Lok Sabha Question No. 76 (STARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: New Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 76 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH JULY, 2024 NEWMEDICALCOLLEGES

## *76 SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) the criteria adopted for setting up new medical colleges in the country;
- (b) the number of medical colleges set up in the country alongwith the number of seats approved in such colleges during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Odisha;
- (c) whether academic session has been started in all such colleges, if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which such academic session is likely to be started;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up medical colleges in every district in Government and private sectors including tribal areas particularly in Rayagada, Odisha;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said colleges are likely to be set up State/UT-wise; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to set up more colleges in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 76 FOR 26 TH JULY, 2024

(a) to (f): As per National Medical Commission (NMC), new medical colleges are set up in the country in accordance with the Regulations/ Guidelines issued by NMC, from time to time.

The State-wise details of functional medical colleges along with MBBS seats available in the country in 2018-19, 2023-24 and in 2024-25 as of now are at Annexure-I. Till 2023-24, Academic Sessions has been started in 706 Medical Colleges.

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. Under the Scheme, all the envisaged 157 new medical colleges have already been approved in three phases, of which 109 are already functional, the details are at Annexure-II.

No proposal was received from State Government of Odisha for establishment of a medical college at Rayagada district. As per the Scheme guidelines, the State Government is the implementing agency and the planning, execution and commissioning of the project is done by the State Governments.

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Annexure-I The State-wise detail of medical colleges along with MBBS seats available in the

## country in 2018-19, 2023-24 and 2024-25 as of now

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT               | 2018-19            | 2018-19         | 2023-24            | 2023-24         | 2024-25*           | 2024-25*        |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT               | Number of colleges | Number of seats | Number of colleges | Number of seats | Number of colleges | Number of seats |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 114             | 1                  | 114             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 32                 | 4900            | 37                 | 6485            | 37                 | 6485            |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 1                  | 50              | 1                  | 50              | 1                  | 100             |
| 4        | Assam                              | 6                  | 726             | 13                 | 1550            | 14                 | 1650            |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 13                 | 1400            | 21                 | 2765            | 22                 | 2865            |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 150             | 1                  | 150             |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       | 10                 | 1200            | 14                 | 2005            | 16                 | 2205            |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | -                  | -               | 1                  | 177             | 1                  | 177             |
| 9        | Delhi                              | 9                  | 1207            | 10                 | 1497            | 10                 | 1497            |
| 10       | Goa                                | 1                  | 150             | 1                  | 180             | 1                  | 180             |
| 11       | Gujarat                            | 26                 | 4350            | 40                 | 7150            | 40                 | 7150            |
| 12       | Haryana                            | 11                 | 1450            | 15                 | 2185            | 15                 | 2185            |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 7                  | 750             | 8                  | 920             | 8                  | 920             |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 4                  | 500             | 12                 | 1339            | 12                 | 1339            |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          | 3                  | 350             | 9                  | 980             | 9                  | 980             |
| 16       | Karnataka                          | 57                 | 8845            | 70                 | 11745           | 73                 | 12345           |
| 17       | Kerala                             | 34                 | 4150            | 33                 | 4655            | 34                 | 4805            |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 23                 | 3200            | 27                 | 4800            | 28                 | 4850            |
| 19       | Maharashtra                        | 52                 | 7510            | 68                 | 10845           | 70                 | 10945           |
| 20       | Manipur                            | 2                  | 200             | 4                  | 525             | 4                  | 525             |
| 21       | Meghalaya                          | 1                  | 50              | 1                  | 50              | 1                  | 50              |
| 22       | Mizoram                            | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 100             |
| 23       | Nagaland                           | -                  | -               | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 100             |
| 24       | Odisha                             | 12                 | 1650            | 17                 | 2525            | 19                 | 2725            |
| 25       | Puducherry                         | 9                  | 1400            | 9                  | 1830            | 9                  | 1830            |
| 26       | Punjab                             | 8                  | 975             | 12                 | 1800            | 12                 | 1800            |
| 27       | Rajasthan                          | 22                 | 3250            | 35                 | 5575            | 37                 | 5875            |
| 28       | Sikkim                             | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 150             | 1                  | 150             |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                         | 49                 | 6850            | 74                 | 11650           | 77                 | 11900           |
| 30       | Telangana                          | 27                 | 4050            | 56                 | 8490            | 56                 | 8490            |
| 31       | Tripura                            | 2                  | 200             | 2                  | 225             | 3                  | 425             |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 48                 | 6499            | 68                 | 9903            | 72                 | 10525           |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        | 7                  | 900             | 8                  | 1150            | 9                  | 1300            |
| 34       | West Bengal                        | 19                 | 2850            | 35                 | 5275            | 36                 | 5375            |
|          | Total                              | 499                | 70012           | 706                | 108940          | 731                | 112112          |

## Annexure-II

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

| Sl. No                          | State/UT                        | No. of colleges                 | Districts                                                                                     |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-I (58 Medical Colleges)   | Phase-I (58 Medical Colleges)   | Phase-I (58 Medical Colleges)   | Phase-I (58 Medical Colleges)                                                                 |
| 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 Medical Colleges) | Phase -II (24 Medical Colleges) | Phase -II (24 Medical Colleges) | Phase -II (24 Medical Colleges)                                                               |
| 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 Medical Colleges) | Phase-III (75 Medical Colleges)   |   Phase-III (75 Medical Colleges) | Phase-III (75 Medical Colleges)                                                                                                                          |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 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                                                                                                                                                      |
|                                 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, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa    |
|                                15 | Uttarakhand                       |                                 3 | Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar                                                                                               |
|                                16 | Uttar Pradesh                     |                                14 | Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, 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                                                                                                                                               |