Government to focus on Setting Up of Medical Colleges

To meet the shortfall of human resources/facilities in health sector, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishment of New Medical Colleges by upgrading district/referral hospitals has been introduced with focus on underserved areas of the country. 58 districts under the scheme in 20 States/UTs have been identified.

As per the laid down procedure, Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) submitted by the State/UTs are required to be evaluated by a Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) before they are approved by the Empowered Committee (EC). Implementation is to be carried out by the respective States/UTs.

Details regarding number of government and private medical colleges established during the last three years including current year with intake capacity of MBBS seats are given at below:-

Medical Colleges set up during the year 2013-14
S. No	State	No. of Medical Colleges set up		No. of MBBS involved
		Govt.	Pvt.	Govt.	Pvt.
1	Andhra Pradesh	1	2	100	300
2	Bihar	2	-	200	-
3	Chhattisgarh	1	1	50	150
4	Delhi	1	-	50	-
5	Haryana	1	-	100	-
6	Himachal Pradesh	-	1	-	150
7	Karnataka	1	2	100	300
8	Kerala	1	1	100	150
9	Maharashtra	-	1	-	100
10	Odisha	-	1	-	100
11	Tamil Nadu	2	1	200	150
12	Uttar Pradesh	2	1	200	100
13	West Bengal	1	1	100	150
	Total	13	12	1200	1650

Medical Colleges set up during the year 2014-15
S. No	State	No. of medical Colleges set up		No. of MBBS seats involved
		Govt.	Pvt.	Govt.	Pvt.
1	Andhra Pradesh	2	1	250	150
2	Assam	1	-	100	-
3	Chhattisgarh	1	-	100	-
4	Karnataka	-	1	-	150
5	Kerala	2	3	150	400
6	Madhya Pradesh	-	1	-	150
7	Maharashtra	-	1	-	150
8	Rajasthan	1	1	100	150
9	Uttar Pradesh	-	2	-	300
	Total	7	10	700	1450

Medical Colleges set up during the year 2015-16
S. No	State	No. of medical Colleges set up		No. of MBBS seats involved
		Govt.	Pvt.	Govt.	Pvt.
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1	-	100	-
2	Andhra Pradesh	-	1	-	150
3	Gujarat	2	-	300	-
4	Haryana	1	-	100	-
5	Karnataka	3	-	450	-
6	Madhya Pradesh	-	1	-	150
7	Maharashtra	2	1	100	250
8	Rajasthan	-	1	-	150
9	Tamil Nadu	1	-	100	-
10	Uttar Pradesh	1	3	100	450
	Total	11	7	1250	1150