Medical College in Every District
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare administers a centrally sponsored scheme for establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. 58 districts in 20 States/UT have been identified under this scheme to establish new Medical Colleges with existing district/referral hospitals, the list is 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
|
No. of District/Referral Hospitals
|
Districts
|
|
1
|
A & N Islands
|
1
|
Port Blair
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
1
|
Naharlagun
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
4
|
Diphu
|
|
Dhubri
|
|
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
|
Anantnag
|
|
Baramulla
|
|
Doda
|
|
Kathua
|
|
Rajouri
|
|
10
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
7
|
Chhindwara
|
|
Datia
|
|
Khandwa
|
|
Ratlam
|
|
Shivpuri
|
|
Shahdol
|
|
Vidisha
|
|
11
|
Maharashtra
|
1
|
Gondia
|
|
12
|
Meghalaya
|
1
|
West Garo Hills, Tura
|
|
13
|
Mizoram
|
1
|
Falkawn
|
|
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
|
|
Dungarpur
|
|
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
|
|
Shahjahanpur
|
|
20
|
Uttarakhand
|
1
|
Almora
|
|
Total
|
58
|
|
The total cost of establishment of one Medical College under the scheme is Rs.189 crore 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. As on date 55 new Medical Colleges have been approved. Funds to the tune of Rs.4357.42 crore have been released to the State Governments/UT Admin. for the approved districts under the Scheme.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Faggan Singh Kulaste stated this in a written reply in the RajyaSabha here today.