Lok Sabha Question No. 1115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-04
Subject: Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, VIRENDRA  KUMAR, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, KAUSHAL KISHORE, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1115 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 1115. SHRI NANA PATOLE:

DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK":

DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has takenote of uneven distribution of medical colleges across the country,  if  so,  the  details thereof  indicating  the  number  of Government  and  private  medical colleges along with the number of graduate and postgraduate seats therein, State/UT - wise;
- (b)whether the Government has drawn any action plan to scale up the availability of medical colleges, particularly in States/ UTs deficient of medical colleges and also remote, inaccessible and hilly areas of the country and if so, the details thereof, State/ UT - wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received any proposal for setting up of medical colleges from various States/UTs;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action tak n/proposed to be taken by the Government thereon during each of the last three ye ars and the current year, State/UTwise; and
- (e) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to maintain the standard and quality of medical education in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a) & (b): The details indicating the number of Government and Private medical college alongwith the number of graduate and postgraduate seats State/UT -wise are at Annexure -I & II. With a view to bridging the gap in underserved areas, the Central Govern ment is implementing a CSS, namely 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with District/Referral Hospitals'. Under the scheme 58 Medical Colleges are to be established in districts which do not h Medical College. So far funds for establishmen t of 22 Colleges have been released to states.

Further,  the  norms/criteria  for  establishing  a  medical  college  are  prescribed Medical  Council  of  India's  (MCI)  Regulations  namely  'Establishment  of  Medical  College Regulations,  1999'.  This  Regulation provides for relaxed norms relating to land requirement, bed occupancy to facilitate the setting up medical college in North East and Hilly Areas.

## (c) & (d): Details are at Annexure -III

(e): Medical  Council  of  India  under  the  IMC  Act,  1956  & Regulations  made  thereunder regulate and maintain the standards of medical education in the country.

## ANNEXURE-I

| STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   | STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2015-16   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.                                                     |                                                         | Government                                              | Government                                              | Private                                                 | Private                                                 | Total                                                   | Total                                                   |
| No.                                                     | State                                                   | No. of Colleges                                         | Seats                                                   | No. of Colleges                                         | Seats                                                   | No. of Colleges                                         | Seats                                                   |
| 1                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                          | 17                                                      | 2700                                                    | 30                                                      | 4450                                                    | 47                                                      | 7150                                                    |
| 2                                                       | A & N Islands                                           | 1                                                       | 100                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                       | 100                                                     |
| 3                                                       | Assam                                                   | 6                                                       | 726                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 6                                                       | 726                                                     |
| 4                                                       | Bihar                                                   | 9                                                       | 950                                                     | 4                                                       | 400                                                     | 13                                                      | 1350                                                    |
| 5                                                       | Chandigarh                                              | 1                                                       | 100                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                       | 100                                                     |
| 6                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                            | 5                                                       | 550                                                     | 1                                                       | 150                                                     | 6                                                       | 700                                                     |
| 7                                                       | Delhi                                                   | 5                                                       | 800                                                     | 2                                                       | 200                                                     | 7                                                       | 1000                                                    |
| 8                                                       | Goa                                                     | 1                                                       | 150                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                       | 150                                                     |
| 9                                                       | Gujarat                                                 | 11                                                      | 1830                                                    | 13                                                      | 1400                                                    | 24                                                      | 3230                                                    |
| 10                                                      | Haryana                                                 | 4                                                       | 500                                                     | 4                                                       | 400                                                     | 8                                                       | 900                                                     |
| 11                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                        | 2                                                       | 200                                                     | 1                                                       | 150                                                     | 3                                                       | 350                                                     |
| 12                                                      | Jammu & Kashmir                                         | 3                                                       | 400                                                     | 1                                                       | 100                                                     | 4                                                       | 500                                                     |
| 13                                                      | Jharkhand                                               | 3                                                       | 350                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 3                                                       | 350                                                     |
| 14                                                      | Karnataka                                               | 15                                                      | 1850                                                    | 35                                                      | 5405                                                    | 50                                                      | 7255                                                    |
| 15                                                      | Kerala                                                  | 9                                                       | 1250                                                    | 21                                                      | 2400                                                    | 30                                                      | 3650                                                    |
| 16                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                          | 6                                                       | 800                                                     | 8                                                       | 1200                                                    | 14                                                      | 2000                                                    |
| 17                                                      | Maharashtra                                             | 21                                                      | 2950                                                    | 27                                                      | 3645                                                    | 48                                                      | 6595                                                    |
| 18                                                      | Manipur                                                 | 2                                                       | 200                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 2                                                       | 200                                                     |
| 19                                                      | Meghalaya                                               | 1                                                       | 50                                                      | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                       | 50                                                      |
| 20                                                      | Orissa                                                  | 3                                                       | 550                                                     | 5                                                       | 600                                                     | 8                                                       | 1150                                                    |
| 21                                                      | Pondicherry                                             | 1                                                       | 150                                                     | 7                                                       | 1050                                                    | 8                                                       | 1200                                                    |
| 22                                                      | Punjab                                                  | 3                                                       | 450                                                     | 7                                                       | 845                                                     | 10                                                      | 1295                                                    |
| 23                                                      | Rajasthan                                               | 8                                                       | 1400                                                    | 5                                                       | 750                                                     | 13                                                      | 2150                                                    |
| 24                                                      | Sikkim                                                  | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                       | 100                                                     | 1                                                       | 100                                                     |
| 25                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                              | 22                                                      | 2915                                                    | 24                                                      | 3300                                                    | 46                                                      | 6215                                                    |
| 26                                                      | Tripura                                                 | 2                                                       | 200                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 2                                                       | 200                                                     |
| 27                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                           | 15                                                      | 1949                                                    | 21                                                      | 2750                                                    | 36                                                      | 4699                                                    |
| 28                                                      | Uttarakhand                                             | 2                                                       | 200                                                     | 2                                                       | 300                                                     | 4                                                       | 500                                                     |
| 29                                                      | West Bengal                                             | 14                                                      | 2050                                                    | 3                                                       | 400                                                     | 17                                                      | 2450                                                    |
| 30                                                      | AIIMS                                                   | 7                                                       | 673                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 7                                                       | 673                                                     |
| 31                                                      | JIPMER                                                  | 1                                                       | 150                                                     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                       | 150                                                     |
|                                                         | TOTAL                                                   | 200                                                     | 27143                                                   | 222                                                     | 29995                                                   | 422                                                     | 57138                                                   |

