Lok Sabha Question No. 3849 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Nursing Colleges in Northern Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3849 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th AUGUST, 2023

## NURSING COLLEGES IN NORTHERN AREAS

## 3849: SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are less number of Nursing Colleges in Northern India as compared to Southern India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for the said disparity in terms of Nursing colleges;
- (c) the number of Nursing Colleges in the country along with the details of Nursing Colleges established in the country during the last five years, State/UTs wise;
- (d) whether the President of the Indian Nursing Council has been holding the said post in one or the other capacity in Indian Nursing Council for a long time and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether some of the officials are on the Board of Indian Nursing Council for more than 10

years and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) to (c): As per information provided by Indian Nursing Council (INC), there are 5203 nursing institutes in the country including 715 government institutes. The distribution of nursing colleges/institutes are attributed to various geographical and socio-economic factors influencing the availability and accessibility of nursing education in different regions of the country. Establishment of 157 nursing colleges has been announced in the budget speech 2023-24 in medical colleges which have been approved under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new Medical College attached with existing district/referral hospital.' It will add roughly 15000 nursing seats in the government sector and address the regional disparity. State wise details of total nursing colleges and nursing colleges established in the last 5 years are at Annexure-I & Annexure-II.
- (d) & (e): The President of the Indian Nursing Council (INC) is elected as per the clause 3(2) of the INC Act, 1947 and similarly service conditions of the employees of the INC are governed by clause 8 of the INC Act, 1947.

## State-wise distribution of Nursing Institutions as on 31st March, 2023

|   S. No. | State Name             |   Total Nursing Institutes |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar       |                          1 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh         |                        278 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                         13 |
|        4 | Assam                  |                         91 |
|        5 | Bihar                  |                        116 |
|        6 | Chandigarh             |                          4 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh           |                        135 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    |                          1 |
|        9 | Daman &Diu             |                          1 |
|       10 | Delhi                  |                         36 |
|       11 | Goa                    |                          4 |
|       12 | Gujarat                |                        220 |
|       13 | Haryana                |                        112 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh       |                         57 |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir         |                         32 |
|       16 | Jharkhand              |                        109 |
|       17 | Karnataka              |                        668 |
|       18 | Kerala                 |                        268 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh         |                        431 |
|       20 | Maharashtra            |                        713 |
|       21 | Manipur                |                         25 |
|       22 | Meghalaya              |                         12 |
|       23 | Mizoram                |                         12 |
|       24 | Nagaland               |                          7 |
|       25 | Orissa                 |                        188 |
|       26 | Pondicherry/Puducherry |                         16 |
|       27 | Punjab                 |                        250 |
|       28 | Rajasthan              |                        270 |
|       29 | Sikkim                 |                          5 |
|       30 | TamilNadu              |                        345 |
|       31 | Telangana              |                        157 |
|       32 | Tripura                |                         15 |
|       33 | Uttar Pradesh          |                        365 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand            |                         46 |
|       35 | West Bengal            |                        200 |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure-II

## Number of nursing colleges established in the country during the last five years

|   S. No. | State Name             |   Nursing Colleges established |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar       |                             00 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh         |                             15 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                             02 |
|        4 | Assam                  |                             09 |
|        5 | Bihar                  |                             03 |
|        6 | Chandigarh             |                             00 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh           |                             14 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    |                             00 |
|        9 | Daman &Diu             |                             01 |
|       10 | Delhi                  |                             03 |
|       11 | Goa                    |                             01 |
|       12 | Gujarat                |                             23 |
|       13 | Haryana                |                             04 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh       |                             09 |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir         |                             05 |
|       16 | Jharkhand              |                             15 |
|       17 | Karnataka              |                             78 |
|       18 | Kerala                 |                             07 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh         |                             54 |
|       20 | Maharashtra            |                             07 |
|       21 | Manipur                |                             03 |
|       22 | Meghalaya              |                             01 |
|       23 | Mizoram                |                             02 |
|       24 | Nagaland               |                             01 |
|       25 | Orissa                 |                             24 |
|       26 | Pondicherry/Puducherry |                             01 |
|       27 | Punjab                 |                             11 |
|       28 | Rajasthan              |                             04 |
|       29 | Sikkim                 |                             02 |
|       30 | TamilNadu              |                             24 |
|       31 | Telangana              |                             05 |
|       32 | Tripura                |                             00 |
|       33 | Uttar Pradesh          |                             56 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand            |                             09 |
|       35 | West Bengal            |                             66 |