2153 PG Medical Seats added in this academic session: MOS Health
New Delhi: 2153 PG medical seats have been added for the year 2019-20, the Minister of State in Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey told the parliament.
Through a written reply answer to the question in Rajya Sabha the Ministry of State and family welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed about the Increasing of Seats for PG Medical Courses in the country.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely "Up-gradation of existing State Government / Central Government Medical colleges to increase PG seats".
The funding pattern is 90:10 by Central and State Governments respectively for the North Eastern States and Special category States and 60:40 for other States with the upper ceiling cost pegged at Rs.1.20 crore per seat. 72 Government medical colleges in 21 States/UTs have been approved for increasing 4058 new PG seats under the Phase-I of the scheme and 5 Government medical colleges have been approved in 3 States for increasing 98 new PG seats under the Phase-II of the scheme till date.
Further, under section 10A of the IMC Act, 1956 applications were received for starting/increasing of PG courses/seats for the academic session 2019-20 and a total of 2153 new PG seats have been permitted, the minister aded
The minister further informed that the Union Government has approved/announced 22 new AIIMS in the country. Six AIIMS at Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Rishikesh (Uttaranchal) are functional.
A list showing current status of newly announced AIIMS is given below:
*As per information received from the Executing Agencies.
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Through a written reply answer to the question in Rajya Sabha the Ministry of State and family welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed about the Increasing of Seats for PG Medical Courses in the country.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely "Up-gradation of existing State Government / Central Government Medical colleges to increase PG seats".
The funding pattern is 90:10 by Central and State Governments respectively for the North Eastern States and Special category States and 60:40 for other States with the upper ceiling cost pegged at Rs.1.20 crore per seat. 72 Government medical colleges in 21 States/UTs have been approved for increasing 4058 new PG seats under the Phase-I of the scheme and 5 Government medical colleges have been approved in 3 States for increasing 98 new PG seats under the Phase-II of the scheme till date.
Further, under section 10A of the IMC Act, 1956 applications were received for starting/increasing of PG courses/seats for the academic session 2019-20 and a total of 2153 new PG seats have been permitted, the minister aded
The minister further informed that the Union Government has approved/announced 22 new AIIMS in the country. Six AIIMS at Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Rishikesh (Uttaranchal) are functional.
A list showing current status of newly announced AIIMS is given below:
| S.No | Phase | Location of AIIMS to be set up under PMSSY | Approved Outlay (in Rs. Cr) | Approved date for completion of project | Progress * |
| i. | Phase I | Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Rishikesh (Uttaranchal) | 820 | Functional | |
| ii. | Phase II | Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh | 823 | June, 2020 | Residential: 100% Hospital & Medical College: 45% |
| iii | Phase-IV (Budget announcement for the year 2014-15) | Mangalagiri near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh | 1618 | Sep, 2020 | OPD Block & Residential Complex: 70% Hospital and Academic Campus: 26% |
| iv | Kalyani in West Bengal | 1754 | Sep, 2020 | OPD Block & Residential Complex: 50.5% Hospital and Academic Campus: 28% | |
| v | Nagpur in Maharashtra | 1577 | Sep, 2020 | OPD Block & Residential Complex: 76% Hospital and Academic Campus: 28% | |
| vi | Gorakhpur in UP | 1011 | April, 2020 | 35.17% | |
| vii. | Phase-V (Budget announcement for the year 2015-16 | Bathinda in Punjab | 925 | June, 2020 | 25.77% |
| viii | Kamrup District in Guwahati, Assam | 1123 | May, 2021 | 0.72% | |
| ix. | Kothipura in Bilaspur District, Himachal Pradesh | 1351 (Cabinet approved) 1471.04 (Revised cost) | Dec, 2021 | 1.25% | |
| x. | Thoppur in Madurai District | 1264 | Sep, 2022 | Pre-investment activities in progress | |
| xi. | Samba District in Jammu | 1661 | Jan, 2023 | Master plan under finalization. Boundary wall near completion stage. | |
| xii. | Awantipora, Pulwama in Kashmir | 1828 | Jan, 2025 | Masterplan under preparation. Work of Boundary wall started. | |
| xiii. | Bihar | - | - | State Govt. yet to identify site | |
| xiv. | Phase-VI (Budget announcement for the year 2017-18) | Deoghar in Jharkhand | 1103 | May, 2021 | Pre-investment activities & construction of Boundary wall completed. Executing Agency for main work appointed. Master Plan finalized |
| xv. | Khanderi, Rajkot, Gujarat | 1195 | Oct, 2022 | Pre-investment activities in progress | |
| xvi. | Phase-VII | Bibinagar, Telangana | 1028 | Sep, 2022 | Pre-investment activities in progress |
| xvii. | Phase VIII (Budget announcement for 2019-20) | Manethi, Rewari, Haryana | 1299 | Feb, 2023 | - |
*As per information received from the Executing Agencies.
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