Lok Sabha Question No. 1204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-06
Subject: Establishment of New AIIMS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1204 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/02/2026

## ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AIIMS

## †1204. SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE.

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that projects related to the establishment of new AIIMS institutions, setting up of super-speciality blocks and upgradation of Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) are being implemented by the Government in the country under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY);
- (b) if so, the current status of progress achieved in this regard so far, State-wise;
- (c) the total number of vacant posts in faculty and non-faculty categories in each AIIMS, each super-speciality block and each upgraded Government Medical College established under the said scheme, institution-wise and State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether any concrete action plan has been formulated by the Government to fill the
- vacant posts in these institutions in a time-bound manner; and (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) and (b) Under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) establishment of 22 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and upgradation of 75 Government Medical Colleges/Institutions (GMCs) have been approved . Details are placed at Annexure-I and Annexure-II .

(c) to (e) Creation of posts & recruitment is a continuous process. The details of sanctioned, filled and vacant faculty and non-faculty positions in various AIIMS under PMSSY are at Annexure-III .

In order to expeditiously fill vacant sanctioned faculty and non-faculty positions in AIIMS under PMSSY, following measures have been taken:

- i. Standing Selection Committee (SSC) has been constituted as per the provision of AIIMS Act, 1956 for recruitment of faculty.
- ii. Provision has been made for engagement of retired faculty at the level of Professor, Additional Professor and Associate Professor, on contract basis, up to the age of 70 years from Institutes of National Importance (INIs) and Government Medical Colleges (GMCs).
- iii. TheVisiting Faculty Scheme allows Professors, Additional Professors and Associate Professors from government institutions in India or academic institutions abroad to serve as visiting faculty in AIIMS for teaching purposes.
- iv. Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) is conducted by AIIMS Delhi for recruitment of Nursing Officers for various AIIMS.
- v. Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) is conducted by AIIMS Delhi for recruitment to Group B and C non-faculty positions in various AIIMS.
- vi. The Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) for selection of Junior Residents (Academic) and the Institute of National Importance Super Specialty (INI-SS) Exam for selection of Senior Residents (Academic) are conducted by AIIMS Delhi twice a year.

As regards upgradation projects approved under the scheme, as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the State/UT Governments, the respective State/UT Government is responsible for creation of posts and deployment of personnel for the functioning of Super Speciality Block.

## Details of AIIMS under PMSSY

|   Sl. No. | State/ UT        | Location of AIIMS         | Status                          |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | AIIMS Mangalagiri         | Functional                      |
|         2 | Assam            | AIIMS Guwahati            | Functional                      |
|         3 | Bihar            | AIIMS Darbhanga           | Pre-investment work in Progress |
|         4 | Bihar            | AIIMS Patna               | Functional                      |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh     | AIIMS Raipur              | Functional                      |
|         6 | Gujarat          | AIIMS Rajkot              | Functional                      |
|         7 | Haryana          | AIIMS Majra (Rewari)      | Under Construction              |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh | AIIMS Bilaspur            | Functional                      |
|         9 | Jammu &Kashmir   | AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu     | Functional                      |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir   | AIIMS Awantipora, Kashmir | Under Construction              |
|        11 | Jharkhand        | AIIMS Deoghar             | Functional                      |
|        12 | Madhya Pradesh   | AIIMS Bhopal              | Functional                      |
|        13 | Maharashtra      | AIIMS Nagpur              | Functional                      |
|        14 | Odisha           | AIIMS Bhubaneswar         | Functional                      |
|        15 | Punjab           | AIIMS Bathinda            | Functional                      |
|        16 | Rajasthan        | AIIMS Jodhpur             | Functional                      |
|        17 | Tamil Nadu       | AIIMS Madurai             | Under Construction              |
|        18 | Telangana        | AIIMS Bibinagar           | Functional                      |
|        19 | Uttar Pradesh    | AIIMS Raebareli           | Functional                      |
|        20 | Uttar Pradesh    | AIIMS Gorakhpur           | Functional                      |
|        21 | Uttarakhand      | AIIMS Rishikesh           | Functional                      |
|        22 | West Bengal      | AIIMS, Kalyani            | Functional                      |

