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Date: 2026-02-13 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Establishment of New Medical Colleges

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**Executive Summary** This document is the answer provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in response to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2495, which was to be answered on February 13, 2026, concerning the establishment of new medical colleges across India. The Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for establishing new medical colleges attached to existing district/referral hospitals. The planning, execution, and commissioning of approved medical colleges under the scheme is to be done by the State Government. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS):** * Administered by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. * Aims to establish new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. * Preference given to underserved and aspirational districts without existing government or private medical colleges. * **Funding Ratio:** * 90:10 between Centre and State Governments for North Eastern and Special Category States. * 60:40 for other states. * **Project Status:** * 157 government medical colleges have been approved nationwide. * 137 of these are functional, with 65 becoming operational since FY 2022-23. * **State Government Responsibility:** * The planning, execution, and commissioning of medical colleges approved under the scheme are the responsibility of the State Governments. **Impact Analysis** **State Governments** * **Impact:** Responsible for planning, executing, and commissioning the approved medical colleges. * **Action Required:** Plan, execute, and commission approved medical colleges according to the scheme guidelines. **Districts in India** * **Impact:** Districts without existing government or private medical colleges, especially underserved and aspirational districts, are prioritized for new medical college establishments. * **Action Required:** N/A **Ministry of Health and Family Welfare** * **Impact:** Administration of Centrally Sponsored Scheme. * **Action Required:** N/A

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Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals': A scheme administered by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to establish new medical colleges, prioritizing underserved areas and aspirational districts. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The central ministry responsible for administering the scheme for establishing new medical colleges. Districts across the country: Geographic areas targeted for the establishment of new medical colleges under the scheme.
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GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2495 TO BE ANSWERED ON13th FEBRUARY2026 ESTABLISHMENTOFNEW MEDICALCOLLEGES †2495. SHRIRAMPRITMANDAL: SHRIBHUMARE SANDIPANRAOASARAM: SHRIDINESH CHANDRAYADAV: SMT.DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRIGIRIDHARI YADAV: SHRIHARIBHAI PATEL: Willthe Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleasedtostate: (a) whether the Government proposes to establish at least one medical college in each district across the country; (b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of work related to the establishment of medical colleges in all the districts of the country, State/UT-wise and district-wise, especially in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli; (c) the details of the districts where no medical colleges have been established as on date, State/UT-wise; (d) the timeline for achieving the target of setting up at least one medical collegein each district underthe said scheme alongwith the detailsthereof; (e) the details of the number of new medical colleges established by the Government during eachof the last three years, State/UT-wise anddistrict-wise; and (f) whether academic sessions have commenced in all such newly established medical colleges andif so, the detailsthereof,State/UT-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT.ANUPRIYAPATEL) (a)to (f): The Ministry of Health& FamilyWelfare administers a CentrallySponsored 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. The fund sharing mechanism between the Centre and State Governments is 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 Government medicalcolleges have already been approved across the country. The phase wise details of medical collegesapprovedinthe countryare at Annexure-I. Out of the 157 approved medical colleges, 137 colleges are functional, including 65 medicalcollegesthathave become functionalsince FY2022–23. The State-wise detailsof these functionalmedical collegesare providedat Annexure-II. As per guidelines of the Scheme, the planning, execution and commissioning of the medicalcolleges approvedunderthe scheme istobe done bythe StateGovernment. ******Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Untarred Question No. 2495foranswer on13.02.2026 Annexure-I State-wise details of 157 Medical Colleges approved under the Centrally Sponsored scheme for ‘Establishmentof newmedicalcolleges attachedwith existingdistrict/referral hospitals’ No. of S.No State/UT Districts colleges Phase-I(58) 1 A& N Islands 1 PortBlair 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 HimachalPradesh 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 7 Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, 10 Madhya Pradesh Shivpuri 11 Maharashtra 1 Gondia 12 Meghalaya 1 West Garo Hills (Tura) 13 Mizoram 1 Falkawn 14 Nagaland 1 Naga Hospital (Kohima) 15 5 Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Odisha Puri 16 Punjab 1 SASNagar Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali, 17 Rajasthan 7 Sikar 18 Uttar Pradesh 5 Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad,Shahjahanpur, Bahraich 19 Uttarakhand 1 Almora Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch Behar, Diamond Harbour, 20 West Bengal 5 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,ChikkaballapuraNo. of S.No State/UT Districts colleges 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 TamilNadu 11 Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur,Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi 18 West Bengal 1 JalpaiguriAnnexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Untarred Question No. 2495foranswer on13.02.2026 Annexure-II State-wise details of 65 functional Medical Colleges under the CSS for ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’ since Financial Year 2022-23 S.No. State District 1. Andhra Pradesh Paderu,Machilipatnam 2. Assam Dhubri, Nagaon, Kokrajhar 3. Bihar Purnia 4. Chhattisgarh Korba, Mahasamund 5. Gujarat Narmada,Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi 6. Haryana Bhiwani 7. Jammu & Kashmir Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara) 8. Karnataka Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri 9. Madhya Pradesh Neemuch,Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli 10. Manipur Churachandpur 11. Nagaland Naga Hospital, Kohima 12. Odisha Jajpur, Kalahandi Rajasthan Alwar, Baran,Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Karauli, Nagaur,Shri 13. Ganganagar, Sirohi,Bundi, SawaiMadhopur, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa, Dholpur, Jaisalmer,Tonk 14. Uttarakhand Haridwar Uttar Pradesh Bijnaur, Kushinagar,Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, Lakhimpur 15. Kheri, Chandauli,Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra,Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat,Kaushambi, Amethi 16. West Bengal Jalpaiguri, Barasat, Uluberia,Arambagh, Jhargram,Tamluk

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