Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Update on Medical Colleges


157 medical colleges have been approved since 2014

Posted On: 01 AUG 2023 2:19PM by PIB Delhi

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. State-wise nursing colleges are as under:

Andaman & Nicobar Islands (01), Arunachal Pradesh (01), Andhra Pradesh (03), Assam (05), Bihar (08), Chhattisgarh (05), Gujarat (05), Jharkhand (05), Jammu & Kashmir (07), Himachal Pradesh (03), Haryana (01), Karnataka (04), Ladakh (01), Madhya Pradesh (14), Maharashtra (02) Manipur (01), Meghalaya (01), Mizoram (01), Nagaland (02), Odisha (07), Punjab (03), Rajasthan (23), Uttarakhand (04), Uttar Pradesh (27), Tamil Nadu (11), West Bengal (11) Sikkim (01).

The funding pattern for the establishment of these 157 nursing colleges is as under:

(₹ In Cr)

No. of colleges

Ratio

Central Share

State Share

Total

UTs without legislation:

2x10 = 20

100%

10x2=20

0

20

North Eastern/ Special Category States: 22x10 = 220

90:10

22x9=198

22x1 = 22

220

Other States: 133x10 = 1330

60:40

133x6= 798

133x4 = 532

1330

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