82 Private Medical Colleges Have Come Up Since 2014, Health Ministry Tells Rajya Sabha

Currently there are 276 private medical colleges operating

With 82 new establishments in the past six years, there has been a 42 per cent rise in private medical colleges during 2014-21, according to government data. Before 2014, there were only 194 private medical colleges in the country and currently, there are 276 operating. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, informed Rajya Sabha today that 82 private medical colleges have been established in India since 2014.

Karnataka has the maximum number of private colleges—42, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh with 34 and 31 colleges respectively.

As per information provided by the National Medical Commission (NMC),37 applications for the establishment of private medical colleges have been received for the academic year 2021-22, Mr Choubey said.

74 private medical colleges were found a deficit in terms of requirement of faculty, infrastructure, equipment and clinical material on inspection by the National Medical Commission (NMC) during 2018-21. “These colleges were not granted permission of renewal to admit fresh batch of students,” Mr Choubey said.

State-wise details of private medical colleges:

Sl. No.	State	Private Medical college
Sl. No.	State	Private Medical college
1	Andhra Pradesh	18
2	A & N Islands	0
3	Assam	0
4	Arunachal Pradesh	0
5	Bihar	7
6	Chandigarh	0
7	Chhattisgarh	3
8	D& N Haveli	0
9	Delhi	2
10	Goa	0
11	Gujarat	13
12	Haryana	7
13	Himachal Pradesh	1
14	Jammu & Kashmir	1
15	Jharkhand	1
16	Karnataka	42
17	Kerala	21
18	Madhya Pradesh	9
19	Maharashtra	34
20	Manipur	0
21	Meghalaya	0
22	Mizoram	0
23	Nagaland	0
24	Orissa	4
25	Pondicherry	7
26	Punjab	7
27	Rajasthan	8
28	Sikkim	1
29	Tamil Nadu	27
30	Telangana	23
31	Tripura	1
32	Uttar Pradesh	31
33	Uttarakhand	2
34	West Bengal	6
	Total	276