157 New Medical Colleges to be set up, govt approves plan: Health Minister

The Government is planning to strengthen healthcare infrastructure  in remote areas by upgrading district hospitals into Medical colleges. A total of 157 New Medical Colleges will be set up in phased manner. Read the article for more detail.

The Government has given nod to establish 157 new Medical Colleges in those districts where there are no Medical Colleges as of now. The existing hospitals in these districts will be upgraded and converted into Medical Colleges, the Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey reportedly informed the Parliament recently.

He said the Medical Colleges will be set up in three phases under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’. In a written reply, the Health Minister presented statewise details of these 157 Medical Colleges and fund allocated to start the colleges. In the first phase, a total of 58 Medical Colleges will be established across 20 states. Under phase two, 8 states will get 24 Medical Colleges while in phase three 75 Medical Colleges will be set up in 18 states.

Under Phase one, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will get a maximum number of Medical Colleges-seven each, followed by Uttar Pradesh, and Assam. The name of the seven districts which will get Medical Colleges in Rajasthan includes Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali, and Sikar. Madhya Pradesh’s seven districts are Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chhindwara, and Shivpuri. The Five districts of the Uttar Pradesh to get a college are Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, and Bahra. Assam will get a total of 4 new Medical colleges.

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The total cost of establishing one Medical College under Phase one is Rs 189 crore. The Fund sharing ration between the Centre and states government under this phase is 90:10 for North East & other Special Category States and 60:40 for other states.

Under Phase two, Uttar Pradesh will get maximum-8 colleges, followed by 5 each in Bihar and West Bengal. The total cost of establishing one Medical College under Phase one is Rs 250 crore.

Under Phase three, Rajasthan will get 15 Medical Colleges in 15 districts, followed by Uttar Pradesh(13), Namil Tamil Nadu(10), and MP(5).

Staewise list of 157 New Medical College

Phase-1

Sl.   N.	Name of the State/UT	Name of the District
1	Andaman & Nicobar Island	Port Blair
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
3	Assam	Dhubri
		Nagaon
		North Lakhimpur
		Diphu
4	Bihar	Purnia
		Saran(Chhapara)
		Samastipur
5	Chhattisgarh	Rajnandgaon
		Sarguja
6	Himachal Pradesh	Chamba
		Hamirpur
		Nahan(Sirmour)

7	Haryana	Bhiwani
8	Jharkhand	Dumka
		Hazaribagh
		Palamu(Daltanganj)
9	Jammu & Kashmir	Anantnag
		Baramulla
		Rajouri
		Doda
		Kathua
10	Madhya Pradesh	Datia
		Khandwaa
		Ratlam
		Shahdol
		Vidisha
		Chindwara
		Shivpuri
11	Maharashtra	Gondia
12	Meghalaya	West Garo Hills(Tura)
13	Mizoram	Falkawn
14	Nagaland	Naga Hospital
15	Odisha	Balasore
		Bolangir
		Bariprada
		Koraput
		Puri

16	Punjab	SAS Nagar
17	Rajasthan	Barmer
		Bharatpur
		Bhilwara
		Churu
		Dungarpur
		Pali
		Sikar
18	Uttar Pradesh	Basti
		Faizabad
		Firojabad
		Shahjahanpur
		Bahraich
19	Uttarakhand	Almora
20	West Bengal	Birbhum
		Diamond Harbour
		Purulia
		Raiganj, North Dinajpur
		Cooch Behar

Phase-2

S. No.	Name of the State	Name of the District
1	Bihar	Sitamarhi
		Jhanjharpur
		Siwan
		Buxar
		Jamui
2	Jharkhand	Koderma
		Chaibasa
3	Madhya Pradesh	Satna
4	Odisha	Jajpur
5	Rajasthan	Dholpur
6	Uttar Pradesh	Etah
		Hardoi
		Pratapgarh
		Fatehpur
		Siddharthnagar
		Deoria
		Ghazipur
		Mirzapur
7	West Bengal	Barsat
		Uluberia
		Arambagh
		Jhargram
		Tamluk
8	Sikkim	Gangtok

Phase-3

S. No.	Name of State/UT	Name of Districts
1	Andhra Pradesh	Piduguralla
		Paderu
		Machilipatnam
2	Assam	Kokrajhar
3	Chhattisgarh	Korba
		Mahasamund
		Kanker
4	Gujarat	Narmada
		Navsari
		Panchmahal
		Porbandar
		Morbi
5	Jammu & Kashmir	Udhampur
		Handwara(Distt.Kupwara)

6	Karnataka	Chikkamagaluru
		Haveri
		Yadgiri
		Chikkaballapura
7	Ladakh	Leh
8	Madhya Pradesh	Rajgarh
		Mandla
		Neemuch
		Mandsaur
		Sheopur
		Singrauli
9	Maharashtra	Nandurbar
10	Manipur	Churachandpur
11	Nagaland	Mon
12	Odisha	Kalahandi
13	Punjab	Kapurthala
		Hoshiarpur
14	Rajasthan	Alwar
		Baran
		Bansawra
		Chittorgarh
		Jaisalmer
		Karauli
		Nagaur
		Shri Ganganagar
		Sirohi
		Bundi
		Sawai Madhopur
		Tonk
		Hanumangarh
		Jhunjhunu
		Dausa
15	Uttarakhand	Rudrapur
		Pithoragarh
		Haridwar
16	Uttar Pradesh	Bijnaur
		Kushinagar
		Sultanpur
		Gonda
		Lalitpur
		Lakhimpur Kheri
		Chandauli
		Bulandshahar
		Sonbhadra
		Pilibhit
		Auraiya
		Kanpur Dehat
		Kaushambi
		Amethi

17	Tamil Nadu	Tiruppur
		Nilgiris
		Ramanathapuram
		Namakkal
		Dindigul
		Virudhunagar
		Krishnagiri
		Tiruvallur
		Nagapattinam
		Ariyalur
		Kallakurichi
18	West Bengal	Jalpaiguri