Lok Sabha Question No. 3749 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Criteria for Setting up of Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3749 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th AUGUST, 2023

## CRITERIAFOR SETTING UPOF MEDICALCOLLEGES

## 3749. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria for setting up of new medical colleges in the country;
- (b) the number of medical colleges set up and the number of seats approved in these colleges during the last five years and the current year, State/ UT-wise including Odisha;
- (c) whether academic sessions have been started in all these colleges and if not, the time by which the same are likely to be started;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up new medical colleges in every district in Government and private sectors in tribal areas across the country particularly in Rayagada, Odisha;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (f): Minimum Requirements for Annual MBBS Admissions Regulations, 2020 of the National Medical Commission stipulates criteria for setting up of new medical colleges which indicates requirement of faculty, beds, infrastructure, etc. The State-wise details of functional medical colleges along with MBBS seats available in the country in 2017-18, 2022-23 and in 2023-24 as of now are at Annexure-I.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals' with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing Government or private medical college. Under the Scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved in three phases and 107 are already functional. The details are at Annexure-II. No proposal was received from State Government of Odisha for establishment of a medical college at Rayagada district. As per the Scheme guidelines, the State Government is the implementing agency and the planning, execution and commissioning of the project is done by the State Governments.

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Annexure-I The State-wise detail of medical colleges along with MBBS seats available in the country in 2017-18, 2022-23 and 2023-24 as of now

| S. N   | Name of the State/UT     | 2017-18            | 2017-18         | 2022-23            | 2022-23         | 2023-24            | 2023-24         |
|--------|--------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| o.     | Name of the State/UT     | Number of colleges | Number of seats | Number of colleges | Number of seats | Number of colleges | Number of seats |
| 1      | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 114             |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh           | 31                 | 4750            | 32                 | 5485            | 37                 | 6435            |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                  | 0               | 1                  | 50              | 1                  | 50              |
| 4      | Assam                    | 6                  | 726             | 10                 | 1250            | 13                 | 1550            |
| 5      | Bihar                    | 14                 | 1450            | 20                 | 2415            | 21                 | 2665            |
| 6      | Chandigarh               | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 150             | 1                  | 150             |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh             | 10                 | 1200            | 14                 | 1765            | 14                 | 2005            |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                  | 0               | 1                  | 150             | 1                  | 177             |
| 9      | Delhi                    | 9                  | 1173            | 10                 | 1497            | 10                 | 1497            |
| 10     | Goa                      | 1                  | 150             | 1                  | 180             | 1                  | 180             |
| 11     | Gujarat                  | 24                 | 3830            | 36                 | 6200            | 39                 | 6900            |
| 12     | Haryana                  | 11                 | 1450            | 13                 | 1760            | 15                 | 2185            |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh         | 6                  | 650             | 8                  | 920             | 8                  | 920             |
| 14     | Jammu& Kashmir           | 4                  | 500             | 10                 | 1147            | 12                 | 1347            |
| 15     | Jharkhand                | 3                  | 350             | 9                  | 930             | 9                  | 980             |
| 16     | Karnataka                | 57                 | 8845            | 67                 | 10745           | 70                 | 11695           |
| 17     | Kerala                   | 34                 | 4150            | 32                 | 4355            | 33                 | 4655            |
| 18     | Madhya Pradesh           | 19                 | 2700            | 25                 | 4080            | 27                 | 4650            |
| 19     | Maharashtra              | 50                 | 7270            | 63                 | 9995            | 67                 | 10745           |
| 20     | Manipur                  | 2                  | 200             | 4                  | 475             | 4                  | 525             |
| 21     | Meghalaya                | 1                  | 50              | 1                  | 50              | 1                  | 50              |
| 22     | Mizoram                  | 0                  | 0               | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 100             |
| 23     | Nagaland                 | 0                  | 0               | 0                  | 0               | 1                  | 100             |
| 24     | Orissa                   | 10                 | 1450            | 15                 | 2325            | 17                 | 2525            |
| 25     | Puducherry               | 9                  | 1350            | 9                  | 1630            | 9                  | 1830            |
| 26     | Punjab                   | 10                 | 1275            | 12                 | 1750            | 12                 | 1800            |
| 27     | Rajasthan                | 17                 | 2750            | 30                 | 4405            | 35                 | 5575            |
| 28     | Sikkim                   | 1                  | 100             | 1                  | 150             | 1                  | 150             |

|   29 | Tamil Nadu    |   49 |   6850 |   71 |   10825 |   74 |   11600 |
|------|---------------|------|--------|------|---------|------|---------|
|   30 | Telangana     |   25 |   3650 |   41 |    6040 |   56 |    8540 |
|   31 | Tripura       |    2 |    200 |    2 |     225 |    2 |     225 |
|   32 | Uttar Pradesh |   47 |   6349 |   67 |    9053 |   68 |    9705 |
|   33 | Uttarakhand   |    7 |    900 |    8 |    1150 |    8 |    1150 |
|   34 | West Bengal   |   18 |   2700 |   32 |    4725 |   35 |    5175 |

