Lok Sabha Question No. 1107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Increase in AIIMS Personnel
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Darshan Singh Choudhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25/07/2025

## INCREASE IN AIIMS PERSONNEL

## † 1107. SHRI DARSHAN SINGH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government proposes to increase the number of doctors and other paramedical staff in All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in the country, particularly in Bhopal for the benefits of more patients in the region and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) Whether the Government proposes to set up a Central Research Laboratory (C.R.L) in AIIMS, Bhopal on the lines of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a): Creation of posts & recruitment is a continuous process for ensuring effective functioning of various departments in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The details of faculty and non-faculty position in various AIIMS including AIIMS Bhopal is placed at Annexure. In order to expeditiously fill vacant sanctioned faculty and non-faculty positions in various Institutes, following steps have been taken:
- (i) Standing Selection Committee has been constituted in each AIIMS as per the provision of AIIMS Act to facilitate filling up of vacant faculty positions.
- (ii) Provision has been made for engagement of retired faculty at the level of Professor, Additional Professor and Associate Professor, on contract basis, in new AIIMS, up to the age

of 70 years from Institutes of National Importance (INIs) and Government Medical Colleges (GMCs).

(iii) Visiting Faculty Scheme has been formulated to allow Professors, Additional Professors and Associate Professors, who are holding academic positions in Government Institutions within India or academic institutions outside India, to be the Visiting Faculty in new AIIMS for teaching purposes.

(iv) Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) is conducted by AIIMS Delhi for recruitment of Nursing Officers for various AIIMS.

(v) Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) is conducted by AIIMS Delhi for recruitment to Group B and C non-faculty positions in various AIIMS.

(vi) AIIMS Delhi conducts also conducts the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) to select Junior Residents (Academic) and Institute of National Importance Super Speciality (INI-SS) Exam to select Senior Residents (Academic) for various AIIMS.

(b) & (c): It is incumbent on each AIIMS to provide adequate infrastructure & facilities for conduct of research in various branches of sciences by students & faculty of the institute.

Annexure

Annexure referred to the reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 1107 for answer on 25.07.2025.

Details of sanctioned strength, Faculty, Non-Faculty (including SR/JR, Nurses, Paramedical and other staff) and those in position in new AIIMS set up under PMSSY

| Sr. No.   | Name of AIIMS &State         | Faculty position   | Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   |
|-----------|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | Name of AIIMS &State         | Sanctione d        | In-position        | Sanctioned             | In-position            |
| 1.        | Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)      | 305                | 234                | 3884                   | 2885                   |
| 2.        | Bhubaneswar (Odisha)         | 337                | 234                | 3963                   | 2975                   |
| 3.        | Jodhpur (Rajasthan)          | 405                | 219                | 4084                   | 3142                   |
| 4.        | Raipur (Chhattisgarh)        | 305                | 189                | 3884                   | 2721                   |
| 5.        | Patna (Bihar)                | 305                | 221                | 3884                   | 2595                   |
| 6.        | Rishikesh (Uttarakhand)      | 355                | 208                | 4095                   | 2938                   |
| 7.        | Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) | 309                | 151                | 1953                   | 1153                   |
| 8.        | Nagpur (Maharashtra)         | 373                | 234                | 2105                   | 1160                   |
| 9.        | Kalyani (West Bengal)        | 309                | 170                | 2221                   | 994                    |
| 10.       | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)    | 213                | 115                | 1492                   | 977                    |
| 11.       | Bathinda (Punjab)            | 219                | 140                | 2090                   | 1140                   |
| 12.       | Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh)  | 217                | 126                | 1511                   | 947                    |
| 13.       | Guwahati (Assam)             | 183                | 115                | 1630                   | 744                    |
| 14.       | Deoghar (Jharkhand)          | 208                | 129                | 1712                   | 879                    |
| 15.       | Bibinagar (Telangana)        | 183                | 133                | 1374                   | 902                    |
| 16.       | Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh)    | 201                | 113                | 1425                   | 1067                   |
| 17.       | Rajkot (Gujarat)             | 183                | 76                 | 1247                   | 535                    |
| 18.       | Madurai (Tamil Nadu)         | 183                | 49                 | 911                    | 43                     |
| 19.       | Jammu (Jammu &Kashmir)       | 183                | 115                | 1311                   | 818                    |
| 20.       | Awantipora (Jammu & Kashmir) | 94                 | -                  | 252                    | 2                      |
| 21.       | Rewari (Haryana)             | -                  | -                  | 7                      | 1                      |
| 22.       | Darbhanga (Bihar)            | -                  | -                  | 7                      | 1                      |