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2278 Nursing colleges in India: MoS Health informs parliament

MD BureauWritten by MD Bureau Published On 2024-02-09T17:58:51+05:30  |  Updated On 9 Feb 2024 5:58 PM IST
2278 Nursing colleges in India: MoS Health informs parliament
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New Delhi- As per the data presented in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, there are a total of 2278 government and private nursing colleges in India.

Of these 2278 nursing colleges, 234 are government nursing colleges and 2044 are private nursing colleges. Apart from this, a fund of about Rs 7 crore has also been released for 48 colleges in 16 states of India.

State-wise total nursing colleges are mentioned below-

S No.

State

Total

1

Andhra Pradesh

138

2

Arunachal Pradesh

5

3

Assam

21

4

Bihar

15

5

Chandigarh

2

6

Chhattisgarh

114

7

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

8

Daman & Diu

1

9

Delhi

15

10

Goa

6

11

Gujarat

98

12

Haryana

39

13

Himachal Pradesh

34

14

Jammu & Kashmir

18

15

Jharkhand

28

16

Karnataka

367

17

Kerala

155

18

Lakshadweep

1

19

Madhya Pradesh

156

20

Maharashtra

101

21

Manipur

12

22

Meghalaya

4

23

Mizoram

4

24

Nagaland

1

25

Odisha

48

26

Pondicherry/Puducherry

12

27

Punjab

120

28

Rajasthan

166

29

Sikkim

4

30

TamilNadu

196

31

Telangana

88

32

Tripura

5

33

Uttar Pradesh

170

34

Uttarakhand

31

35

West Bengal

102

Also Read: India has 108940 MBBS seats in 706 Medical Colleges, MoS Health Provides State/UT wise Breakup
The data was presented in response to the question raised by the Member of Parliament Omprakash Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Raut and Advocate Adoor Prakash in the Lok Sabha to the MoS Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar. The MP also asked about the steps taken by the government to meet the needs of the colleges. Consequently, the proposal by the Government to establish Government/Private Nursing Colleges in all the districts of Maharashtra was also asked. Additionally, the status of upgrading existing nursing schools to Colleges of Nursing under the Central Sector Scheme for upgradation was also sought.
Also Read: 485 MBBS, 247 PG Medical Seats Still Went Vacant in 2023: MoS Health tells parliament

In response, MoS Health answered that the government has taken several steps to meet the needs of nursing colleges.

The steps include-

1 In the budget speech 2023-24 establishment of 157 nursing colleges has been announced under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).

2 For Nursing Educational Programmes Student patient ratio has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.

3 The land requirement for Nursing Educational Institutes has been relaxed to construct a building of 54,000 sq. ft. for the School/College of Nursing including a Hostel.

4 To open GNM and B.Sc. (Nursing) programme 100 bedded parent hospital is essential since 2013-2014. However, this is relaxed for hilly and tribal areas.

5 Relaxed norms for teaching faculty to start B.Sc. (N) Programme.

6 Super speciality Hospitals can start M.Sc. (N) without having under graduate programme.

7 Maximum of 100 seats will be granted to the institutions for B.Sc.(N)/GNM programmes which have parent hospitals with 300 beds without insisting on Medical College.

8 Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed.

9 Eligibility Criteria for admission to nursing programmes relaxed.

Also Read: MoS Health Counts 13 lakh Allopathic Doctors, 36.14 lakh Nursing Personnel in India, Check Details

Further, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar also added that Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for “Augmenting Nursing EducationEstablishment of new College of Nursing (CoN) in co-location with Medical College” 157 nursing colleges have been approved of which two are in Maharashtra at Gondia and Nandurbar districts.

He also stated, “Under the Central Sector Scheme “Development of Nursing Services”, funds to the tune of Rs.7.00 crore is released for Upgradation of each School of Nursing into College of Nursing. So far, 48 Institutes have been allocated funds for the upgradation of the School of Nursing into the College of Nursing. List of these 48 institutions along with funds released so far”.

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https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/loksabhaquestionsannex1715au105-231769.pdf
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/loksabhaquestionsannex1715au205-231770.pdf
Lok SabhaMinister of State for HealthDr Bharati Pravin PawarNursing collegesCentrally Sponsored Scheme
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