Ministry of Health and Family Welfare02-February, 2024 15:11 IST
Progress achieved in Medical Education

Increase of 82% in medical colleges from 387 before 2014 to 706 as of now Increase of 112% in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 1,08,940 at present Increase of 127% in PG seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 70,645 currently Out of 157 approved New Medical Colleges, 108 are currently functional Undergraduate courses have commenced in 19 of 22 AIIMS

The Government has increased number of medical colleges and subsequently increased MBBS/PG 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, there is also an increase of 127% in PG seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 70,645 as of now.

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. Under the Scheme,  all the envisaged 157 medical colleges have been approved in three phases, Out of these, 108 medical colleges have become functional. The state-wise and year-wise details of medical colleges approved under the scheme and funds released to these colleges in last three years are as under:

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

No. of colleges

Districts

 

Phase-I (58)

 

1

A & N Islands

1

Port Blair

 

2

Arunachal Pradesh

1

Naharlagun

 

3

Assam

4

Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Diphu

 

4

Bihar

3

Purnia, Saran (Chhapara), Samastipur

 

5

Chhattisgarh

2

Rajnandgaon, Sarguja

 

6

Himachal Pradesh

3

Chamba, Hamirpur, Nahan (Sirmour)

 

7

Haryana

1

Bhiwani

 

8

Jharkhand

3

Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj)

 

9

Jammu & Kashmir

5

Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua

 

10

Madhya Pradesh

7

Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, Shivpuri

 

11

Maharashtra

1

Gondia

 

12

Meghalaya

1

West Garo Hills (Tura)

 

13

Mizoram

1

Falkawn

 

14

Nagaland

1

Naga Hospital (Kohima)

 

15

Odisha

5

Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Puri

 

16

Punjab

1

SAS Nagar

 

17

Rajasthan

7

Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali,  Sikar

 

18

Uttar Pradesh

5

Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Bahraich

 

19

Uttarakhand

1

Almora

 

20

West Bengal

5

Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch behar, Diamond harbour, Purulia, Raiganj (North Dinajpur)

 

Phase –II (24)

 

1

Bihar

5

Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Buxar, Jamui

 

2

Jharkhand

2

Koderma, Chaibasa (Singhbhum)

 

3

Madhya Pradesh

1

Satna

 

4

Odisha

1

Jajpur

 

5

Rajasthan

1

Dholpur

 

6

Uttar Pradesh

8

Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur

 

7

West Bengal

5

Barasat, Uluberia, Arambagh, Jhargram, Tamluk

 

8

Sikkim

1

Gangtok

Phase-III (75)

1

Andhra Pradesh

3

Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam

2

Assam

1

Kokrajhar

3

Chhattisgarh

3

Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker

4

Gujarat

5

Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi

5

Jammu & Kashmir

2

Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)

6

Karnataka

4

Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura

7

Ladakh

1

Leh

8

Madhya Pradesh

6

Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli

9

Maharashtra

1

Nandurbar

10

Manipur

1

Churachandpur

11

Nagaland

1

Mon

12

Odisha

1

Kalahandi

13

Punjab

2

Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur

14

Rajasthan

15

Alwar, Baran, Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli,

Nagaur, Shri Ganganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa

15

Uttarakhand

3

Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar

16

Uttar Pradesh

14

Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, LakhimpurKheri, Chandauli, Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Amethi

17

Tamil Nadu

11

Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul,

Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, Nagapattinam,

Ariyalur, Kallakurichi

18

West Bengal

1

Jalpaiguri
           

 

In addition to this, under the Central Sector Scheme for setting up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved. Undergraduate courses have started in 19 of these.

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

 

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