Number of MBBS and PG medical seats in India

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 37 dated 23rd NOVEMBER, 2012

 (a) The number of Government and private medical colleges in the country indicating the number of seats for graduation (MBBS) and Post Graduation (PG) seats therein, State/UT-wise;

(b) Whether the number of MBBS and PG seats available in the medical colleges is sufficient to meet the shortage of doctors in the country;

(c) If so, the details thereof and if not, the steps taken/proposed by the Government to increase the number of MBBS and PG seats in existingmedical colleges and set up new medical colleges or upgrade the districts hospitals across the country, State/UT-wise;

(d) The details of proposals received, approved, rejected and pending for setting up of medical colleges during each of the last three years and current year, State/UT-wise?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)

(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 37 FOR 23rd NOVEMBER, 2012

(a) At present, there are 362 medical colleges in the country, out of which 168 are in Government sector and 194 in private sector. The intake capacity for MBBS course of these medical colleges is 45629 annually and 22503 for postgraduate courses. The state-wise details of MBBS seats and Post Graduate (PG) seats are at Annexure-I & II.

(b) & (c) No Sir. However, in order to increase the number of MBBS and PG seats in the country, the Central Government has rationalized the Medical Council of India (MCI) Regulations in terms of land requirement, bed strength, bed occupancy, maximum admission capacity, increase in age of teaching faculty, utilization of district hospitals for establishment of new medical colleges in the government sector and increase in teacher students ratio for PG courses. This has resulted in increase in 10262 undergraduate seats and 7585 PG seats during the last three years i.e. 2010-11 to 2012-13.

Further under the scheme for strengthening & upgradation of governmentmedical colleges for increase of postgraduate seats, 72 medical colleges have been supported which envisages increase of approximately 4000 PG seats. The 12th Plan envisages establishment of medical colleges by upgrading the district hospitals and increase in intake capacity of MBBS seats in the existing government medical colleges.

(d) The detail of proposals for setting up new medical colleges received and approved during the last 3 years and for the next academic year is as under:

Academic year	No. of proposals received	No of proposals approved
2010-11	37	14
2011-12	86	21
2012-13	77	20
2013-14	109	-

The state/UT wise detail of proposals for the last three year and the current year is at Annexure-III.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 37

Annexure-I

STATUS OF INTAKE CAPACITY OF MBBS SEATS
Sl. No.	State	Government		Private		Total
		No. of Colleges	Seats	No. of Colleges	Seats	No. of Colleges	Seats
1	Andhra Pd.	14	2050	26	3550	40	5600
2	Assam	5	626	0	0	5	626
3	Bihar	7	540	4	360	11	900
4	Chandigarh	1	50	0	0	1	50
5	Chhattisgarh	3	300	0	0	3	300
6	Delhi	4	750	2	200	6	950
7	Goa	1	150	0	0	1	150
8	Gujarat	9	1530	13	1700	22	3230
9	Haryana	2	300	4	400	6	700
10	Himachal Pradesh	2	200	0	0	2	200
11	J & K	3	250	1	100	4	350
12	Jharkhand	3	250	0	0	3	250
13	Karnataka	11	1350	32	4655	43	6005
14	Kerala	6	1000	17	1850	23	2850
15	Madhya Pd.	6	720	6	900	12	1620
16	Maharashtra	19	2200	24	2995	43	5195
17	Manipur	2	200	0	0	2	200
18	Meghalaya	1	50	0	0	1	50
19	Orissa	3	450	4	400	7	850
20	Pondicherry	1	150	7	900	8	1050
21	Punjab	3	350	7	795	10	1145
22	Rajasthan	6	800	4	550	10	1350
23	Sikkim	0	0	1	100	1	100
24	Tamil Nadu	19	2205	23	3350	42	5555
25	Tripura	2	200	0	0	2	200
26	Uttar Pradesh	10	1240	15	1800	25	3040
27	Uttaranchal	2	200	2	200	4	400
28	West Bengal	13	1750	2	250	15	2000
29	AIIMS	7	377	0	0	7	377
30	JIPMER	1	127	0	0	1	127
31	BHU, Varanasi	1	59	0	0	1	59
32	AMU, Aligarh	1	150	0	0	1	150
		168	20574	194	25055	362	45629

Annexure-II

State wise details of postgraduate seats in the country

Sl. No.	State	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	2648
2	Assam	362
3	Bihar	440
4	Chandigarh	38
5	Chhattisgarh	79
6	Delhi	1111
7	Goa	74
8	Gujarat	1585
9	Haryana	274
10	Himachal Pradesh	146
11	Jammu & Kashmir	363
12	Jharkhand	187
13	Karnataka	3161
14	Kerala	1146
15	Madhya Pradesh	629
16	Maharashtra	2996
17	Manipur	72
18	Meghalaya	8
19	Orissa	434
20	Pondicherry	368
21	Punjab	1003
22	Rajasthan	871
23	Sikkim	22
24	Tamil Nadu	2255
25	Tripura	25
26	Uttar Pradesh	1315
27	Uttaranchal	123
28	West Bengal	1115
	Total	22850

Annexure-III

Number of proposals received during last three years and current year.

S. No.	State/UT	Number of proposals received
		2010-11		2011-12		2012-13		2013-14
		Received	Approved	Received	Approved	Received	Approved	Received
1	Andhra Pd.	4	3	10	1	16	3	14
2	Assam	0	1	1	-	1	1	0
3	Bihar	2	-	3	1	6	1	6
4	Chhattisgarh	2	-	2	-	3	-	8
5	Delhi	1	-	3	-	2	1	1
6	Gujarat	5	-	6	3	3	3	1
7	Himachal Pradesh	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
8	Haryana	1	1	4	1	2	1	1
9	Jammu & Kashmir	1	-	1	-	1	-	2
10	Jharkhand	0	-	2	-	1	-	3
11	Karnataka	0	1	6	2	7	2	17
12	Kerala	2	-	5	-	2	-	5
13	Madhya Pradesh	0	-	2	1	-	-	2
14	Maharashtra	1	-	7	-	10	2	7
15	Manipur	0	1	-	-	-	-	0
16	Orissa	0	-	4	-	4	1	2
17	Puducherry	0	1	-	-	-	-	0
18	Punjab	1	-	2	2	-	-	1
19	Rajasthan	0	-	2	-	1	-	4
20	Tamil Nadu	11	5	13	3	6	2	6
21	Uttar Pradesh	1	-	8	4	8	2	14
22	Uttarakhand	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
23	West Bengal	2	1	5	3	3	1	5
24.	Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
25	Meghalya	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
26	Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27.	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
28.	Mizoram	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
29.	Tripura	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL		37	14	86	21	77	20	109

Total Proposals received (last 3 years)                :         37+86+77=    200

Proposal approved during the last three years   :           14+21+20+=   55

Source: Lok Sabha Q&A