Who has funded for establishment of five new Medical Colleges in Odisha

Who has funded for establishment of  five new Medical  Colleges  in Odisha

The State Govt.  takes much   credit  and advertises outstanding  achievement  for   setting up  5 new medical  colleges  in Odisha.  The common impression is that Govt. of Odisha  out  of its own budget  has set up  new medical  colleges  in the state.  To get real picture about  budgetary allocation of fund for   establishment of new medical  colleges  in Odisha , RTI Application was  filed  to the Ministry of Health and Family , Govt.  of India  whether  the Central Govt. has  made  any  funding support  for  setting up these  5 new  medical  colleges  in Odisha. On 2.2.19, the CPIO has  provided the  following  information.

A.       The Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely “establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district / referral hospitals. Under  this  scheme, five  districts  in Odisha  namely Balasore, Bolangir, Koraput , Baripada ( Mayurbhanj)  and Puri  have been approved  to establish  new medical colleges .

B.      Funds to the tune of Rs. 558.60 cr.  have been released  to the State Govt.  for establishment  of new medical colleges  as per table  below.

	District	Amount released   in crores
		2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
1	Balasore	7.00	17.00	10.00	71.00	8.40
2	Baripada	7.00	17.00	10.00	79.00	0.40
3	Bolangir	7.00	17.00	10.00	71.00	8.40
4	Koraput	7.00	17.00	10.00	79.00	0.40
5	Puri	7.00	17.00	10.00	71.00	0
		35.00	85.00	50.00	371.00	17.60

C.    The  Five medical  College  have been set up   under  the  Centrally sponsored scheme of “ Establishment  of new Medical  Colleges attached with existing  district/ referral  hospitals”  having more  than 200 bed strength  in identified  districts  within 10 mks  of the  district/ referral hospital  selected  for establishing  the medical colleges  as required  by the existing MCI regulations.

D.   Regarding  funding arrangement, 75% of the cost  of these  colleges  would be met  by the Central  Govt.  and the states are  expected  to meet  the remaining  25% of the cost. The per unit cost for establishment  of medical colleges  has been estimated  at Rs. 189 crores.

E.    RTI Application was also filed  to  different  districts  to  get  information about  details of expenses  made  for  construction of   building  and development of infrastructure for newly created  Govt. Medical  college. On 5.12.18, the  PIO, office of  the Executive engineer ( R&B), Bolangir  Division  has  provided that  total amount of Rs. 27.047  crore has  been spent  for  Bolangir Medical  College.  On 19.12.18,  the PIO, office of  the Executive Engineer, Koraput ( R&B) Division  has provided that  a tune of Rs. 187.25 crore  has been spent  for  construction and creation  of infrastructure for Koraput Medical college and Hospital.

Pradip Pradhan

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Date-10.2.19