## Annexure-I

Annexure-II Government Medical Colleges/Institutions (GMCIs) approved for upgradation under PMSSY: -

|   Sl. No. | State          |   No. | Name of GMC/ Institute                                    | Approved Infrastructure             | Status (%)            |
|-----------|----------------|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh |     1 | Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati | Procurement of Equipment            | Completed             |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh |     2 | Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada                    | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh |     3 | Govt. Medical College, Anantpur                           | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         2 | Assam          |     4 | Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati                        | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         2 | Assam          |     5 | Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh                          | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         3 | Bihar          |     6 | Sri Krishna Medical College, Muzaffarpur                  | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         3 | Bihar          |     7 | Darbhanga Medical College &Hospital, Darbhanga            | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         3 | Bihar          |     8 | Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna                   | Super Speciality Block              | 95%                   |
|         3 | Bihar          |     9 | Government Medical College, Bhagalpur                     | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         3 | Bihar          |    10 | Government Medical College, Gaya                          | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         3 | Bihar          |    11 | IGIMS, Patna                                              | Regional Institute of Ophthalmology | Completed             |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh   |    12 | Government Medical College, Bilaspur                      | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh   |    13 | Government Medical College, Jagdalpur                     | Super Speciality Block              | Completed             |
|         5 | Delhi          |    14 | UCMS-GTB Hospital                                         | -                                   | DPR under preparation |

|   Sl. No. | State            |   No. | Name of GMC/ Institute                                             | Approved Infrastructure          | Status (%)   |
|-----------|------------------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|         6 | Goa              |    15 | Goa Medical College, Panaji                                        | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|         7 | Gujarat          |    16 | BJ Medical College, Ahmadabad                                      | Procurement of Medical Equipment | Completed    |
|         7 | Gujarat          |    17 | Govt. Medical College, Rajkot                                      | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|         7 | Gujarat          |    18 | Government Medical College, Surat                                  | Super Speciality Block           | 78.5%        |
|         7 | Gujarat          |    19 | Government Medical College, Bhavnagar                              | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|         8 | Haryana          |    20 | Pandit BDSharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak | Service Block &OT Complex        | Completed    |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh |    21 | Government Medical College, Tanda                                  | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh |    22 | Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical College, Shimla                        | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir  |    23 | Government Medical College, Jammu                                  | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir  |    24 | Government Medical College, Srinagar                               | Institute of Traumatology        | Completed    |
|        11 | Jharkhand        |    25 | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi              | Super Speciality &Oncology Block | Completed    |
|        11 | Jharkhand        |    26 | Patliputra Medical College, Dhanbad                                | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|        12 | Karnataka        |    27 | Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore                               | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|        12 | Karnataka        |    28 | Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary                 | Trauma Care Block                | Completed    |
|        12 |                  |    29 | Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli                     | Super Speciality Block           | Completed    |
|        13 | Kerala           |    30 | Medical College,                                                   | Super                            | Completed    |

| Sl. No.   | No.   | Name of GMC/ Institute                                    | Approved Infrastructure                        | Status (%)   |
|-----------|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|           |       | Thiruvananthapuram                                        | Speciality Block                               |              |
|           | 31    | Kozhikode Medical College                                 | Trauma Care Centre with Super Speciality Block | Completed    |
|           | 32    | T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha                           | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 33    | SCTIMST, Trivandrum                                       | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 34    | Govt. Medical College, Rewa                               | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
| 14        | 35    | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur     | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 36    | GR Medical College, Gwalior                               | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 37    | Government Medical College, Indore                        | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 38    | Grant Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai | Procurement of Medical Equipment               | Completed    |
|           | 39    | Government Medical College, Nagpur                        | Procurement of Medical Equipment               | Completed    |
|           | 40    | Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad                         | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
| 15        | 41    | Govt. Medical College, Latur                              | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 42    | Govt. Medical College, Akola                              | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 43    | Shri VasantraoNaik Govt. Medical College, Yavatmal        | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
|           | 44    | MKCG Medical College, Berhampur                           | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |
| 16        | 45    | VSS Medical College, Burla                                | Super Speciality Block                         | Completed    |

| Sl. No.   | State      |   No. | Name of GMC/ Institute                               | Approved Infrastructure                  | Status (%)                                                                               |
|-----------|------------|-------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |            |    46 | SCM Medical College &Hospital, Cuttack               | Super Speciality Block                   | Location changed from SCBMCH, Cuttack to Dharnidhar Medical College & Hospital, Keonjhar |
| 17        | Punjab     |    47 | Government Medical College, Amritsar                 | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 17        | Punjab     |    48 | Govt. Medical College, Patiala                       | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 18        | Rajasthan  |    49 | SP Medical College, Bikaner                          | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 18        | Rajasthan  |    50 | RNT Medical College, Udaipur                         | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 18        | Rajasthan  |    51 | Govt. Medical College, Kota                          | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 18        | Rajasthan  |    52 | Government Medical College, Jaipur                   | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu |    53 | Government Medical College, Salem                    | Super Speciality Block and Trauma Centre | Completed                                                                                |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu |    54 | Government Medical College, Madurai                  | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu |    55 | Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur                 | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu |    56 | Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli             | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 20        | Telangana  |    57 | Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad       | Super Speciality Block and Trauma Centre | Completed                                                                                |
| 20        | Telangana  |    58 | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 20        | Telangana  |    59 | Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal                   | Super Speciality Block                   | Completed                                                                                |
| 21        | Tripura    |    60 | Agartala Govt. Medical                               | Super                                    | Completed                                                                                |

