There is scheme for the
establishment of new medical colleges attached with district/ referral
hospitals in the underserved districts of the country.
State/UT-wise details of such
districts/ referral hospitals is given below:
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List of identified districts under the scheme
for "Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with district/referral
hospitals"
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S.No.
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State/UT
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No. of District/Referral Hospitals
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Name of the Districts
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1
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Assam
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4
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Nagaon
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North
Lakhimpur
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Karbi
Anglong at Diphu
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Dubri
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2
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Bihar
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3
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Samastipur*
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Saran
(Chhapara)
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Purnia
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3
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Chhattisgarh
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2
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Rajnandgaon
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Sarguja
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4
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Haryana
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1
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Bhiwani
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5
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Himachal
Pradesh
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3
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Chamba
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Nahan
(Sirmour)
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Hamirpur
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6
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Jharkhand
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3
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Dumka
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Palamu
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Hazaribagh
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7
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Jammu
& Kashmir
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5
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Anatnag
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Doda
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Baramullh
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Kathua
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Rajauri
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8
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Madhya
Pradesh
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7
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Chindwara
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Ratlam
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Shivpuri
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Shahdol
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Vidisha
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Datia
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Khandwa
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9
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Maharashtra
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1
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Gondia
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10
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Odisha
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5
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Balesore
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Bolangir
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Koraput
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Baripada
(Mayurbhanj)
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Puri
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11
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Punjab
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1
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SAS
Nagar
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12
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Rajasthan
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7
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Bharatpur
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Dungapur
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Barmer
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Alwar
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Churu
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Bhilwara
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Pali
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13
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West
Bengal
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5
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Birbhum
(Rampur Hat)
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Coochbihar
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Purulia
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Uttar
Dinajpur (Distt. Hosp. Raiganj)
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South
24 Paraganas
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14
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Uttar
Pradesh
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5
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Faizabad
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Bahraich
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Basti
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Firozabad
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Shahjehanpur
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15
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Uttarakhand
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1
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Almora
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16
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Arunachal
Pradesh
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1
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Papun
Pare General Hosp. , Naharlagun, Itanagar
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17
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Meghalaya
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1
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West
Garo Hills, Tura
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18
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Mizoram
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1
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Referral
Hospital at Falkwan
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19
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Nagaland
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1
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Kohima
(Naga Hospital)
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20
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Andaman
& Nicobar Islands
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1
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Port
Blair
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58
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*
Subject to the availability of 200 beds
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Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare has released Rs. 716.94 crore to 72 State Government medical
colleges across 20 States under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme
“Strengthening/up-gradation of State Government Medical Colleges for starting
new PG courses/creating PG seats”. Fund sharing between the Central and State
Government is in the ratio of 75:25 under the scheme. Funds are provided to the
Government Medical Colleges for infrastructure development, faculty and
equipment based on the recommendations of Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC)
formed in the Ministry.
In addition to this scheme, a
new Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely “Strengthening and up-gradation of state
government medical colleges for increase in intake capacity of MBBS seats” has
also been approved this year. The scheme has the provision of fund sharing
between the Central Government and States in the ratio of 90:10 for NE/special
category states and 70:30 for other states.
The
Central Government has taken various measures to bring down the cost of medical
education in the country, which inter alia include the following:
(i) Land requirement for setting up of medical colleges has been relaxed from 25 acres to 20 acres throughout the country.
(ii) Land requirement relaxed from 20 acres to 10 acres based on permissible FAR/FSI in the Metropolitan and “A” Grade cities viz. Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Greater Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Surat, Pune, Bangalore and Kanpur.
(iii) Permission given to set up medical colleges in two pieces of land in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal for a period of 5 years with certain provisions. Further, this has been extended to other States for utilisation of District hospitals by the respective State Governments.
(iv) In hilly areas, notified tribal areas, North Eastern States, Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagra Haveli and Lakshadweep, the land can be in two pieces at a distance of not more than 10 km.
(v) Bed occupancy has been relaxed in North Eastern States & Hill States.
(vi)Requirement of infrastructure like institution block, library, uditorium, examination hall, lecture theatres, etc. has been rationalized for optimal use.
(vii) The ratio of teachers to students has been revised depending on disciplines and availability of faculty to increase the number of specialists in the country.
The Health Minister was replying to a question in the Lok Sabha
here today.
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