Lok Sabha Question No. 4767 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-20
Subject: Allocation of Budget for AIIMS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Eswarasamy K

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4767 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20/03/2026

## ALLOCATION OF BUDGET FOR AIIMS

## 4767. SHRI ESWARASAMY K:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of faculty positions sanctioned, filled and vacant in each AIIMS across the country, category-wise;
- (b) the details of funds allocated in the Union Budget, sanctioned, released and actually utilised for each AIIMS during the last three financial years, institute-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether any AIIMS has reported infrastructure gaps including incomplete hospital blocks, pending residential quarters, non-functional medical equipment or shortage of teaching and research facilities, if so, the details thereof, institute-wise; and
- (d) the timeline fixed for filling up all sanctioned faculty positions and completing pending infrastructure works in various AIIMS across the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) The details of sanctioned, filled, vacant faculty position in various All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are at Annexure .
- (b) The details of budget allocated and expenditure incurred in various AIIMS during the last three financial years are as under:

(Rs. crore)

| Sl. No.   | AIIMS                           | Year    |   Fund allocation |   Expenditure |
|-----------|---------------------------------|---------|-------------------|---------------|
| 1.        | AIIMS Delhi                     | 2022-23 |           4400.24 |       4188.43 |
|           |                                 | 2023-24 |           4489.67 |       4422.07 |
|           |                                 | 2024-25 |           4909.46 |       4880.7  |
| 2.        | New AIIMS established under the | 2022-23 |           8269.56 |       7744.92 |
|           | Pradhan Mantri Swasthya         | 2023-24 |           8635    |       8036.08 |
|           | Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)         | 2024-25 |           9536    |       9472.1  |

(c) & (d) Project management, procurement and recruitment are contingent on various factors, including land availability, regulatory/statutory clearances, site-specific issues, availability of suitable/eligible/qualified faculty/healthcare professionals etc. The following special measures have been taken to expeditiously fill vacant faculty positions in AIIMS:

(i) Standing Selection Committee has been constituted in each Institute as per the provision of their respective Act for selection of faculty etc.

(ii) Provision has been made for engagement of retired Faculty at the level of Professor, Additional Professor and Associate Professor, on contract basis, in new AIIMS, up to the age of 70 years from Institutes of National Importance (INIs) and Government Medical Colleges (GMCs).

(iii) Visiting Faculty Scheme has been formulated to allow Professors, Additional Professors and Associate Professors, who are holding academic positions in Government Institutions within India or academic institutions outside India, to be the Visiting Faculty in new AIIMS for teaching purposes.

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Annexure referred to the reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 4767 for answer on 20.03.2026.

## Details of Faculty position in various AIIMS

| Sl. No.   | AIIMS                        | Faculty position   | Faculty position   | Faculty position   |
|-----------|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | AIIMS                        | Sanctione d        | In position        | Vacant             |
| 1.        | New Delhi (Delhi)            | 1306               | 860                | 446                |
| 2.        | Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)      | 312                | 241                | 71                 |
| 3.        | Bhubaneswar (Odisha)         | 337                | 238                | 99                 |
| 4.        | Jodhpur (Rajasthan)          | 405                | 221                | 184                |
| 5.        | Patna (Bihar)                | 305                | 219                | 86                 |
| 6.        | Raipur (Chhattisgarh)        | 305                | 200                | 105                |
| 7.        | Rishikesh (Uttarakhand)      | 355                | 229                | 126                |
| 8.        | Bathinda (Punjab)            | 219                | 143                | 76                 |
| 9.        | Bibinagar (Telangana)        | 183                | 132                | 51                 |
| 10.       | Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh)  | 217                | 130                | 87                 |
| 11.       | Deoghar (Jharkhand)          | 208                | 132                | 76                 |
| 12.       | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)    | 213                | 117                | 96                 |
| 13.       | Guwahati (Assam)             | 183                | 117                | 66                 |
| 14.       | Jammu (Jammu &Kashmir)       | 183                | 119                | 64                 |
| 15.       | Kalyani (West Bengal)        | 309                | 175                | 134                |
| 16.       | Madurai (Tamil Nadu)         | 183                | 70                 | 113                |
| 17.       | Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) | 309                | 171                | 138                |
| 18.       | Nagpur (Maharashtra)         | 373                | 238                | 135                |
| 19.       | Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh)    | 209                | 111                | 98                 |
| 20.       | Rajkot (Gujarat)             | 183                | 78                 | 105                |