Lok Sabha Question No. 89 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-02
Subject: Regulation of Fee in Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 89 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 nd February, 2024

## REGULATION OFFEE IN MEDICALCOLLEGES

## 89. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

(a) whether the Government has taken/proposed to take any steps to regulate the fees in medical colleges in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the number of medical colleges that have been established since 2014; and
- (d) the details of the total number of medical colleges across the country, State/UT-wise?

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

(a) to (d): Clause (i) of Sub-section (1) of Section 10 of National Medical Commission Act, 2019 provides for framing of guidelines for determination of fees and all other charges in respect of fifty percent (50%) of seats in private medical institutions and deemed to be universities which are governed under the provisions of the Act. Accordingly, National Medical Commission has framed the guidelines and the same were issued on 03.02.2022.

The Government has increased number of Medical Colleges and subsequently increased MBBS seats. There is an increase of 82% in Medical Colleges from 387 before 2014 to 706 as of now.

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## Annexure-I

## 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     |   Total Colleges |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicorbar Island |                1 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh           |               37 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                1 |
|       4 | Assam                    |               13 |
|       5 | Bihar                    |               21 |
|       6 | Chandigarh               |                1 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh             |               14 |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                1 |
|       9 | Delhi                    |               10 |
|      10 | Goa                      |                1 |
|      11 | Gujarat                  |               40 |
|      12 | Haryana                  |               15 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh         |                8 |
|      14 | Jammu &Kashmir           |               12 |
|      15 | Jharkhand                |                9 |
|      16 | Karnataka                |               70 |
|      17 | Kerala                   |               33 |
|      18 | Madhya Pradesh           |               27 |
|      19 | Maharashtra              |               68 |
|      20 | Manipur                  |                4 |
|      21 | Meghalaya                |                1 |
|      22 | Mizoram                  |                1 |
|      23 | Nagaland                 |                1 |
|      24 | Odisha                   |               17 |
|      25 | Puducherry               |                9 |
|      26 | Punjab                   |               12 |
|      27 | Rajasthan                |               35 |
|      28 | Sikkim                   |                1 |
|      29 | Tamil Nadu               |               74 |
|      30 | Telangana                |               56 |
|      31 | Tripura                  |                2 |
|      32 | Uttar Pradesh            |               68 |
|      33 | Uttarakhand              |                8 |
|      34 | West Bengal              |               35 |