Parliament Question: Vacancies in AIIMS

GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE RAJYASABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 1239 TO BE ANSWERED ON10/02/2026 VACANCIES INAIIMS 1239SHRIGOLLABABURAO:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleasedtostate:

(a) the detailsof sanctioned postsof faculty ineachAIIMS of the country, AIIMS-wise;

(b) whether it isa fact that 1of every3facultypositions are lyingvacantinall AIIMS;

(c) if so, the reasons thereforandefforts beingmade tofill inthe faculty positions;

(d) the detailsof non-faculty postssanctioned ineachAIIMS of the country, AIIMS-wise;

(e) the numberof facultypositions lying vacantineachAIIMS, category-wise; and

(f) what the Standing Selection Committee of each AIIMS are doing to recruit faculty andnon-facultypositions? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a)to(f): The details of sanctioned, filled and vacant faculty and non-faculty posts in variousoperationalAll India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), are at Annexure.

Creation of posts & recruitment is a continuous process. In order to expeditiously fill vacant sanctionedpositions invariousAIIMS, following steps have beentaken:

(i) Standing Selection Committee has been constituted in each Institute as per the provision of theirrespective Act for selectionof facultyetc.

(ii) Provision has been made for engagement of retired faculty at the level of Professor, Additional Professor and Associate Professor, on contract basis, in new AIIMS, up to the age of 70 years from Institutes of National Importance (INIs) and Government Medical Colleges

(GMCs).

(iii) Visiting Faculty Scheme has been formulated to allow Professors, Additional Professors and Associate Professors, who are holding academic positions in GovernmentInstitutions within India or academic institutions outside India, to be the Visiting Faculty in newAIIMS for teachingpurposes.

(iv) Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) is conducted by AIIMS Delhi for recruitmentof Nursing Officers for variousAIIMS.

(v) Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) is conducted by AIIMS Delhi for recruitmenttoGroup B andC non-faculty positions invariousAIIMS.

(vi) The Institute of National Importance CombinedEntranceTest (INI-CET) for selection of Junior Residents (Academic) and the Institute of National Importance Super Speciality (INI-SS) Exam for selection of Senior Residents (Academic) for various AIIMS are conductedbyAIIMS Delhi twice a year.

The meetingsof the Standing SelectionCommittee inall AIIMS are heldregularly. *****Annexure Annexure referred to thereply to parts (a) to (f) of theRajya SabhaUnstarred Question Number1239 foransweron10.02.2026.

Facultyposition Non-Facultyposition Sl. AIIMS In In Sanctioned Vacant Sanctioned Vacant No. position position

1. NewDelhi(Delhi) 1306 860 446 13911 11369 2542

2. Bhopal(MadhyaPradesh) 312 241 71 3874 2920 954

3. Bhubaneswar(Odisha) 337 238 99 3963 2937 1026

4. Jodhpur(Rajasthan) 405 221 184 4048 3322 726

5. Patna(Bihar) 305 219 86 3884 2752 1132

6. Raipur(Chhattisgarh) 305 200 105 3884 2815 1069

7. Rishikesh(Uttarakhand) 355 229 126 4095 2951 1144

8. Bathinda(Punjab) 219 143 76 2090 1453 637

9. Bibinagar(Telangana) 183 132 51 1374 898 476

10. Bilaspur(HimachalPradesh) 217 130 87 1511 987 524

11. Deoghar(Jharkhand) 208 132 76 1712 940 772

12. Gorakhpur(UttarPradesh) 213 117 96 1492 949 543

13. Guwahati(Assam) 183 117 66 1630 879 751

14. Jammu(Jammu&Kashmir) 183 119 64 1311 935 376

15. Kalyani(WestBengal) 309 175 134 2221 1171 1050

16. Madurai(TamilNadu) 183 70 113 911 40 871

17. Mangalagiri(AndhraPradesh) 309 171 138 1953 1291 662

18. Nagpur(Maharashtra) 373 238 135 2107 1395 712

19. Raebareli (UttarPradesh) 209 111 98 1613 1120 493

20. Rajkot (Gujarat) 183 78 105 1410 665 745