scheme, if so, the number of medical colleges established, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to establish a medical college in Osmanabad (Dharashiv) Parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

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

## WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (e): As per the National Medical Commission, there are a total of 706 medical colleges in the country including a Government Medical College at Osmanabad (Dharashiv), Maharashtra functional since the Academic Year 2022-23, with an annual intake of 100 MBBS seats. The State/UT wise details of Government and private medical colleges in the country 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. The fund sharing mechanism between the Centre and State Governments is 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 Government medical colleges have already been approved in three phases. As per the scheme guidelines, the planning, execution and commissioning of the project is to be done by the State Government. The State/UT wise details of 157 medical colleges approved under the Scheme, including Maharashtra are at Annexure-II. Further, AIIMS at Nagpur has alredy been established under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) and is operational.

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## The State/UT-wise list of Government and Private Medical colleges in the Country for the Academic Year 2023-24

|   S.No. | Name of the State/UT     |   Government medical colleges |   Private medical colleges |   Total Colleges |
|---------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicorbar Island |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                            18 |                         19 |               37 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|       4 | Assam                    |                            13 |                          0 |               13 |
|       5 | Bihar                    |                            13 |                          8 |               21 |
|       6 | Chandigarh               |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh             |                            11 |                          3 |               14 |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|       9 | Delhi                    |                             8 |                          2 |               10 |
|      10 | Goa                      |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|      11 | Gujarat                  |                            23 |                         17 |               40 |
|      12 | Haryana                  |                             6 |                          9 |               15 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh         |                             7 |                          1 |                8 |
|      14 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                            11 |                          1 |               12 |
|      15 | Jharkhand                |                             7 |                          2 |                9 |
|      16 | Karnataka                |                            24 |                         46 |               70 |
|      17 | Kerala                   |                            12 |                         21 |               33 |
|      18 | Madhya Pradesh           |                            15 |                         12 |               27 |
|      19 | Maharashtra              |                            32 |                         36 |               68 |
|      20 | Manipur                  |                             3 |                          1 |                4 |
|      21 | Meghalaya                |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|      22 | Mizoram                  |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|      23 | Nagaland                 |                             1 |                          0 |                1 |
|      24 | Odisha                   |                            12 |                          5 |               17 |
|      25 | Puducherry               |                             2 |                          7 |                9 |
|      26 | Punjab                   |                             5 |                          7 |               12 |
|      27 | Rajasthan                |                            26 |                          9 |               35 |
|      28 | Sikkim                   |                             0 |                          1 |                1 |
|      29 | Tamil Nadu               |                            38 |                         36 |               74 |
|      30 | Telangana                |                            28 |                         28 |               56 |
|      31 | Tripura                  |                             1 |                          1 |                2 |
|      32 | Uttar Pradesh            |                            35 |                         33 |               68 |
|      33 | Uttarakhand              |                             5 |                          3 |                8 |
|      34 | West Bengal              |                            26 |                          9 |               35 |

## Annexure-II

## State-wise details of 157 Medical Colleges approved under the Centrally Sponsored scheme for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals'

| S.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                                                                                           |

|   S.No | State/UT       |   No. of colleges | Districts                                                                                                                                               |
|--------|----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      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, Shri Ganganagar, 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                                                                                                                                              |