Distribution Of Medical Colleges and Seats

Posted on 18 Nov, 2016 3:45 pm

Distribution Of Medical Colleges and Seats

The State-wise details of availability medical colleges and undergraduate and postgraduate seats are as under.

With a view to bridging the gap in underserved areas, the Central Government is implementing three Centrally Sponsored Schemes namely;

i) Establishment of new medical colleges attached with district/ referral Hospitals under which 58 medical colleges are being established in underserved areas of the country.

ii) Upgradation of existing Government medical colleges to increase UG seats

iii) Strengthening/ upgradation of State Government medical colleges for increasing PG seats.

Further, any State Government/ Trust/ Society/ University/ Company can apply for establishment of a new medical college to the Central Government u/s 10 A of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. To facilitate the setting up of new medical colleges, the minimum standard requirements for 50/100/150 intake capacity were rationalized and notified by MCI in July, 2015.

To encourage doctors working in remote and difficult areas, the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000 provide :-

(i) 50% reservation in Post Graduate Diploma Courses for Medical Officers in the Government service, who have served for at least three years in remote and difficult areas; and

(ii) Incentive at the rate of 10% the marks obtained for each year in service in remote or difficult areas as up to the maximum of 30% of the marks obtained in the entrance test for admissions in Post Graduate Medical Courses.

STATE WISE LIST OF MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR AY 2016-17

State wise details of total PG seats in the Country available as on 05.10.2016
Sl. No.	State/UT	MD	MS	MCH	DM	Diploma	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	1485	804	115	110	473	2987
2	Assam	218	118	11	9	63	419
3	Bihar	267	148	3	2	60	480
4	Chandigarh	50	23	0	0	0	73
5	Chhattisgarh	46	28	0	0	18	92
6	Delhi	598	321	81	57	147	1204
7	Goa	56	25	2	0	20	103
8	Gujarat	930	434	55	41	298	1758
9	Haryana	237	93	6	0	49	385
10	Himachal Pradesh	101	53	2	2	13	171
11	Jammu & Kashmir	165	124	10	12	69	380
12	Jharkhand	82	43	1	0	61	187
13	Karnataka	1904	867	118	113	670	3672
14	Kerala	628	278	85	100	224	1315
15	Madhya Pradesh	390	233	8	9	122	762
16	Maharashtra	1754	867	115	88	496	3320
17	Manipur	87	36	0	0	6	129
18	Meghalaya	8	0	0	0	0	8
19	Orissa	370	171	13	18	4	576
20	Pondicherry	254	125	7	2	39	427
21	Punjab	582	309	60	60	56	1067
22	Rajasthan	632	314	59	44	55	1104
23	Sikkim	18	4	0	0	0	22
24	Tamil Nadu	1173	633	168	152	563	2689
25	Tripura	19	11	0	0	0	30
26	Uttar Pradesh	864	451	62	83	213	1673
27	Uttarakhand	110	50	0	0	15	175
28	West Bengal	566	318	67	77	214	1242
	TOTAL	13594	6881	1048	979	3948	26450

Under the National Health Mission (NHM), there is provision for incentives like hard area allowance to doctors for serving in rural and remote areas, construction of residential quarters so that doctors find it attractive to join public health facilities in such areas. The States/UTs have also been advised to have transparent policies of posting and transfer, and deploy doctors rationally to provide medical care in rural areas.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Faggan Singh Kulaste stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

Courtesy – Press Information Bureau, Government of India