The Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has said that the list of medical colleges approved by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)   is at Annex.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that four ESIC medical Colleges have already been started at the following locations:-

i.     Rajajinagar, Bangalore from academic session 2012-13.

ii.    Gulbarga, Karnataka from academic session 2013-14.

iii.   K.K. Nagar, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) from academic session 2013-14.

iv.  Joka, Kolkata (West Bengal) from academic session 2013-14.

The Minister said that admissions to the above ESIC Medical Colleges are  done as per following policy/quotas:

1.     All India Quota – 15% seats- To be filled as per the policy and procedure of the Central Government.

2.     State Government Quota – Percentage of seats   as per State Government policy applicable to  ‘non-minority self financed’ institutions- To be filled as per the policy and procedure of the State Government

3.     ESIC Management Quota – Balance seats after (1) & (2) above, for ‘Wards of Insured Persons (IPs)’ on All India basis to be filled through merit cum preference basis.

ANNEX

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) & (d) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question 3542 for 15.12.2014 by Shri D.S. Rathod  and Shri K. Parasuraman regarding Medical College under ESIC.               

LIST OF APPROVED ESIC MEDICAL COLLEGE  PROJECTS

The three locations were approved by the Corporation with the stipulation that further action to be taken in this regard would be subject to decision of the Corporation on “White paper on Medical Education”. The Corporation authorized its Chairman to constitute a Tri-partite Committee to look into the issue.

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