ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a): As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are 558 Medical Colleges in the country with an intake capacity of 83275 MBBS seats and 42720 PG seats (MD/ MS /DM /M.Ch /Diploma). State/UT-wise details are at Annexure I & II.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for “Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals” for establishment of medical college by upgrading the district hospitals in districts which do not have either a government or a private medical college. Under the scheme 157 new medical colleges approved in three phases. Funds to the tune of Rs.7541.1 crores, Rs. 3675 crores and Rs. 5519.11 crores have been released under Phase – I, II and III respectively. As informed by the State/UT governments, fund of Rs. 3238.09 Cr, Rs. 365.23 Cr. and Rs. 200 cr. have been utilized by them under Phase – I, II and III respectively. Out of 157, 47 medical colleges have become functional.
(b): The norms for establishment of medical colleges have been specified under the Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999. The National Medical Commission
(NMC) has also framed Minimum Requirement Regulations, 2020 which provide for minimum standards viz. requirement of land, infrastructure, faculty, residents, equipments for the medical colleges. The applicant medical college must fulfil these requirements in order to obtain permission from the NMC as mandated under the NMC Act, 2019. The permission is granted only after physical verification of the infrastructure, human resources and other facilities.
(c): During the last academic session 2020-21, no medical college has been derecognised.
(d): The Government has taken various steps to further increase the availability of doctors and nurses in the country which include:-
i) Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishment of new medical college by upgrading district hospital in underserved districts of the country.
ii) Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS and PG seats.
iii) Viability Gap Funding Scheme for establishment of medical colleges in Public-Private Partnership mode.
iv) A Consortium (a group of 2 or upto 4 private organizations) has been allowed to establish a medical college.
v) Relaxation in the norms for setting up of Medical College in terms of requirement for faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastructure.
vi) Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.
vii) DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.
viii) Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re-employment against posts of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges upto 70 years.
ix) The ratio of teachers to students has been rationalized to increase the number of postgraduate medical seats in the country.
x) By amending the regulations, it has been made mandatory for all medical colleges to start PG courses within 3 years from the date of their MBBS recognition /continuation of recognition.
xi) Provision has been made in the Regulations to offer less number of seats to the applicant medical college, in case, it falls short of minimum prescribed requirements of applied intake to avoid wastage of human resources.
xii) Under the Central Sector Scheme - Development of Nursing Services, financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 7 crore for each institution is provided to schools of nursing to be upgraded to college of nursing.
xiii) The requirement of land to construct building for School/College of Nursing and Hostel has been relaxed.
xiv) The requirement of a 100 beded parent hospital has been relaxed for hilly and tribal areas for School/College of Nursing and Hostel.
xv) The student teacher ratio for M.Sc(N) programme has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:10.
xvi) Student patient ratio for Nursing Institutions has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.
xvii) Distance from Nursing School to hospital has been relaxed from 15 km to 30 km. However, for hilly and tribal areas the maximum distance is 50 km. Super speciality hospital can start M.Sc.(N) without having under graduate programme.
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