| Sl. No.   | State         | No.   | Name of GMC/ Institute                                                       | Approved Infrastructure                   | Status (%)   |
|-----------|---------------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 22        |               |       | College, Agartala                                                            | Speciality Block                          |              |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 61    | SGPGIMS, Lucknow                                                             | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 62    | Trauma Centre (TC) in IMS, BHU, Varanasi                                     | Trauma Centre and Nursing College         | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 63    | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh | Trauma Care Centre and OBG Block          | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 64    | Govt. Medical College, Jhansi                                                | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 65    | BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur                                               | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 66    | MLN Medical College, Allahabad                                               | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 67    | LLRM Medical College, Meerut                                                 | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 68    | Government Medical College, Agra                                             | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 69    | Government Medical College, Kanpur                                           | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 70    | SSB at Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), BHU, Varanasi                    | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
|           | Uttar Pradesh | 71    | RIO, IMS, BHU, Varanasi                                                      | Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO) | Completed    |
| 23        | West Bengal   | 72    | Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata                                             | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
| 23        | West Bengal   | 73    | BS Medical College, Bankura                                                  | Super Speciality Block                    | Completed    |
| 23        | West Bengal   | 74    | Govt. Medical College, Malda                                                 | Trauma Care Centre and Emergency Medical  | Completed    |

| Sl. No.   | State   | No.   | Name of GMC/ Institute                   | Approved Infrastructure   | Status (%)   |
|-----------|---------|-------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|           |         |       |                                          | Block                     |              |
|           |         | 75    | North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling | Super Specialty Block     | Completed    |

Annexure-III

## Status of sanctioned Faculty and Non-Faculty posts in AIIMS functional under PMSSY

| Sl. N o.   |              | Faculty position   | Faculty position   | Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   |
|------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. N o.   | AIIMS        | Sanctione d        | In position        | Vacancie s         | Sanctione d            | In positio n           | Vacancie s             |
| 1          | Bhopal       | 312                | 241                | 71                 | 3874                   | 2920                   | 954                    |
| 2          | Bhubaneswa r | 337                | 238                | 99                 | 3963                   | 2937                   | 1026                   |
| 3          | Jodhpur      | 405                | 221                | 184                | 4048                   | 3322                   | 726                    |
| 4          | Patna        | 305                | 219                | 86                 | 3884                   | 2752                   | 1132                   |
| 5          | Raipur       | 305                | 200                | 105                | 3884                   | 2815                   | 1069                   |
| 6          | Rishikesh    | 355                | 229                | 126                | 4095                   | 2951                   | 1144                   |
| 7          | Bathinda     | 219                | 143                | 76                 | 2090                   | 1453                   | 637                    |
| 8          | Bibinagar    | 183                | 132                | 51                 | 1374                   | 898                    | 476                    |
| 9          | Bilaspur     | 217                | 130                | 87                 | 1511                   | 987                    | 524                    |
| 10         | Deoghar      | 208                | 132                | 76                 | 1712                   | 940                    | 772                    |
| 11         | Gorakhpur    | 213                | 117                | 96                 | 1492                   | 949                    | 543                    |
| 12         | Guwahati     | 183                | 117                | 66                 | 1630                   | 879                    | 751                    |
| 13         | Jammu        | 183                | 119                | 64                 | 1311                   | 935                    | 376                    |
| 14         | Kalyani      | 309                | 175                | 134                | 2221                   | 1171                   | 1050                   |
| 15         | Madurai      | 183                | 70                 | 113                | 911                    | 40                     | 871                    |
| 16         | Mangalagiri  | 309                | 171                | 138                | 1953                   | 1291                   | 662                    |
| 17         | Nagpur       | 373                | 238                | 135                | 2107                   | 1395                   | 712                    |
| 18         | Raebareli    | 209                | 111                | 98                 | 1613                   | 1120                   | 493                    |
| 19         | Rajkot       | 183                | 78                 | 105                | 1410                   | 665                    | 745                    |
|            | Total        | 4991               | 3081               | 1910               | 45083                  | 30420                  | 14663                  |

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