157 Medical colleges under different stages of implementation in India: Union Health Minister

Stating that the central government sanctioned 75 medical colleges in various states, the Health Minister added, “These are preferably in the aspirational districts and areas where the most deprived people live..."

While addressing Rajya Sabha on March 16, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed that a total of 157 medical colleges are under different stages of implementation in various parts of the country. According to the reports, the minister revealed that around 58 of these colleges are in the first phase of implementation, 24 in the second phase and the recently announced 75 colleges are in the third phase.

Replying to the supplementaries during question hour, the minister said, "Since 2014, there are 157 medical colleges in different parts of the country in different stages of development. These include 58 medical colleges in phase 1 and 24 in phase 2 and another 75 in phase 3 which were announced recently.” Mr Vardhan added, "Besides, there were 50,000 medical college seats in the country till 2014 and after that, in the last over six years, 30,000 additional medical colleges seats have been created. More seats would be added with the setting up of these new colleges.

 "So far, 22 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been sanctioned under the Modi government. Out of these, 16 AIIMS have been in different stages of implementation since the last seven years," he said.

Stating that the central government sanctioned 75 medical colleges in various states, the Health Minister added, “These are preferably in the aspirational districts and areas where the most deprived people live and where there is no medical college either in private or government sector.”

Reports quote the minister stating that 60 percent of the total expenditure for these approved colleges is supported by the Centre. Karnataka is all set to get four medical colleges approved under phase 3 in the year 2019-20. The colleges are supposed to be established at Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri and Chikkaballapura with an intake capacity of 150 MBBS seats each.

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