Centrally Funded Hospitals in States

As health is a state subject, it is the responsibility of the State Governments to set up hospital for the people. However, under the National Health Mission (NHM), financial support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen public health system, including support for infrastructure, human resource, drugs, equipment, etc., based on the requirement proposed by the States/UTs in their programme implementation plans. A total of 20,306 government hospitals are available in the country. Details are given below:-

State/UT wise details of number of Government Hospitals including

CHCs functioning in India

S. No	State/UT	No. Rural Hospitals	No. Urban Hospitals	Total Hospitals	Reference Period
	INDIA	16816	3490	20306
1.	Andhra Pradesh	222	56	278	01/01/2015
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	204	8	212	01/01/2015
3.	Assam	1088	49	1137	01/01/2014
4.	Bihar	1325	111	1436	01/01/2014
5.	Chhattisgarh	416	221	637	01/01/2014
6.	Goa	16	15	31	01/01/2015
7.	Gujarat	296	89	385	01/01/2015
8.	Haryana	80	79	159	01/01/2014
9.	Himachal Pradesh	107	53	160	01/01/2015
10.	Jammu and Kashmir	2368	444	2812	01/01/2015
11.	Jharkhand	545	4	549	01/01/2012
12.	Karnataka	439	215	654	01/01/2015
13.	Kerala	1135	143	1278	01/01/2015
14.	Madhya Pradesh	334	117	451	01/01/2015
15.	Maharashtra	450	135	585	01/01/2014
16.	Manipur	23	7	30	01/01/2014
17.	Meghalaya	28	12	40	01/01/2015
18.	Mizoram	29	7	36	01/01/2014
19.	Nagaland	21	32	53	01/01/2013
20.	Odisha	1659	91	1750	01/01/2015
21.	Punjab	94	146	240	01/01/2015
22.	Rajasthan	2656	489	3145	01/01/2015
23.	Sikkim	30	3	33	01/01/2015
24.	Tamil Nadu	407	381	788	01/01/2014
25.	Tripura	101	21	122	01/01/2015
26.	Uttarakhand	666	29	695	01/01/2009
27.	Uttar Pradesh	737	94	831	01/01/2011
28.	West Bengal	1272	294	1566	01/01/2015
29.	Andaman and  Nicobar Islands	31	1	32	01/01/2012
30.	Chandigarh	0	4	4	01/01/2015
31.	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	1	2	13/05/2015
32.	Daman and Diu	0	4	4	01/01/2014
33.	Delhi	0	109	109	01/01/2015
34.	Lakshadweep	9	0	9	01/01/2015
35.	Puducherry	27	26	53	01/01/2014

Notes: Government Hospital includes Central Government, State Government and local Govt. bodies.

Source: Directorate General of State Health Services.

The Government is also implementing Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). Under this scheme six AIIMS-like institutions at Patna, Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur and Rishikesh are operational with Out-Patient services and In Patient Department services.

The Government has also decided to establish AIIMS-like institutes in every State in a phased manner. Setting up of four more AIIMS-like Institutes each in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Vidharbha in Maharashtra and Poorvanchal in Uttar Pradesh during the financial year 2014-15 and six more AIIMS-like Institutes each in Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Bihar during the financial year 2015-16 has been announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech.

The respective State Governments are to identify locations/sites and to provide, free of cost, land measuring approximately 200 acres. The State Government has also to undertake to provide other infrastructure such as suitable road connection, sufficient water supply, electricity connection of required load and regulatory/statutory clearances. The Central Government has devised and circulated a check list covering various aspects to assist the State Governments for identifying the suitable sites/locations for setting up of AIIMS. 

The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

Heritage status to colleges

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that it has launched a scheme during the XII plan to provide Heritage Grants to universities and colleges which are more than 100 years old and accorded the Special Heritage Status by the UGC.  The guidelines of the scheme of “Granting Special Heritage Status to Universities and Colleges” are available at http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/ 4170650_Guidelines-for-Heritage.pdf.

A total of Rs.2505.58 lakhs has been allocated to these colleges. The details of grants allocated to these colleges, college-wise, is at http://www.ugc.ac.in/ pdfnews/8647293_Heritage-website.pdf.

The UGC has informed that it has granted Special Heritage Status to 19 colleges in the country. The State-wise details are follows:

S.No.	Name of the State	No. of Proposals (college)  considered	No. of proposals (College) approved
1.	Assam	1	1
2.	Andhra Pradesh	6	-
3.	Bihar	2	1
4.	Gujarat	1	-
5	Haryana	1	1
6.	Himachal Pradesh	1	1
7.	Jammu and Kashmir	2	1
8.	Karnataka	3	1
9.	Kerala	8	2
10.	Madhya Pradesh	4	1
11.	Maharashtra	5	3
12.	Punjab	4	2
13.	Rajasthan	2	-
14	Tamil Nadu	6	1
15	Uttar Pradesh	8	2
16	Uttarakhand	1	-
17.	West Bengal	5	2
	TOTAL	60	19

This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha question.