| State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   | State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   | State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   | State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   | State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   | State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   | State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   | State wise details of total PG seats in the Country   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                               | State/UT                                              | MD                                                    | MS                                                    | MCH                                                   | DM                                                    | Diploma                                               | Total                                                 |
| 1                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 1438                                                  | 789                                                   | 113                                                   | 102                                                   | 471                                                   | 2913                                                  |
| 2                                                     | Assam                                                 | 218                                                   | 118                                                   | 10                                                    | 7                                                     | 63                                                    | 416                                                   |
| 3                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 260                                                   | 147                                                   | 3                                                     | 2                                                     | 60                                                    | 472                                                   |
| 4                                                     | Chandigarh                                            | 41                                                    | 23                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 64                                                    |
| 5                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | 44                                                    | 28                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 18                                                    | 90                                                    |
| 6                                                     | Delhi                                                 | 598                                                   | 321                                                   | 81                                                    | 56                                                    | 147                                                   | 1203                                                  |
| 7                                                     | Goa                                                   | 56                                                    | 25                                                    | 2                                                     | 0                                                     | 20                                                    | 103                                                   |
| 8                                                     | Gujarat                                               | 903                                                   | 418                                                   | 51                                                    | 29                                                    | 298                                                   | 1699                                                  |
| 9                                                     | Haryana                                               | 195                                                   | 92                                                    | 6                                                     | 0                                                     | 49                                                    | 342                                                   |
| 10                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 93                                                    | 49                                                    | 2                                                     | 2                                                     | 13                                                    | 159                                                   |
| 11                                                    | Jammu & Kashmir                                       | 158                                                   | 124                                                   | 10                                                    | 12                                                    | 69                                                    | 373                                                   |
| 12                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 82                                                    | 43                                                    | 1                                                     | 0                                                     | 61                                                    | 187                                                   |
| 13                                                    | Karnataka                                             | 1881                                                  | 862                                                   | 108                                                   | 97                                                    | 670                                                   | 3618                                                  |
| 14                                                    | Kerala                                                | 605                                                   | 275                                                   | 81                                                    | 93                                                    | 224                                                   | 1278                                                  |
| 15                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 384                                                   | 233                                                   | 8                                                     | 9                                                     | 122                                                   | 756                                                   |
| 16                                                    | Maharashtra                                           | 1730                                                  | 849                                                   | 109                                                   | 81                                                    | 496                                                   | 3265                                                  |
| 17                                                    | Manipur                                               | 81                                                    | 36                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 6                                                     | 123                                                   |
| 18                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 8                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 8                                                     |
| 19                                                    | Orissa                                                | 359                                                   | 166                                                   | 13                                                    | 16                                                    | 4                                                     | 558                                                   |
| 20                                                    | Pondicherry                                           | 246                                                   | 119                                                   | 7                                                     | 2                                                     | 39                                                    | 413                                                   |
| 21                                                    | Punjab                                                | 569                                                   | 309                                                   | 60                                                    | 60                                                    | 56                                                    | 1054                                                  |
| 22                                                    | Rajasthan                                             | 609                                                   | 305                                                   | 55                                                    | 40                                                    | 55                                                    | 1064                                                  |
| 23                                                    | Sikkim                                                | 18                                                    | 4                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 22                                                    |
| 24                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | 1107                                                  | 618                                                   | 167                                                   | 150                                                   | 563                                                   | 2605                                                  |
| 25                                                    | Tripura                                               | 19                                                    | 11                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 30                                                    |
| 26                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 834                                                   | 440                                                   | 60                                                    | 81                                                    | 213                                                   | 1628                                                  |
| 27                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 105                                                   | 50                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 15                                                    | 170                                                   |
| 28                                                    | West Bengal                                           | 564                                                   | 318                                                   | 66                                                    | 75                                                    | 214                                                   | 1237                                                  |
|                                                       | TOTAL                                                 | 13205                                                 | 6772                                                  | 1013                                                  | 914                                                   | 3946                                                  | 25850                                                 |

