Govt approved to set up 157 new medical colleges in districts across the country: Health Minister

Published On 2021-02-16 03:30 GMT | Update On 2021-02-16 03:30 GMT

New Delhi: The Government has approved the establishment of 157 new medical colleges by upgrading the hospitals in districts where there are no medical colleges, the MoS Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, recently informed the parliament. He stated that the new colleges will be set up in three phases, under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for "Establishment of new medical colleges attached...

He stated that the new colleges will be set up in three phases, under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for "Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals " for the establishment of the medical college by upgrading the district hospitals in districts where there are no medical colleges.

In his written response to Lok Sabha, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Choubey presented State-wise details of these 157 colleges along with funds earmarked for the opening of these colleges. As per the minister, there is a plan to set up 58 medical colleges in 20 states under phase one of the scheme. Further 24 medical colleges in 8 states and 75 colleges in 18 states will be set up under phases two and three, respectively.

Phase one

Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will get the biggest share of 7 colleges in the districts of Barmer, Bharatpur Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali and Sikar in Rajasthan and Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, and Shivpuri districts of Madhya Pradesh. Closely followed by 5 colleges in Uttar Pradesh in the districts of Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur and Bahra.

Similarly, Assam will get 4 colleges in the districts of Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur and Diphu. Bihar will have colleges in districts of Purnia, Saran(Chhapara), Samastipur. Phase one will see the establishment of 5 colleges each in Jammu and Kashmir and Orissa. the states of Chattisgarh and Haryana will get 2 colleges each. Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttarakhand will get 3 colleges each in phase one and one college each will be set up in Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram , Nagaland, Punjab and Andaman and Nicobar islands.

The total cost of the establishment of one Medical College under this scheme is Rs.189 crore. The fund sharing ratio between the Central Government and States under the Scheme is 90:10 for North East and the Special Category States and 60:40 for other States.

Phase two

Phase two will see the establishment of 24 medical colleges in 8 states with a maximum of 8 colleges in Uttar Pradesh in the districts Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar(Domariyaganj, Deoria Ghazipur and Mirzapur. Bihar and West Bengal will get 5 colleges each. Jharkhand will get 2 colleges followed by one college each in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Sikkim, and Rajasthan.

The total cost of the establishment of one Medical College under this scheme is Rs 250 crore.

Phase three

75 colleges in 18 states will be established in phase 3 with a maximum of 15 colleges to be set up in Rajasthan in the districts of Alwar, Baran, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli, Nagaur, Shri Ganganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu and Dausa. Followed by UP (13), Tamil Nadu (10), MP (5) and Gujrat(5) . States of Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Manipur and West Bengal will get 1 college each in phase three.

The State-wise details of these 157 college under three phases is as under:

Phase 1

Sl. N.	State/UT		Districts	Total amount	Central Share 60% (90% for NE)
1	A & N Islands	1	Port Blair	189.00	113.40
2	Arunachal Pradesh	2	Naharlagun	189.00	170.10
3	Assam	3	Dhubri	189.00	170.10
		4	Nagaon	189.00	170.10
		5	North Lakhimpur	189.00	170.10
		6	Diphu	189.00	170.10
4	Bihar	7	Purnia	189.00	113.40
		8	Saran (Chhapara)	189.00	113.40
		9	Samastipur	189.00	113.40
5	Chhattisgarh	10	Rajnandgaon	189.00	113.40
5	Chhattisgarh	11	Sarguja	189.00	113.40
6	Himachal Pradesh	12	Chamba	189.00	170.10
		13	Hamirpur	189.00	170.10
		14	Nahan (Sirmour)	189.00	170.10
7	Haryana	15	Bhiwani	189.00	113.4
8	Jharkhand	16	Dumka	189.00	113.40
		17	Hazaribagh	189.00	113.40
		18	Palamu (Daltonganj)	189.00	113.40
9	Jammu & Kashmir	19	Anantnag	189.00	170.10
		20	Baramulla	189.00	170.10
		21	Rajouri	189.00	170.10
		22	Doda	189.00	170.10
		23	Kathua	189.00	170.10
10	Madhya Pradesh	24	Datia	189.00	113.40
		25	Khandwa	189.00	113.40
		26	Ratlam	189.00	113.40
		27	Shahdol	189.00	113.40
		28	Vidisha	189.00	113.40
		29	Chindwara	189.00	113.40
		30	Shivpuri	189.00	113.40
11	Maharashtra	31	Gondia	189.00	113.40
12	Meghalaya	32	West Garo Hills (Tura)	189.00	170.10
13	Mizoram	33	Falkawn	189.00	170.10
14	Nagaland	34	Naga Hospital	189.00	170.10
15	Odisha	35	Balasore	189.00	113.40
15	Odisha	36	Baripada (Mayurbhanj)	189.00	113.40