## Annexure-II

## Centrally Sponsored scheme for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals'

## Approved medical colleges

| Sl. No   | State/UT          | No. of colleges   | Districts                                                     |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-I  | Phase-I           | Phase-I           | Phase-I                                                       |
| 1        | A&NIslands        | 1                 | Port Blair                                                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                 | Naharlagun                                                    |
| 3        | Assam             | 4                 | Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Diphu                        |
| 4        | Bihar             | 3                 | Purnia, Saran (Chhapara), Samastipur                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 2                 | Rajnandgaon, Sarguja                                          |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                 | Chamba, Hamirpur, Nahan (Sirmour)                             |
| 7        | Haryana           | 1                 | Bhiwani                                                       |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 3                 | Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj)                        |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 5                 | Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua                    |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                 | Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, Shivpuri |
| 11       | Maharashtra       | 1                 | Gondia                                                        |
| 12       | Meghalaya         | 1                 | West Garo Hills (Tura)                                        |
| 13       | Mizoram           | 1                 | Falkawn                                                       |
| 14       | Nagaland          | 1                 | Naga Hospital (Kohima)                                        |
| 15       | Odisha            | 5                 | Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Puri      |
| 16       | Punjab            | 1                 | SAS Nagar                                                     |
| 17       | Rajasthan         | 7                 | Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali, Sikar    |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh     | 5                 | Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Bahraich            |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       | 1                 | Almora                                                        |
| 20       | West Bengal       | 5                 | Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch behar, Diamond harbour,           |

|                |                |                | Purulia, Raiganj (North Dinajpur)                                                                                                                        |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase -II (24) | Phase -II (24) | Phase -II (24) | Phase -II (24)                                                                                                                                           |
| 1              | Bihar          | 5              | Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Buxar, Jamui                                                                                                              |
| 2              | Jharkhand      | 2              | Koderma, Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                                                                                                                            |
| 3              | Madhya Pradesh | 1              | Satna                                                                                                                                                    |
| 4              | Odisha         | 1              | Jajpur                                                                                                                                                   |
| 5              | Rajasthan      | 1              | Dholpur                                                                                                                                                  |
| 6              | Uttar Pradesh  | 8              | Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur                                                            |
| 7              | West Bengal    | 5              | Barasat, Uluberia, Arambagh, Jhargram, Tamluk                                                                                                            |
| 8              | Sikkim         | 1              | Gangtok                                                                                                                                                  |
| Phase-III (75) | Phase-III (75) | Phase-III (75) | Phase-III (75)                                                                                                                                           |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh | 3              | Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam                                                                                                                       |
| 2              | Assam          | 1              | Kokrajhar                                                                                                                                                |
| 3              | Chhattisgarh   | 3              | Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker                                                                                                                                |
| 4              | Gujarat        | 5              | Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi                                                                                                           |
| 5              | Jammu &Kashmir | 2              | Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)                                                                                                                      |
| 6              | Karnataka      | 4              | Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura                                                                                                         |
| 7              | Ladakh         | 1              | Leh                                                                                                                                                      |
| 8              | Madhya Pradesh | 6              | Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli                                                                                                   |
| 9              | Maharashtra    | 1              | Nandurbar                                                                                                                                                |
| 10             | Manipur        | 1              | Churachandpur                                                                                                                                            |
| 11             | Nagaland       | 1              | Mon                                                                                                                                                      |
| 12             | Odisha         | 1              | Kalahandi                                                                                                                                                |
| 13             | Punjab         | 2              | Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur                                                                                                                                   |
| 14             | Rajasthan      | 15             | Alwar, Baran, Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli, Nagaur, Shri Ganganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa    |
| 15             | Uttarakhand    | 3              | Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar                                                                                               |
| 16             | Uttar Pradesh  | 14             | Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Chandauli, Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Amethi |
| 17             | Tamil Nadu     | 11             | Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi                      |
| 18             | West Bengal    | 1              | Jalpaiguri                                                                                                                                               |