Lok Sabha Question No. 2482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-13
Subject: Medical Colleges in Himachal Pradesh
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2482 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH FEBRUARY, 2026

## MEDICALCOLLEGES IN HIMACHALPRADESH

## †2482. SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of medical colleges currently operating across the country, State/UT-wise particularly in Himachal Pradesh;
- (b) the number of these medical colleges operating in Himachal Pradesh that are functioning in their permanent buildings/campuses along with the number of colleges running in temporary or other buildings;
- (c) whether some medical colleges do not have their permanent buildings available and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the time limit prescribed and action plan chalked out by the Government for the construction of permanent buildings; and
- (e) the current status of the Medical Colleges in Sirmaur district of the Shimla Parliamentary constituency?

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

(a) As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are a total of 818 medical colleges, including (AIIMS and INIs), across the country as of now. The State/UT-wise details of these medical colleges are at Annexure.

(b) to (e) 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. The fund sharing mechanism between the Centre and State Governments is in the ratio of 90:10 for North Eastern and Special Category States, and 60:40 for others. Under the Scheme, all the envisaged 157 medical colleges have been approved in three phases, including 03 medical colleges in Himachal Pradesh at Chamba, Hamirpur and Nahan. All the three medical colleges are functional. As per guidelines of the Scheme, the planning, execution and commissioning of the medical colleges approved under the scheme is to be done by the State Government. Further, as informed by the State Government, project of Sirmaur Medical College suffered disruptions due to dispute between contractor and executing agency.

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## State/UT Wise Medical Colleges across the country

|   Sl. No | State/UT            |   Private Colleges |   Govt Colleges |   Total Colleges |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                 20 |              19 |               39 |
|        2 | Andaman &Nicobar    |                  0 |               1 |                1 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                  0 |               1 |                1 |
|        4 | Assam               |                  0 |              16 |               16 |
|        5 | Bihar               |                 12 |              13 |               25 |
|        6 | Chandigarh          |                  0 |               1 |                1 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh        |                  5 |              11 |               16 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                  0 |               1 |                1 |
|        9 | Delhi               |                  2 |               9 |               11 |
|       10 | Goa                 |                  0 |               1 |                1 |
|       11 | Gujarat             |                 19 |              24 |               43 |
|       12 | Haryana             |                  9 |               8 |               17 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh    |                  1 |               7 |                8 |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir      |                  1 |              11 |               12 |
|       15 | Jharkhand           |                  3 |               7 |               10 |
|       16 | Karnataka           |                 48 |              24 |               72 |
|       17 | Kerala              |                 22 |              14 |               36 |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh      |                 14 |              21 |               35 |
|       19 | Maharashtra         |                 42 |              43 |               85 |
|       20 | Manipur             |                  1 |               3 |                4 |
|       21 | Meghalaya           |                  1 |               2 |                3 |
|       22 | Mizoram             |                  0 |               1 |                1 |
|       23 | Nagaland            |                  0 |               1 |                1 |

Annexure

|   24 | Odisha        |   6 |   15 |   21 |
|------|---------------|-----|------|------|
|   25 | Puducherry    |   7 |    2 |    9 |
|   26 | Punjab        |   7 |    6 |   13 |
|   27 | Rajasthan     |  15 |   34 |   49 |
|   28 | Sikkim        |   1 |    0 |    1 |
|   29 | Tamil Nadu    |  40 |   38 |   78 |
|   30 | Telangana     |  29 |   37 |   66 |
|   31 | Tripura       |   2 |    1 |    3 |
|   32 | Uttar Pradesh |  37 |   51 |   88 |
|   33 | Uttarakhand   |   4 |    6 |   10 |
|   34 | West Bengal   |  15 |   26 |   41 |