Lok Sabha Question No. 205 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-02
Subject: Nursing Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 205 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd FEBRUARY, 2024

## NURSING COLLEGES

## 205: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of the Government/Private Nursing colleges in the country at present, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) the details of the Government/Private Nursing Colleges set up in the country during the last five years and the current year State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to cater to the needs of the said Colleges including essential basic amenities/infrastructure;
- (d) the details of the criteria for setting up new Nursing Colleges with essential basic amenities/infrastructure in the country; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to set up Government/Private Nursing Colleges in all the districts of Maharashtra including Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg district and the aspirational district Osmanabad and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) The State-UT wise number of Government/ private nursing colleges in the Country including Maharashtra is at Annexure-I.
- (b) The the details of the Government/Private Nursing Colleges set up in the country during the last five years and the current year State/UT-wise including Maharashtra is at AnnexureII.
- (c)&(d) The Government has taken the following steps to cater to the needs of the nursing colleges:
- (i) In the budget speech 2023-24 establishment of 157 nursing colleges have been announced under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).
- (ii) For Nursing Educational Programmes Student patient ratio has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.
- (iii) The land requirement for Nursing Educational Institutes has been relaxed to construct building of 54,000 sq. ft. for School/College of Nursing including Hostel.

(iv) To open GNM and B.Sc. (Nursing) programme 100 bedded parent hospital is essential since 2013-2014. However, this is relaxed for hilly and tribal areas.

(v) Relaxed norms for teaching faculty to start B.Sc. (N) Programme.

(vi) Super specialty Hospital can start M.Sc. (N) without having under graduate programme.

(vii) Maximum of 100 seats will be granted to the institutions for B.Sc.(N)/GNM programmes which are having parent hospital with 300 beds without insisting on Medical College.

(viii) Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed.

(ix) Eligibility Criteria for admission to nursing programmes relaxed.

(e) Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Augmenting Nursing EducationEstablishment of new College of Nursing (CoN) in co-location with Medical College' 157 nursing colleges have been approved of which two are in Maharashtra at Gondia and Nandurbar districts.

## State-UT wise number of Government/ private nursing colleges in the Country as on 31st October, 2023

| S. No.   | State Name             | Total Nursing Institutes   | Total Nursing Institutes   |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.   | State Name             |                            | Private                    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         | 11                         | 127                        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh      | 2                          | 3                          |
| 3        | Assam                  | 4                          | 17                         |
| 4        | Bihar                  | 5                          | 10                         |
| 5        | Chandigarh             | 2                          | 0                          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh           | 9                          | 105                        |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    | 1                          | 0                          |
| 8        | Daman &Diu             | 1                          | 0                          |
| 9        | Delhi                  | 11                         | 4                          |
| 10       | Goa                    | 1                          | 5                          |
| 11       | Gujarat                | 9                          | 89                         |
| 12       | Haryana                | 4                          | 35                         |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh       | 2                          | 32                         |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir         | 5                          | 13                         |
| 15       | Jharkhand              | 2                          | 26                         |
| 16       | Karnataka              | 15                         | 352                        |
| 17       | Kerala                 | 15                         | 130                        |
| 18       | Lakshdweep             | 1                          | 0                          |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh         | 12                         | 144                        |
| 20       | Maharashtra            | 6                          | 95                         |
| 21       | Manipur                | 2                          | 10                         |
| 22       | Meghalaya              | 1                          | 3                          |
| 23       | Mizoram                | 2                          | 2                          |
| 24       | Nagaland               | 0                          | 1                          |
| 25       | Odisha                 | 11                         | 37                         |
| 26       | Pondicherry/Puducherry | 2                          | 10                         |
| 27       | Punjab                 | 7                          | 113                        |
| 28       | Rajasthan              | 29                         | 137                        |
| 29       | Sikkim                 | 1                          | 3                          |
| 30       | TamilNadu              | 5                          | 191                        |
| 31       | Telangana              | 9                          | 79                         |
| 32       | Tripura                | 1                          | 4                          |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh          | 11                         | 159                        |
| 34       | Uttarakhand            | 8                          | 23                         |
| 35       | West Bengal            | 27                         | 75                         |

## State/UT-wise Government/Private Nursing Colleges set up in the country during the last five years and the current year

|   S. N o. | State Name              |   31/3/20 18 |   31/3/20 19 |   31/3/20 20 |   31/3/2 021 |   31/3/2 022 |   Till 31/10/20 23 |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Andhara Pradesh         |           14 |            0 |            0 |            5 |            2 |                  0 |
|         2 | Arunchal Pradesh        |            0 |            0 |            0 |            1 |            1 |                  2 |
|         3 | Assam                   |            1 |            2 |            3 |            1 |            0 |                  3 |
|         4 | Bihar                   |            4 |            1 |            0 |            0 |            2 |                  3 |
|         5 | Chandigarh              |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  0 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh            |           17 |            1 |            3 |            3 |            0 |                 14 |
|         7 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  0 |
|         8 | Daman &Diu              |            1 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  0 |
|         9 | Delhi                   |            1 |            1 |            2 |            0 |            0 |                  1 |
|        10 | Goa                     |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  3 |
|        11 | Gujarat                 |           40 |            5 |            9 |            5 |            0 |                  0 |
|        12 | Haryana                 |           11 |            0 |            1 |            2 |            0 |                  0 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh        |           14 |            1 |            4 |            4 |            0 |                  0 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir          |            0 |            2 |            0 |            2 |            0 |                  0 |
|        15 | Jharkhand               |            2 |            0 |            0 |            4 |            5 |                  9 |
|        16 | Karnataka               |            5 |            1 |            0 |           24 |           24 |                  5 |
|        17 | Kerala                  |            7 |            1 |            0 |            0 |            1 |                 12 |
|        18 | Lakshdweep              |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  1 |
|        19 | Madhaya Pradesh         |           64 |            0 |            2 |           10 |           21 |                  0 |
|        20 | Maharashtra             |           14 |            0 |            0 |            1 |            0 |                  0 |
|        21 | Manipur                 |            1 |            0 |            1 |            0 |            2 |                  2 |
|        22 | Meghalaya               |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  2 |
|        23 | Mizoram                 |            0 |            1 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  1 |
|        24 | Nagaland                |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  0 |
|        25 | Odisha                  |            1 |           10 |            5 |            4 |            1 |                  7 |
|        26 | Pondicherry/Puduche rry |            3 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  0 |
|        27 | Punjab                  |            8 |            0 |            0 |            3 |            4 |                  5 |
|        28 | Rajasthan               |            3 |            4 |            0 |           22 |            1 |                  0 |
|        29 | Sikkim                  |            0 |            1 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  1 |
|        30 | Tamilnadu               |           14 |            2 |            6 |            4 |            4 |                  0 |
|        31 | Telangana               |            2 |            0 |            2 |            1 |            0 |                  1 |
|        32 | Tripura                 |            1 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                  2 |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh           |           34 |            2 |           15 |           21 |           14 |                 24 |
|        34 | Uttarakhand             |            7 |            2 |            1 |            3 |            2 |                  3 |
|        35 | West Bengal             |            2 |            1 |            6 |           11 |           36 |                 25 |