Question : Medical Colleges

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

(a) whether the Government has taken note 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 taken/proposed to be taken by the Government thereon during each of the last three years 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?

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)
(a) & (b): The details indicating the number of Government and Private medical colleges 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 Government 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 have a Medical College. So far funds for establishment of 22 Colleges have been released to states.



Further, the norms/criteria for establishing a medical college are prescribed by the 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
Sl. No. State Government Private Total
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


ANNEXURE-II
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 2014-15 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
3 Bihar 6 2 4 4 0 4 4 0 4 2
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
7 Himachal Pradesh 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4
8 Haryana 1 1 0 5 0 5 3 1 2 6
9 Jammu & Kashmir 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 Jharkhand 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 2
11 Karnataka 17 3 14 11 1 10 14 3 11 8
12 Kerala 5 2 3 13 5 8 6 0 6 9
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
19 Uttar Pradesh 14 3 11 17 2 15 18 4 14 21
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
25 Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Mizoram 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
27 Tripura 1 0 1
28 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
28 Telangana 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10
30 A & C Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TOTAL 109 25 84 105 17 88 91 18 73 107*
* For the current Academic year i.e. 2016-17 the proposals have beene forwarded to the MCI for processing.