Lok Sabha Question No. 3387 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: New Nursing Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti, Shri G Lakshminarayana

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3387 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH AUGUST, 2025

## NEWNURSING COLLEGES

## 3387: SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the number and names of new Colleges of Nursing that have been approved under the scheme -Establishment of 157 new Colleges of Nursing (CoN) in co-location with Medical Colleges, State/UT-wise;

(b) the current status of implementation of these approved nursing colleges (approved/under construction/functional), with expected timelines for operationalisation;

(c) the details of funds allocated, sanctioned and released for each approved institution under the scheme, State/UT-wise and year-wise;

(d) the norms prescribed by the Government for co-location, infrastructure, faculty and affiliation of these Colleges of Nursing with medical colleges and whether any deviations or implementation delays have been reported by the States in this regard; and

(e) the details of proposals received from the State of Andhra Pradesh, especially Anantapur district including the names of medical colleges proposed for co-location along with the status of each proposal and the funds released, if any in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) to (c) The Government has sanctioned the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) 'Augmenting Nursing Education -Establishment of New Colleges of Nursing in colocation with Medical Colleges' for setting up 157 Nursing Colleges in 2023. As on date, proposals from 113 colleges of Nursing from States/UTs have been received and approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Current status is as per Annexure.

Under the scheme, funds of Rs. 10 crore per College of Nursing including both Central and State share are provided with a funding ratio of 90:10 for NE and Special Category States, 60:40 for other States, and 100% Central funding for UTs without Legislature. Out of total central share of Rs. 1016 crore under the scheme, Rs. 436.82 crore has been released to States/UTs. State/UT-wise details as per Annexure .

(d) The States/UTs are required to adhere to the norms prescribed by the regulatory body for establishment of nursing institutions. The co-location with medical colleges facilitates optimal utilisation of infrastructure, faculty, skill labs and clinical resources of the existing medical colleges. The scheme, originally approved for implementation during 2023-24 to 2025-26 has been granted an extension till 2026-27.

(e) In respect of Andhra Pradesh, three (3) Colleges of Nursing at Piduguralla, Paderu, and Machilipatnam have been approved. An amount of Rs. 6.00 crore has been released towards the Central share. Foundation stone has been laid for all three institutions.

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3387 for answer on 08.08.2025.

Annexure

Current status of implementation of approved nursing colleges alongwith state/UT-wise and year-wise details of funds released are as below:

|   S.No. | State             | Name of the districts where the nursing college to be established   | Fund Released (in crore)   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair                                                          | 2.50                       |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Piduguralla                                                         | 2.00                       |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Paderu                                                              | 2.00                       |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Machilipatnam                                                       | 2.00                       |
|       3 | Assam             | Kokrajhar                                                           | 2.00                       |
|       3 | Assam             | Dhubri                                                              | 2.00                       |
|       3 | Assam             | NagaonNorth                                                         | 2.00                       |
|       3 | Assam             | Lakhimpur                                                           | 2.00                       |
|       3 | Assam             | Diphu                                                               | 2.00                       |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh      | Rajnandgaon *                                                       | --                         |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh      | Sarguja *                                                           | --                         |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh      | Korba                                                               | --                         |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh      | Mahasamund                                                          | --                         |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh      | Kanker                                                              | --                         |
|       5 | Gujarat           | Narmada                                                             | 4.00                       |
|       5 | Gujarat           | Navsari                                                             | 4.00                       |
|       5 | Gujarat           | Panchmahal                                                          | 4.00                       |
|       5 | Gujarat           | Porbandar                                                           | 4.00                       |
|       5 | Gujarat           | Morbi                                                               | 4.00                       |
|       6 | Jharkhand         | Dumka                                                               | 2.00                       |

|     |                  | Hazaribagh                |   2.00 |
|-----|------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|     |                  | Palamu (Daltonganj)       |    2   |
|     |                  | Koderma                   |    2   |
|     |                  | Chaibasa (Singhbhum)      |    2   |
| 7.  | Jammu & Kashmir  | Handwara (Distt. Kupwara) |    2   |
| 8.  | Himachal Pradesh | Chamba                    |    3   |
|     |                  | Hamirpur                  |    3   |
|     |                  | Nahan (Sirmour)           |    3   |
| 9.  | Haryana          | Bhiwani                   |    2   |
| 10. | Ladakh           | Leh                       |    2.5 |
| 11. | Madhya Pradesh   | Khandwa                   |    2   |
|     |                  | Ratlam                    |    2   |
|     |                  | Rajgarh                   |    2   |
|     |                  | Shivpuri                  |    2   |
|     |                  | Mandsaur                  |    2   |
|     |                  | Datia                     |    2   |
|     |                  | Satna                     |    2   |
|     |                  | Shahdol                   |    2   |
|     |                  | Vidisha                   |    2   |
|     |                  | Chindwara                 |    2   |
|     |                  | Neemuch                   |    2   |
|     |                  | Mandla                    |    3   |
|     |                  | Singrauli                 |    2   |
|     |                  | Sheopur                   |    2   |
| 12  | Maharashtra      | Gondia                    |    3   |

