This Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, ‘Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’ with fund sharing between the Central Government and States in the ratio of 90:10 for NE/special category states and 60:40 for other States. The total cost of establishment of one Medical College under the scheme is Rs.189 crore. 58 districts in 20 States/UTs have been identified under this Scheme. Detailsare given below:

 

 

List of identified States/districts under the scheme for “Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals”

 

 

S.N.	State/UT		Districts
1	A & N Islands	1	Port Blair
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1	Naharlagun
3	Assam	4	Diphu
			Dubri
			Nagaon
			North Lakhimpur
4	Bihar	3	Purnia
			Samastipur
			Saran(Chhapara)
5	Chhattisgarh	2	Rajnandgaon
			Sarguja (Ambikapur)
6	Haryana	1	Bhiwani
7	Himachal Pradesh	3	Chamba
			Hamirpur
			Nahan (Sirmour)
8	Jharkhand	3	Dumka
			Hazaribagh
			Palamu
9	Jammu & Kashmir	5	Anatnag
			Baramullh
			Doda
			Kathua
			Rajauri
10	Madhya Pradesh	7	Chindwara
			Datia
			Khandwa
			Ratlam
			Shivpuri
			Shahdol
			Vidisha
11	Maharashtra	1	Gondia
12	Meghalaya	1	West Garo Hills, Tura
13	Mizoram	1	Falkwan
14	Nagaland	1	Naga Hospital
15	Odisha	5	Balasore
			Baripada (Mayurbhanj)
			Bolangir
			Koraput
			Puri
16	Punjab	1	SAS Nagar
17	Rajasthan	7	Alwar
			Barmer
			Bharatpur
			Bhilwara
			Churu
			Dungapur
			Pali
18	West Bengal	5	Birbhum (Rampur Hat)
			Cooch behar
			Diamond harbour, South 24 Paraganas
			Purulia
			Raiganj, North Dinajpur
19	Uttar Pradesh	5	Faizabad
			Bahraich
			Basti
			Firozabad
			Shahjehanpur
20	Uttarakhand	1	Almora
Total		58

 

The objective is to establish 58 medical colleges with intake capacity of 100 in each to increase 5800 seats at the undergraduate level in Government sector. The concerned State Governments have been requested to submit Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) in this regard. 51 districts have been approved till date. So far, funds to the tune of Rs.1504.73 core have been released to the State Governments for the approved districts under the Scheme.

As per the MoU signed with the States under the Scheme, it is for the State Governments to provide land for the project and ensure timely completion of works. The Ministry has requested the State Government of Himachal Pradesh for early finalization of forest clearance for New Medical College at Hamirpur.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), ShFaggan Singh Kulastestated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

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(Release ID: 1481694)