New Delhi- As per the data presented in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, there are a total of 2278 government and private nursing colleges in India.
Of these 2278 nursing colleges, 234 are government nursing colleges and 2044 are private nursing colleges. Apart from this, a fund of about Rs 7 crore has also been released for 48 colleges in 16 states of India.
State-wise total nursing colleges are mentioned below-
S No.
State
Total
1
Andhra Pradesh
138
2
Arunachal Pradesh
5
3
Assam
21
4
Bihar
15
5
Chandigarh
2
6
Chhattisgarh
114
7
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
1
8
Daman & Diu
1
9
Delhi
15
10
Goa
6
11
Gujarat
98
12
Haryana
39
13
Himachal Pradesh
34
14
Jammu & Kashmir
18
15
Jharkhand
28
16
Karnataka
367
17
Kerala
155
18
Lakshadweep
1
19
Madhya Pradesh
156
20
Maharashtra
101
21
Manipur
12
22
Meghalaya
4
23
Mizoram
4
24
Nagaland
1
25
Odisha
48
26
Pondicherry/Puducherry
12
27
Punjab
120
28
Rajasthan
166
29
Sikkim
4
30
TamilNadu
196
31
Telangana
88
32
Tripura
5
33
Uttar Pradesh
170
34
Uttarakhand
31
35
West Bengal
102
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The data was presented in response to the question raised by the Member of Parliament Omprakash Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Raut and Advocate Adoor Prakash in the Lok Sabha to the MoS Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar. The MP also asked about the steps taken by the government to meet the needs of the colleges. Consequently, the proposal by the Government to establish Government/Private Nursing Colleges in all the districts of Maharashtra was also asked. Additionally, the status of upgrading existing nursing schools to Colleges of Nursing under the Central Sector Scheme for upgradation was also sought.
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In response, MoS Health answered that the government has taken several steps to meet the needs of nursing colleges.
The steps include-
1 In the budget speech 2023-24 establishment of 157 nursing colleges has been announced under the Centrally Scheme (CSS).
2 For Nursing Educational Programmes Student patient ratio has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3.
3 The land requirement for Nursing Educational Institutes has been relaxed to construct a building of 54,000 sq. ft. for the School/College of Nursing including a Hostel.
4 To open GNM and B.Sc. (Nursing) programme 100 bedded parent hospital is essential since 2013-2014. However, this is relaxed for hilly and tribal areas.
5 Relaxed norms for teaching faculty to start B.Sc. (N) Programme.
6 Super speciality Hospitals can start M.Sc. (N) without having under graduate programme.
7 Maximum of 100 seats will be granted to the institutions for B.Sc.(N)/GNM programmes which have parent hospitals with 300 beds without insisting on Medical College.
8 Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed.
9 Eligibility Criteria for admission to nursing programmes relaxed.
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Further, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar also added that Under the Centrally Scheme (CSS) for “Augmenting Nursing EducationEstablishment of new College of Nursing (CoN) in co-location with Medical College” 157 nursing colleges have been approved of which two are in Maharashtra at Gondia and Nandurbar districts.
He also stated, “Under the Central Sector Scheme “Development of Nursing Services”, funds to the tune of Rs.7.00 crore is released for Upgradation of each School of Nursing into College of Nursing. So far, 48 Institutes have been allocated funds for the upgradation of the School of Nursing into the College of Nursing. List of these 48 institutions along with funds released so far”.
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