|     |           | Nandurbar              | 2.00   |
|-----|-----------|------------------------|--------|
|     |           | Jalgaon                | 3.00   |
|     |           | Sindhudurg             | 3.00   |
|     |           | Yavatmal               | 3.00   |
|     |           | Chandrapur             | 3.00   |
| 13. | Manipur   | Churachandpur*         | --     |
| 14. | Meghalaya | West Garo Hills (Tura) | 6.50   |
| 15. | Nagaland  | Kohima                 | 6.00   |
| 15. |           | Mon                    | 6.00   |
| 16. | Odisha    | Kalahandi              | 4.00   |
| 16. |           | Jajpur                 | 4.00   |
| 16. |           | Balasore               | 4.00   |
| 16. |           | Baripada (Mayurbhanj)  | 4.00   |
| 16. |           | Bolangir               | 4.00   |
| 16. |           | Koraput                | 4.00   |
| 16. |           | Puri                   | 4.00   |
| 17. | Punjab*   | SAS Nagar              | --     |
| 17. |           | Kapurthala             | --     |
| 17. |           | Hoshiarpur             | --     |
| 18. | Rajasthan | Barmer                 | 6.00   |
| 18. |           | Bhilwara               | 6.00   |
| 18. |           | Dungarpur              | 6.00   |
| 18. |           | Sikar                  | 6.00   |
| 18. |           | Dholpur                | 6.00   |
| 18. |           | Baran                  | 6.00   |

|     |               | Bansawara                     |   6.00 |
|-----|---------------|-------------------------------|--------|
|     |               | Chittorgarh                   |   6    |
|     |               | Jaisalmer                     |   6    |
|     |               | Karauli                       |   6    |
|     |               | Shri Ganganagar               |   6    |
|     |               | Sirohi                        |   6    |
|     |               | Bundi                         |   6    |
|     |               | Sawai Madhopur                |   6    |
|     |               | Tonk                          |   6    |
|     |               | Hanumangarh                   |   6    |
|     |               | Jhunjhunu                     |   6    |
|     |               | Jalore                        |   6    |
|     |               | Pratapgarh                    |   6    |
|     |               | Rajasamand                    |   6    |
|     |               | Nagaur                        |   6    |
|     |               | Pali                          |   6    |
|     |               | Masuda (Ajmer)                |   6    |
| 19. | Uttarakhand   | Almora                        |   2.25 |
| 19. | Uttarakhand   | Rudrapur                      |   2.25 |
| 19. | Uttarakhand   | Pithoragarh                   |   2.25 |
| 19. | Uttarakhand   | Haridwar                      |   2.25 |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Basti                         |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Faizabad                      |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad                     |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Shahjahanpur                  |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich                      |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Etah                          |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Hardoi                        |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Pratapgarh                    |   6    |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj) |   6    |

|     |              | Ghazipur                | 6.00   |
|-----|--------------|-------------------------|--------|
|     |              | Mirzapur                | 6.00   |
|     |              | Bijnaur                 | 6.00   |
|     |              | Sultanpur               | 6.00   |
|     |              | Kushinagar              | 6.00   |
|     |              | Lalitpur                | 6.00   |
|     |              | Lakhimpur Kheri         | 6.00   |
|     |              | Amethi                  | 6.00   |
|     |              | Kaushambi               | 6.00   |
|     |              | Sonbhadra               | 6.00   |
|     |              | Fatehpur                | 2.00   |
|     |              | Chandauli               | 2.00   |
|     |              | Bulandshahar            | 2.00   |
|     |              | Gonda                   | 2.00   |
|     |              | Pilibhit                | 2.00   |
|     |              | Auraiya                 | 2.00   |
|     |              | Kanpur Dehat            | 2.00   |
|     |              | Deoria                  | 2.00   |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)    | --     |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Cooch behar             | --     |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Diamond harbour         | ---    |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Purulia                 | --     |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Raiganj(North Dinajpur) | --     |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Barasat                 | --     |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Uluberia                | --     |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Arambagh                | --     |
| 21. | West Bengal* | Jhargram                | --     |

|     |        | Tamluk     | --   |
|-----|--------|------------|------|
|     |        | Jalpaiguri | --   |
| 22. | Sikkim | Gangtok    | 6.50 |
| 23  | Ladakh | Leh        | 2.50 |

Government of Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir (except for one Nursing College at Handwara), Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram have withdrawn from the scheme.

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