Lok Sabha Question No. 851 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: Medical College in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Vijay Baghel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 851 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH NOVEMBER, 2024

## MEDICALCOLLEGE IN CHHATTISGARH

## 851. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

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

- (a) the details of UG and PG medical college currently operating in the country, State/UT- wise, particularly in Chhattisgarh;
- (b) whether it is a fact that Jawaharlal Nehru Medical and Research Centre having 800 beds is operated by Bhilai Steel Plant under Durg Parliamentary Constituency and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any proposal is pending with the Government regarding starting a UG and PG medical college in the said hospital;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government has any plan to open a medical college in such a large hospital and if so, the details thereof?

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

## WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) to (e): The Government has increased number of medical colleges in the country. There is an increase of 101.5% in medical colleges from 387 before 2014 to 780 as of now. The State-wise details of medical colleges in the country are at Annexure.

As informed by Ministry of Steel, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre is a 860 bedded Hospital operated by Steel Authority of India Limited/ Bhilai Steel Plant under Durg Parliamentary Constituency. At present, no proposal for starting of a UG and PG medical college in the said hospital is under consideration.

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Annexure State/UT wise compilation of Medical colleges across the country for the AY 2024-25

|   S. No. | Name of the State/UT    |   Grand Total Colleges |
|----------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Island |                      1 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh          |                     38 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh       |                      1 |
|        4 | Assam                   |                     14 |
|        5 | Bihar                   |                     22 |
|        6 | Chandigarh              |                      1 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh            |                     16 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |                      1 |
|        9 | Delhi                   |                     10 |
|       10 | Goa                     |                      1 |
|       11 | Gujarat                 |                     41 |
|       12 | Haryana                 |                     15 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh        |                      8 |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir          |                     12 |
|       15 | Jharkhand               |                      9 |
|       16 | Karnataka               |                     73 |
|       17 | Kerala                  |                     34 |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh          |                     31 |
|       19 | Maharashtra             |                     80 |
|       20 | Manipur                 |                      4 |
|       21 | Meghalaya               |                      2 |
|       22 | Mizoram                 |                      1 |
|       23 | Nagaland                |                      1 |
|       24 | Odisha                  |                     19 |
|       25 | Puducherry              |                      9 |
|       26 | Punjab                  |                     13 |
|       27 | Rajasthan               |                     43 |
|       28 | Sikkim                  |                      1 |
|       29 | Tamil Nadu              |                     77 |
|       30 | Telangana               |                     65 |
|       31 | Tripura                 |                      3 |
|       32 | Uttar Pradesh           |                     86 |
|       33 | Uttarakhand             |                     10 |
|       34 | West Bengal             |                     38 |