New Delhi, 04 February 2022: The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for ‘Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’ with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing Government or private medical college. Under the Scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved in three phases and 70 are already functional. Out of 157 sites, 40 are in aspirational districts. The details are at Annexure.

Under Phase-III of the above Centrally Sponsored Scheme, all States/UTs were requested to submit proposals along with Detailed Project Report (DPR). No proposal was received from the State Government of Odisha for establishment of a medical college at Dhenkanal district.

Annexure

Details of medical colleges approved in aspirational districts under Centrally Sponsored Scheme for ‘Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing District/Referral Hospitals’

S. No. Name of the State Name of the District
1 Andhra Pradesh Paderu (Vishakhapatnam)
2 Assam Dhubri
3 Bihar Purnia, Sitamarhi, Jamui
4 Chhattisgarh Rajnandgaon, Korba,Mahasamund, Kanker
5 Gujarat Narmada
6 Himachal Pradesh Chamba
7 Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)
8 Jharkhand Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj), Chaibasa (Singhbhum)
9 Karnataka Yadgiri
10 Madhya Pradesh Khandwa, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Singrauli
11 Maharashtra Nandurbar
12 Odisha Bolangir, Koraput, Kalahandi
13 Rajasthan Dholpur, Baran, Jaisalmer, Karauli’ Sirohi
14 Uttarakhand Haridwar

Rudrapur, (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar)

15 Uttar Pradesh Bahraich, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Chandauli, Sonbhadra
16 Tamil Nadu Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.