Duration of B.Ed Course

The National Council for Teacher (NCTE), which is mandated with maintaining teacher education standards in the country, had revised its Regulations through notification of 1st December, 2014 increasing the duration of the B.Ed. programme from one year to two years from the academic session 2015-16. 

The syllabus of B.Ed. programme has been revised under the NCTE Regulations, 2014 and new course modules on I.C.T., Yoga Education, Gender Studies and Disability Education have been made compulsory in all the 15 teacher education programmes from 2015-16 academic session. Provision for 20 weeks of internship has been introduced for rigorous training of student teachers. With a view to improve its quality, the duration of the B.Ed. programme has been enhanced to make it a more professionalized and rigorous teacher education programme. 

This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha question. 

Rs. 600 Crore Funds for States/UTs Under Swadesh Darshan Scheme

During the year 2015-16, under Budget Estimates, Rs.600 crore have been allocated to the States/UTs under Swadesh Darshan Scheme. The North East States have received the major part of the funds. Government of India sanctioned Rs 169.87 crore for States of Manipur & Sikkim in 2015-16. 

The Ministry has launched the Swadesh Darshan scheme with a vision to develop theme based tourist circuits on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability in an integrated manner by synergizing efforts to focus on needs and concerns of all stakeholders to enrich tourist experience and enhance employment opportunities. Under the scheme twelve themes have been identified for development initially, namely: North-East India Circuit, Buddhist Circuit, Himalayan Circuit, Coastal Circuit, Krishna Circuit, Desert Circuit, Tribal Circuit, Eco Circuit, Wildlife Circuit, Rural Circuit, Spiritual Circuit and Ramayana Circuit. 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr Mahesh Sharma in reply to an unstarred question today in Lok Sabha. 

Separate Toilets for Boys and Girls in Schools

In pursuance of the national call given by the Prime Minister, the Department of School Education and Literacy under Ministry of HRD has launched Swachh Vidyalaya Programme with an objective to provide separate toilets for boys and girls in all government schools within a year. States / UTs have reported construction of 3.17 lakh toilets till 27th July, 2015. 

About 300 central observers have been deputed to visit districts to review the progress of the Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative. The observers have reviewed progress with the district authorities. Review of utilization of funds was not part of their mandate. 

This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha question. 

Wi-Fi at Railway Stations

            Railway proposes to provide Wi-Fi in all A1, A & B category stations on Indian Railways. There are total 709 such stations on Indian Railways (A1-75, A-332 and B-302) including 34 stations in Gujarat and 45 stations in Maharashtra.

            Trials for provision of Wi-Fi at stations with no Capital investment from Railways have been conducted. These trials were conducted to find a suitable business model to sustain the system.

            At present, the Wi-Fi facility has been provided at 11 stations on Indian Railways as detailed below:-

(1) CST Mumbai, Central Railway

(2) Howrah, Eastern Railway

(3) New Delhi, Northern Railway

(4) Varanasi, Northern Railway

(5) Ghazipur, North Eastern Railway

(6) Chennai, Southern Railway

(7) Secunderabad, South Central Railway

(8) Ahmedabad, Western Railway

(9) Agra Cantt., North Central Railway

(10) Bengaluru, South Western Railway

(11) Madgaon, Konkan Railway.

             ‘A1’ & ‘A’ category stations are likely to be completed in next two years and ‘B’ Category stations would take another one year.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Setting up of Tourism University

The Ministry of Tourism proposes to set up university to promote Hospitality and Tourism education with an objective to integrate all the existing institutions of Hotel Management & Catering Technology and Travel & Tourism in the university set up. The university is proposed to be set up to award degrees to the courses run under formal education in the institutions under its aegis and to explore new dimensions of understanding of tourism and hospitality education by including related areas of sciences and humanities such as food sciences, history, sociology and culture. 

It is proposed to set up the university at the existing campus of National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) in Noida. The time frame and the anticipated expenditure will be worked out on receiving approval for setting up of the same. 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr Mahesh Sharma in reply to an unstarred question today in Lok Sabha. 

Meeting on streamlining Internal Security mechanism

Ministry of Home Affairs organized a meeting here today to sensitize the States about the existing and emerging threats to internal security situation in the Country. 

The meeting was held to further streamline the institutional mechanisms for sharing information and to adequately meet the threats from terrorism. It was decided to strengthen the capacity building of the police officers in States through training programs, to be organized by central intelligence and security agencies. 

Some instances of radicalization of youth in some States came up for discussion. Appropriate measures on counter radicalization including counseling of such youth and their families were also discussed. 

The meeting also looked at the modalities of analyzing the suspected social media platforms run by terrorists and criminal outfits. 

The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Union Home Secretary, Shri L.C.Goyal and the representatives of central intelligence and security agencies, Directors General of Police (DsGP) and Home Secretaries of the 12 States attended the meeting.