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 1,08,940 as of now and PG seats have been increased to 127% from 31,185 before 2014 to 70,674 as of now.

The Government has taken various steps to further increase the availability of doctors in the country which include:

1. Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishment of new medical college by upgrading district/ referral hospital under which 108 new medical colleges are already functional out of 157 approved.
2. Centrally Sponsored Scheme for strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS and PG seats.
3. Under “Upgradation of Government Medical Colleges by construction of Super Specialty Blocks” of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (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 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 Government has also taken the following steps to increase the Nurses in the country:

1. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for “Establishment of new Medical College attached with existing district/referral hospital” 157 medical colleges have been approved since 2014. Establishment of 157 nursing colleges have been announced in the budget speech 2023-24 in these medical colleges.
2. For Nursing Educational Programmes, Student patient ratio has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.
3. The land requirement for Nursing Educational Institutes from 3 acres has been relaxed to construct building of 54,000 sq. ft. for School/College of Nursing including Hostel.
4. To open GNM and B.Sc. (Nursing) programme 100 bedded parent hospital is essential since 2013-2014. However, this is relaxed for hilly and tribal areas.
5. Relaxed norms for teaching faculty to start B.Sc. (N) Programme.
6. Maximum of 100 seats will be granted to the institutions for B.Sc.(N)/GNM programmes which have a parent hospital with 300 beds without insisting on Medical College.
7. Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed.  
8. Eligibility Criteria for admission to nursing programmes relaxed.

As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are 13,08,009 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission (NMC) as on June, 2022. Assuming 80% availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors, the doctor-population ratio in the country is 1:834. Also, there are 36.14 lakh nursing personnel in the country as on December, 2022. Assuming 80% availability of nursing personnel, the nurse- population ratio is 1:476.

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.

Annexure-I

STATE/ UT-WISE LIST OF DOCTORS POSSESSING RECOGNISED MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS  AND REGISTERED WITH STATE MEDICAL COUNCILS / THE ERSTWHILE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF  INDIA/ NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION AS ON JUNE, 2022

SI. No.	Name of State Medical Council	Total number of allopathic doctors
	Andhra Pradesh Medical Council	105799
	Arunachal Pradesh Medical Council	1461
	Assam Medical Council	25561
	Bihar Medical Council	48192
	Chhattisgarh Medical Council	10020
	Delhi Medical Council	30817
	Goa Medical Council	4035
	Gujarat Medical Council	72406
	Haryana Medical Council	15687
	Himachal Pradesh Medical Council	5038
	Jammu & Kashmir Medical Council	17574
	Jharkhand Medical Council	7374
	Karnataka Medical Council	134426
	Madhya Pradesh Medical Council	42596
	Maharashtra Medical Council	188545
	Erstwhile Medical Council of India	52669
	Mizoram Medical Council	156
	Nagaland Medical Council	141
	Orissa Council of Medical Registration	26924
	Punjab Medical Council	51689
	Rajasthan Medical Council	48232
	Sikkim Medical Council	1501
	Tamil Nadu Medical Council	148217
	Travancore Medical Council	72999
	Uttar Pradesh Medical Council	89287
	Uttaranchal Medical Council	10243
	West Bengal Medical Council	78740
	Tripura Medical Council	2681
	Telangana Medical Council	14999
	Grand Total	1308009

Source: The National Medical Commission

Note:- Erstwhile MCI had stopped the registration since 2015.

 

Annexure-II

State/UT wise number of trained nurses as on 31.12.2022

S.No.	STATE	ANM	RN & RM
1	Andhra Pradesh	140072	273430
2	Arunachal Pradesh	8147	9070
3	Assam	30174	28599
4	Bihar	19499	26421
5	Chhattisgarh	15213	35052
6	Delhi	5404	85001
7	Goa	424	1546
8	Gujarat	57731	151108
9	Haryana	31989	41518
10	Himachal Pradesh	12007	26611
11	Jharkhand	10900	6773
12	Karnataka	54039	231643
13	Kerala	31646	329492
14	Madhya Pradesh	39563	118793
15	Maharashtra	86426	162205
16	Meghalaya	2339	10626
17	Manipur	4361	12136
18	Mizoram	2570	5282
19	Orissa	75137	91157
20	Punjab	23029	76680
21	Rajasthan	110443	209554
22	Tamil Nadu	64012	348538
23	Tripura	2954	8699
24	Uttar Pradesh	75671	111860
25	Uttarakhand	9779	16947
26	West Bengal	69709	76318
27	Telangana	10219	53314
28	Sikkim	236	2508
29	Nagaland	1477	1536
30	Jammu and Kashmir	5264	3999

Source: Respective State Nurses Registration Council

ANM: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, RN & RM: Registered Nurses & Registered Midwives.

 

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