Lok Sabha Question No. 5637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Vacant Posts of Doctors and Nursing Staff in Health Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ummeda Ram Beniwal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5637 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2025

## VACANTPOSTS OFDOCTORS AND NURSING STAFF IN HEALTH CENTRES

## †5637. SHRI UMMEDA RAM BENIWAL:

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

- (a) the number of doctors and nursing staff in the Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Sub Health Centres (SHCs) in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether there are vacant posts of doctors/nursing staff in each State;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for not filling up their vacant posts of medical professionals in each State;
- (d) the number of doctors and nursing staff posted and vacant posts in the primary, community and sub-health centres in the State of Rajasthan;
- (e) the details of posts created for medical colleges in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (f) whether recruitment rules have been framed by the Government for all the above mentioned posts including the post of Director and Faculty Staff along with Resident Doctors and other para-medical staff;
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (h) the criteria/norms for appointment as Vice Chancellor of a Medical University and the qualifications required for the post?

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

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (d): The State-wise details of doctors, nursing staff and other medical professionals and their vacancies in the Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and

Sub Health Centres (SHCs) in the country including Rajasthan are available at website of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the Uniform Resources Locator (URL) as under:

https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Health%20Dynamics%20of%20India%20%28Infrastruct ure%20%26%20Human%20Resources%29%202022-23\_RE%20%281%29.pdf

The primary responsibility of strengthening public healthcare system, including filling up of the vacancies in healthcare facilities lies with the respective State/UT Governments. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs to strengthen the public healthcare system in rural areas based on the proposals received in the form of Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) under National Health Mission. Government of India provides approval for the proposal in the form of Record of Proceedings (RoPs) as per norms & available resources. States/ UTs to ensure availability of HR by creating adequate number of regular posts as per the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) in the long run and using NHM posts in the short to medium term to fill critical gaps. The NHM supplements the regular human resources by filling up the gaps in human resources in secondary and primary care facilities (District Hospital and below) as per IPHS.

(e): Data regarding details of posts created for medical colleges under the State Governments is not centrally maintained. Details of sanctioned number of posts in medical colleges/institutes and autonomous medical colleges/institutes under the Central Government is at Annexure . These include all categories (Group A/B/C) of posts in these colleges/institutes such as head of the institution, administrative posts, faculty posts, posts of Senior Residents and Junior Residents and non-faculty posts.

(f) & (g): Framing and amendment of the Recruitment Rules (RRs) is a periodic administrative exercise undertaken by the respective Institutes. Any amendment to the RRs is also made on evolving requirements. RRs for majority of posts in these medical colleges/institutes have been framed.

(h): As per information provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the UGC Regulation 2018 describes that a person to be appointed as Vice-Chancellor of a University should be a distinguished academician, with a minimum of ten years of experience as Professor in a University system or ten years of experience in a reputed research and/or an academic administrative organization with proof of having demonstrated academic leadership. The candidate should have a strong research profile including publications in peer reviewed journals. For Medical Universities, candidates with strong background in health sciences and experience in managing medical education and Research are preferred.

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Annexure Details of sanctioned number of posts in medical colleges/institutes and

## autonomous medical colleges/institutes under the Central Government

|   Sr. No. | Medical College/Institutes                                                                                             |   Sanctione d |   In-Positi on |   Vacant |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------|----------|
|         1 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi                                                             |         14699 |          11717 |     2982 |
|         2 | 22 New AIIMS under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)                                                     |         46443 |          30688 |    15755 |
|         3 | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER)                                          |          9309 |           7240 |     2069 |
|         4 | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry (JIPMER)                               |          5748 |           4688 |     1060 |
|         5 | Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC), New Delhi (Associated with Safdarjung Hospital)                               |          3179 |           2703 |      476 |
|         6 | Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), New Delhi                                                                        |          1565 |           1297 |      268 |
|         7 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences(ABVIMS), New Delhi (Associated with Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital) |          1971 |           1772 |      199 |
|         8 | North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong                      |          1743 |           1424 |      319 |
|         9 | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal                                                                  |          1933 |           1301 |      632 |
|        10 | Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh, New Delhi                                                                     |            92 |             31 |       61 |