## ANNEXURE -III

## Details of Number of proposals received and permission granted for establishment of medical colleges during the last three years

| SL.   |                   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |    |
|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----|
|       |                   | Received  | Approved  | Disapp.   | Received  | Approved  | Disapp.   | Received  | Approved  | Disapp.   | Received  |    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 14        | 3         | 11        | 15        | 3         | 12        | 7         | 1         | 6         | 3         |    |
| 2     | Assam             | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |    |
|       | Bihar             | 6         | 2         | 4         | 4         | 0         | 4         | 4         | 0         | 4         | 2         | 3  |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh      | 8         | 2         | 6         | 6         | 1         | 5         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 4         |    |
| 5     | Delhi             | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 1         |    |
| 6     | Gujarat           | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 3         | 2         | 1         | 1         |    |
|       | Himachal Pradesh  | 2         | 1         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 4         | 7  |
| 8     | Haryana           | 1         | 1         | 0         | 5         | 0         | 5         | 3         | 1         | 2         | 6         |    |
|       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2         | 0         | 2         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 9  |
|       | Jharkhand         | 3         | 0         | 3         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 2         | 10 |
| 11    | Karnataka         | 17        | 3         | 14        | 11        | 1         | 10        | 14        | 3         | 11        | 8         |    |
|       | Kerala            | 5         | 2         | 3         | 13        | 5         | 8         | 6         | 0         | 6         | 9         | 12 |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh    | 2         | 1         | 1         | 6         | 1         | 5         | 4         | 1         | 3         | 11        |    |
| 14    | Maharashtra       | 7         | 0         | 7         | 10        | 1         | 9         | 10        | 3         | 7         | 5         |    |
| 15    | Orissa            | 2         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |    |
| 16    | Punjab            | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |    |
| 17    | Rajasthan         | 4         | 0         | 4         | 5         | 2         | 3         | 2         | 1         | 1         | 5         |    |
| 18    | Tamil Nadu        | 6         | 3         | 3         | 4         | 0         | 4         | 5         | 1         | 4         | 8         |    |
|       | Uttar Pradesh     | 14        | 3         | 11        | 17        | 2         | 15        | 18        | 4         | 14        | 21        | 19 |
| 20    | Uttarakhand       | 1         | 0         | 1         | 3         | 0         | 3         | 4         | 0         | 4         | 1         |    |
| 21    | West Bengal       | 5         | 2         | 3         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 3         |    |
| 22    | Sikkim            | 2         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |    |
| 23    | Meghalya          | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |    |
| 24    | Nagaland          | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 1         |    |
|       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 25 |
|       | Mizoram           | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 1         | 26 |
| 27    | Tripura           | 1         | 0         | 1         |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |    |
| 28    | Puducherry        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         |    |
|       | Telangana         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 10        | 28 |
| 30    | A & C Nicobar     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         |    |
| TOTAL | TOTAL             | 109       | 25        | 84        | 105       | 17        | 88        | 91        | 18        | 73        | 107*      |    |