Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), 157 Government medical colleges have been approved in three phases. Out of these, 108 medical colleges have become functional. The phase wise details of medical colleges approved in the country are at Annexure-I.

The Government has increased number of medical colleges and subsequently increased MBBS seats. There is an increase of 82% in medical colleges from 387 before 2014 to 706 as of now. Further, there is an increase of 112% in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 1,08,848 as of now.

Some of the measures/steps taken by the Government to augment the medical education facilities and to improve the medical standards in the country include: -

1. CSS for establishment of new medical colleges by upgrading district/ referral hospital under which 157 new medical colleges have been approved, out of which 108 are already functional.
2. CSS for strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/ Central Government medical colleges to increase the number of MBBS (UG) and PG seats.
3. Under “Upgradation of Government medical colleges by construction of Super Specialty Blocks” of PMSSY scheme, a total of 75 projects have been approved, of which 64 projects are complete.   
4. Under the Central Sector Scheme for setting up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved. Undergraduate courses have started in 19 of these.
5. Relaxation in the norms for setting up of medical college in terms of requirement for faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastructure.
6. DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as teaching faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.
7. Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re-employment against posts of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges upto 70 years.

 

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’ with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing Government or private medical college with fund sharing between the Centre and State Governments in the ratio of 90:10 for North Eastern and Special Category States and 60:40 for others.

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Annexure-I

 

State-wise details of 157 Medical Colleges approved under the Centrally Sponsored scheme for ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’

 

	S.No		State/UT	Districts
	Phase-I (58)
	1		A & N Islands	Port Blair
	2		Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
	3		Assam	Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Diphu
	4		Bihar	Purnia, Saran (Chhapara), Samastipur
	5		Chhattisgarh	Rajnandgaon, Sarguja
	6		Himachal Pradesh	Chamba, Hamirpur, Nahan (Sirmour)
	7		Haryana	Bhiwani
	8		Jharkhand	Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj)
	9		Jammu & Kashmir	Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua
	10		Madhya Pradesh	Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, Shivpuri
	11		Maharashtra	Gondia
	12		Meghalaya	West Garo Hills (Tura)
	13		Mizoram	Falkawn
	14		Nagaland	Naga Hospital (Kohima)
	15		Odisha	Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Puri
	16		Punjab	SAS Nagar
	17		Rajasthan	Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali,  Sikar
	18		Uttar Pradesh	Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Bahraich
	19		Uttarakhand	Almora
	20		West Bengal	Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch behar, Diamond harbour, Purulia, Raiganj (North Dinajpur)
	Phase –II (24)
	1		Bihar	Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Buxar, Jamui
	2		Jharkhand	Koderma, Chaibasa (Singhbhum)
	3		Madhya Pradesh	Satna
	4		Odisha	Jajpur
	5		Rajasthan	Dholpur
	6		Uttar Pradesh	Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur
	7		West Bengal	Barasat, Uluberia, Arambagh, Jhargram, Tamluk
	8		Sikkim	Gangtok
Phase-III (75)
1		Andhra Pradesh		Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam
2		Assam		Kokrajhar
3		Chhattisgarh		Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker
4		Gujarat		Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi
5		Jammu & Kashmir		Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)
6		Karnataka		Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura
7		Ladakh		Leh
8		Madhya Pradesh		Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli
9		Maharashtra		Nandurbar
10		Manipur		Churachandpur
11		Nagaland		Mon
12		Odisha		Kalahandi
13		Punjab		Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur
14		Rajasthan		Alwar, Baran, Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli, Nagaur, Shri Ganganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa
15		Uttarakhand		Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar
16		Uttar Pradesh		Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, LakhimpurKheri, Chandauli, Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Amethi
17		Tamil Nadu		Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi
18		West Bengal		Jalpaiguri

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