Parliament Question: Prioritisation for New Government Medical Colleges

GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 1263 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06THFEBRUARY, 2026 PRIORITISATIONFORNEWGOVERNMENT MEDICALCOLLEGE

1263. SHRIJAGANNATHSARKAR:

Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:

(a) the details of the districts which do not have any Government medical college in the country, State/UT-wise along with the population of each such district as per the latest Census or official estimates;

(b) the totalnumberof districts with a populationabove 5lakh,10lakhand15lakhthatare currentlywithout a Government medicalcollegeinthe country, district-wise; and

(c)the detailsof anyconcrete roadmapof the Government alongwith timelines toensure that high-population districts without Government medical colleges are prioritised for opening of newmedicalcolleges soasto reduce regionalhealthcaredisparities? ANSWER THE MINISTEROFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (c) As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are a total of 818 medical colleges, including (AIIMS and INIs), across the country as of now. The State/UT-wise detailsof these medicalcolleges are at Annexure-I.

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. A total of 157 Medical Colleges have been approved in the various districts across the country. State wise details of Medical Colleges approved under the scheme are at Annexure-II. Further, support has also been provided for Strengthening/Upgradation of existing Sate Government/Central Government medical colleges to increase the number of MBBS (UG) and PG seats under another CSS Scheme. Under these schemes, additional 4977 MBBS seats and 8058PGseats have beenapprovedinmedicalcolleges across the country.

*****Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1263 foranswer on06.02.2026 Annexure-I State/UTWiseMedicalCollegesacrossthecountry Sl.No State/UT Private Colleges Govt Colleges Total Colleges 1 Andhra Pradesh 20 19 39 2 Andaman& Nicobar 0 1 1 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 1 1 4 Assam 0 16 16 5 Bihar 12 13 25 6 Chandigarh 0 1 1 7 Chhattisgarh 5 11 16 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 1 1 9 Delhi 2 9 11 10 Goa 0 1 1 11 Gujarat 19 24 43 12 Haryana 9 8 17 13 HimachalPradesh 1 7 8 14 Jammu & Kashmir 1 11 12 15 Jharkhand 3 7 10 16 Karnataka 48 24 72 17 Kerala 22 14 36 18 Madhya Pradesh 14 21 35 19 Maharashtra 42 43 85 20 Manipur 1 3 4 21 Meghalaya 1 2 3 22 Mizoram 0 1 123 Nagaland 0 1 1 24 Odisha 6 15 21 25 Puducherry 7 2 9 26 Punjab 7 6 13 27 Rajasthan 15 34 49 28 Sikkim 1 0 1 29 Tamil Nadu 40 38 78 30 Telangana 29 37 66 31 Tripura 2 1 3 32 Uttar Pradesh 37 51 88 33 Uttarakhand 4 6 10 34 West Bengal 15 26 41Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1263 foranswer on06.02.2026 Annexure-II State-wise detailsof 157MedicalColleges approvedundertheCentrallySponsored 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 1 Naharlagun Pradesh 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) Jammu & 9 5 Anantnag,Baramulla, Rajouri,Doda, Kathua Kashmir 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 Odisha 5 Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir,Koraput, 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,TamlukNo. of S.No State/UT Districts colleges 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 & 2 Kashmir 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, ShriGanganagar, 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 *****