Question : New Medical Colleges

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up new medical colleges in various Lok Sabha Constituencies;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the funds earmarked for the purpose, State/UTwise;

(c) whether the present hospitals are proposed to be upgraded to medical colleges;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the manner in which infrastructure would be created for new medical colleges, State/ UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh and
Rajasthan; and

(e) the criteria being adopted for selecting the locations for setting up of these new medical colleges?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) to (e): This Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals.

Under Phase-I of the scheme, 58 districts in 20 States/UT have been identified to establish new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. Out of these, 56 have been approved till date. Funds to the tune of Rs.5188.42 crore have been released to the State/UT Governments for the approved districts under the Scheme. The list of 58 identified Districts is at Annexure-A.

Under Phase-II of this Scheme, the requirement of 24 new medical colleges has been identified for ensuring the availability of one medical college in every 3 Parliamentary Constituencies and one Government medical college in each State. The location of these 24 new Medical Colleges will be selected on Challenge Mode. The list of identified blocks is at Annexure-B. This Phase-II will commence from the financial year 2018-19.