Question : Criteria for opening New Para Medical Colleges

(a) the details of the criteria laid down for opening new para medical colleges and the infrastructure facilities required therefor;
(b) whether the paramedical colleges are proposed to be opened in Ratlam, Jhabua and Alirajpur district and if so the details thereof and the time by when they are likely to be started;
(c) the number of para medical colleges sanctioned during the last five years in Seoni Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh; and
(d) whether these colleges fulfill all mandatory norms and if not, the action taken or to be taken to derecognize these colleges?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (d): Para medical colleges and other institutions are set up by the State Governments as per their needs. Further, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was earlier administering a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely ‘setting up of State Institutions of Paramedical Sciences in States and setting up of Colleges of Paramedical education’ with aim to augment the supply of skilled allied health manpower. However, no proposal was received from the State Government of Madhya Pradesh for Ratlam, Jhabua, Alirajpur and Seoni Balaghat district. The Scheme has already been discontinued since 31st March, 2020.
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