		37	Bolangir	189.00	113.40
		38	Koraput	189.00	113.40
		39	Puri	189.00	113.40
16	Punjab	40	SAS Nagar	189.00	113.40
17	Rajasthan	41	Barmer	189.00	113.40
		42	Bharatpur	189.00	113.40
		43	Bhilwara	189.00	113.40
		44	Churu	189.00	113.40
		45	Dungarpur	189.00	113.40
		46	Pali	189.00	113.40
		47	Sikar	189.00	113.40
18	Uttar Pradesh	48	Basti	189.00	113.40
		49	Faizabad	189.00	113.40
		50	Firozabad	189.00	113.40
		51	Shahjahanpur	189.00	113.40
		52	Bahraich	189.00	113.40
19	Uttarakhand	53	Almora	189.00	170.10
20	West Bengal	54	Birbhum (Rampur Hat)	189.00	113.40
		55	Cooch behar	189.00	113.40
		56	Diamond harbour	189.00	113.40
		57	Purulia	189.00	113.40
		58	Raiganj, North Dinajpur	189.00	113.40
	Total			10962.00	7541.10

Phase-II

S.No.	State		Location of medical college	Approved Cost	Central Share
1	Bihar	1	Sitamarhi	250	150
		2	Jhanjharpur	250	150
		3	Siwan	250	150
		4	Buxar	250	150
		5	Jamui	250	150
2	Jharkhand	6	Koderma	250	150
2	Jharkhand	7	Chaibasa (Singhbhum)	250	150
3	Madhya Pradesh	8	Satna	250	150
4	Odisha	9	Jajpur	250	150
5	Rajasthan	10	Dholpur	250	150
6	Uttar Pradesh	11	Etah	250	150
		12	Hardoi	250	150
		13	Pratapgarh	250	150
		14	Fatehpur	250	150
		15	Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj)	250	150
		16	Deoria	250	150
		17	Ghazipur	250	150
		18	Mirzapur	250	150
7	West Bengal	19	Barasat	250	150
		20	Uluberia	250	150
		21	Arambagh	250	150
		22	Jhargram	250	150
		23	Tamluk	250	150
8	Sikkim	24	Gangtok	250	225
Total				6000	3675

Phase-III

Sl. No.	Name of the State	S. No.	Name of the Districts	Approved Cost	Central Share
1	Andhra Pradesh	1	Piduguralla	325	195
		2	Paderu	325	195
		3	Machilipatnam	325	195
2	Assam	4	Kokrajhar	325	292.5
3	Chhattisgarh	5	Korba	325	195
		6	Mahasamund	325	195
		7	Kanker	325	195
4	Gujarat	8	Narmada	325	195
		9	Navsari	325	195
		10	Panchmahal	325	195
		11	Porbandar	325	195
		12	Morbi	325	195
5	Jammu and Kashmir	13	Udhampur	325	292.5
5	Jammu and Kashmir	14	Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)	325	292.5
6	Karnataka	15	Chikkamagaluru	325	195
		16	Haveri	325	195
		17	Yadgiri	325	195
		18	Chikkaballapura	325	195
7	Ladakh	19	Leh	325	292.5
8	Madhya Pradesh	20	Rajgarh	325	195
		21	Mandla	325	195
		22	Neemuch	325	195
		23	Mandsaur	325	195
		24	Sheopur	325	195
		25	Singrauli	325	195
9	Maharashtra	26	Nandurbar	325	195
10	Manipur	27	Churachandpur	325	292.5
11	Nagaland	28	Mon	325	292.5
12	Odisha	29	Kalahandi	325	195
13	Punjab	30	Kapurthala	325	195
13	Punjab	31	Hoshiarpur	325	195
14	Rajasthan	32	Alwar	325	195
		33	Baran	325	195
		34	Bansawara	325	195
		35	Chittorgarh	325	195
		36	Jaisalmer	325	195
		37	Karauli	325	195
		38	Nagaur	325	195
		39	Shri Ganganagar	325	195
		40	Sirohi	325	195
		41	Bundi	325	195
		42	Sawai Madhopur	325	195
		43	Tonk	325	195
		44	Hanumangarh	325	195
		45	Jhunjhunu	325	195
		46	Dausa	325	195

15	Uttarakhand	47	Rudrapur, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar	325	292.5
		48	Pithoragarh	325	292.5
		49	Haridwar	325	292.5
16	Uttar Pradesh	50	Bijnaur	322.79	193.67
		51	Kushinagar	325	195
		52	Sultanpur	324.98	194.99
		53	Gonda	325	195
		54	Lalitpur	325	195
		55	Lakhimpur Kheri	324.22	194.53
		56	Chandauli (AD)	325	195
		57	Bulandshahar	325	195
		58	Sonbhadra (AD)	325	195
		59	Pilibhit	325	195
		60	Auraiya	325	195
		61	Kanpur Dehat	323.42	194.05
		62	Kaushambi	325	195
		63	Amethi	325	195
17	Tamil Nadu	64	Tiruppur	325	195
		65	Nilgiris	325	195
		66	Ramanathapuram	325	195
		67	Namakkal	325	195
		68	Dindigul	325	195
		69	Virudhunagar	325	195
		70	Krishnagiri	325	195
		71	Tiruvallur	325	195
		72	Nagapattinam	325	195
		73	Ariyalur	325	195
		74	Kallakurichi	325	195
18	West Bengal	75	Jalpaiguri	325	195
	Total			24370.41	15499.7

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