**Executive Summary**
This document is a response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2457 regarding vacant posts in Institutes of Medical Sciences, to be answered on February 13, 2026. It provides information on sanctioned, filled, and vacant faculty and non-faculty positions, as well as backlog vacancies for SC, ST, and OBC categories. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken measures to expedite filling vacant positions, especially in newly established AIIMS institutions.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Vacancy Details**: Details regarding sanctioned, filled, and vacant positions (faculty and non-faculty) and backlog vacancies for SC, ST, and OBC categories in various central institutes of medical sciences under the Ministry are included in the annexure.
* **Reservation Rosters**: Reservation rosters are maintained in all hospitals/institutes under the Ministry for recruitment in accordance with Central Government instructions.
* **Recruitment Process**: The creation and filling of positions are a continuous and dynamic process, subject to factors like candidate availability and reservation rosters.
* **Special Measures for New AIIMS**: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has implemented specific measures to expedite the filling of vacant sanctioned positions in the newly established AIIMS under PMSSY:
* Standing Selection Committees (SSC) have been constituted in each Institute and are mandated to hold four meetings annually.
* Provisions exist for engaging retired faculty up to age 70 in new AIIMS on a contract basis.
* A Visiting Faculty Scheme allows professors and associate professors in Government Institutions within/outside India to teach in new AIIMS.
* AIIMS Delhi conducts Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) twice a year for Nursing Officer recruitment.
* AIIMS Delhi conducted Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) in 2025 twice for Group B and C non-faculty positions.
* AIIMS Delhi conducts the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) and INI-SS exam twice a year for selection of Junior and Senior Residents (Academic) respectively.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare**
* **Impact:** Responsible for providing information on vacancies and backlog, as well as implementing measures to fill these positions in medical institutions.
* **Action Required:** Continue monitoring and addressing vacancies, especially in newly established AIIMS institutions, through measures such as the Standing Selection Committee and recruitment initiatives.
**Stakeholder: Central Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS, etc.)**
* **Impact:** Affected by the need to fill vacant faculty and non-faculty positions to maintain operational efficiency and provide quality medical education and healthcare services.
* **Action Required:** Actively participate in the recruitment processes, including conducting SSC meetings, engaging retired faculty, and utilizing recruitment examinations to fill vacancies efficiently.
**Stakeholder: Potential Applicants (Doctors, Nurses, Health Professionals)**
* **Impact:** Directly affected by the availability of job opportunities and the fairness of the recruitment processes in various medical institutions.
* **Action Required:** Stay informed about job postings and recruitment schedules, and prepare to participate in relevant recruitment examinations like NORCET and CRE.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The primary ministry responsible for the subject matter of the question: vacant positions in medical institutions.
AIIMS: All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, central medical institutions referenced as having vacant positions
Standing Selection Committee: Committee constituted in each Institute as per the provision of their respective Act for selection of faculty etc.
NORCET: Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test, conducted by AIIMS Delhi for recruitment of Nursing Officers for various AIIMS.
New Delhi: Location of AIIMS Delhi, which conducts NORCET and CRE exams.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2457
TO BE ANSWERED ON13/02/2026
VACANTPOSTSIN INSTITUTES OFMEDICALSCIENCES
2457. THIRU DR. SJAGATHRATCHAKAN:
Will the Ministerof HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a)thenumberofsanctionedposts,filledposts,shortfallandbacklogvacanciesduringthepast
ten years in various hospitals and central institutes of medical sciences like the AIIMS,
category-wiseincludingOBC,SC/ST;
(b)whetherthereareanyissuesordiscrepanciesidentifiedbytheGovernmentsofarinthedata
collectionprocess,ifso,thedetailsthereofandifnot,thereasonstherefor;
(c) the present status of vacancies, particularly those reserved for OBC candidates, including
thenumberofsuchvacanciesthatremainunfilledalongwiththereasonstherefor;and
(d) the timeline fixed along with the steps proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure
thatallpendingvacancies,especiallythoseforOBCs,arefilledpromptly?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a)to(d): The details of sanctioned, filled, vacant faculty and non-faculty posts, and
backlogvacancies for SC, ST,OBC invariouscentralinstitutes of medicalsciences underthe
Ministry are at Annexure. Reservation rosters for making recruitment are maintained in all
these hospitals/institutes under the Ministry in accordance with the instructions issued by the
Central Government from time totime.
Creation of posts and recruitment is a continuous and dynamic process. Filling up of vacant
faculty/non-faculty positions is contingent on various factors including availability of
suitable/eligible/qualified doctors/health professionals, reservation roster, location of the
Institute etc. In order to expeditiously fill vacant sanctioned positions in the newly set up
AIIMS under PMSSY, following special measures have been taken by the Ministry of Health
andFamilyWelfare:
(i) Standing Selection Committee has been constituted in each Institute as per the
provision of their respective Act for selection of faculty etc. Each Institute is mandated to
conductfour meetingsof the SSC ina year.(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 Government
Institutions 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 twice a year.
(v) Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) in 2025 was conducted by AIIMS Delhi
twice inthe yearfor recruitment toGroup B andC non-facultypositions 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.
*****Annexure
Annexure referredto the replyto parts(a) to (d)of theLok SabhaUnstarredQuestion Number2457foranswer on13.02.2026
Details of FacultyandNon-Facultyposition inhospitals/institutes
Facultyposition Non-Faculty position BacklogVacancies
Sl.No. Hospitals/Institutes
In In
Sanctioned Vacant Sanctioned Vacant SC ST OBC
position position
1 New Delhi (Delhi) 1306 860 446 13911 11369 2542 84 91 97
2 Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) 312 241 71 3874 2920 954 8 3 22
3 Bhubaneswar (Odisha) 337 238 99 3963 2937 1026 65 65 118
4 Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 405 221 184 4048 3322 726 195 69 172
5 Patna(Bihar) 305 219 86 3884 2752 1132 36 22 51
6 Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 305 200 105 3884 2815 1069 14 13 43
7 Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) 355 229 126 4095 2951 1144 101 47 217
8 Bathinda (Punjab) 219 143 76 2090 1453 637 38 17 64
9 Bibinagar(Telangana) 183 132 51 1374 898 476 18 7 23
10 Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) 217 130 87 1511 987 524 45 19 74
11 Deoghar (Jharkhand) 208 132 76 1712 940 772 75 42 139
12 Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) 213 117 96 1492 949 543 4 2 5
13 Guwahati (Assam) 183 117 66 1630 879 751 47 17 46
14 Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) 183 119 64 1311 935 376 20 10 42
15 Kalyani (West Bengal) 309 175 134 2221 1171 1050 26 19 29Facultyposition Non-Facultyposition BacklogVacancies
Sl.No. Hospitals/Institutes
In In
Sanctioned Vacant Sanctioned Vacant SC ST OBC
position position
16 Madurai (Tamil Nadu) 183 70 113 911 40 871 5 7 8
17 Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) 309 171 138 1953 1291 662 8 5 12
18 Nagpur (Maharashtra) 373 238 135 2107 1395 712 30 19 45
19 Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) 209 111 98 1613 1120 493 34 16 68
20 Rajkot (Gujarat) 183 78 105 1410 665 745 20 10 39
LHMC & Associated
21 386 298 88 1812 1343 469 5 1 11
Hospital, New Delhi
22 JIPMER, Puducherry 464 360 104 3390 2258 1132 20 9 16
23 PGIMER, Chandigarh 732 593 139 7010 5186 1824 55 141 76