ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICAL COLLEGES IN ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS
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.