THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 37 FOR 23rd NOVEMBER, 2012
(a) At present, there are 362 medical colleges in the country, out of which 168 are in Government sector and 194 in private
sector. The intake capacity for MBBS course of these medical colleges is 45629 annually and 22503 for postgraduate courses.
The state-wise details of MBBS seats and Post Graduate (PG) seats are at Annexure-I & II.
(b) & (c) No Sir. However, in order to increase the number of MBBS and PG seats in the country, the Central Government has
rationalized the Medical Council of India (MCI) Regulations in terms of land requirement, bed strength, bed occupancy,
maximum admission capacity, increase in age of teaching faculty, utilization of district hospitals for establishment of
new medical colleges in the government sector and increase in teacher students ratio for PG courses. This has resulted in
increase in 10262 undergraduate seats and 7585 PG seats during the last three years i.e. 2010-11 to 2012-13.
Further under the scheme for strengthening & upgradation of government medical colleges for increase of postgraduate
seats, 72 medical colleges have been supported which envisages increase of approximately 4000 PG seats. The 12th Plan
envisages establishment of medical colleges by upgrading the district hospitals and increase in intake capacity of MBBS
seats in the existing government medical colleges.
(d) The detail of proposals for setting up new medical colleges received and approved during the last 3 years and for the
next academic year is as under:
Academic year No. of proposals received No of proposals approved
2010-11 37 14
2011-12 86 21
2012-13 77 20
2013-14 109 -
The state/UT wise detail of proposals for the last three year and the current year is at Annexure-III.
