113 new nursing colleges approved so far, maximum in UP: Health ministry
Vagisha Kaushik | August 19, 2025 | 10:52 PM IST | 3 mins read
West Bengal, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Manipur are yet to submit proposal while five states and 1 UT have withdrawn from the scheme, government tells Lok Sabha.
113 new nursing colleges have been proposed and approved across India under the scheme for establishment of 157 new Colleges of Nursing (CoN) in co-location with medical colleges, Minister of State (MoS) for health and family welfare Anupriya Patel told Parliament in a written response.
In four states including Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Punjab, and West Bengal, district colleges have been sanctioned, however, the state governments are yet to submit a proposal. Moreover, Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir (except for one nursing college at Handwara), Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram have withdrawn from the scheme.
About the details of funds allocated, sanctioned, and released for each nursing college, the minister said that Rs 436.82 crore has been released. The government provides funds of Rs 10 crore per college including both central and state share, with a funding ratio of 90:10 for NE and special category states, 60:40 for other states, and 100% central funding for UTs without legislature. Of the total central share of Rs 1,016 crore under the scheme, Rs 436.82 crore has been released to the states and UTs, she informed.
Favouring the scheme, Patel said that co-location of the nursing institutions with the existing medical colleges facilitates optimal utilisation of infrastructure, faculty, skill labs and clinical resources. Moreover, the central scheme, originally approved for implementation during 2023-24 to 2025-26, has been granted an extension till 2026-27.
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Furthermore, three nursing colleges have been given a green signal in Andhra Pradesh – one each at Piduguralla, Paderu, and Machilipatnam – with Rs 6 croreore fund. The government has laid the foundation stones for all three institutions.
New nursing colleges in India
The current status of the approved nursing colleges along with state-wise fund details, as per the minister’s reply is as follows:
S.No. | State / UT | District (Proposed Nursing College) | Fund Released |
1 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Rs 2.50 crore |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | Piduguralla | Rs 2.00 crore |
Paderu | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Machilipatnam | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
3 | Assam | Kokrajhar | Rs 2.00 crore |
Dhubri | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Nagaon (North) | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Lakhimpur | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Diphu | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
4 | Chhattisgarh | Rajnandgaon | -- |
Sarguja | -- | ||
Korba | -- | ||
Mahasamund | -- | ||
Kanker | -- | ||
5 | Gujarat | Narmada | Rs 4.00 crore |
Navsari | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Panchmahal | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Porbandar | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Morbi | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
6 | Jharkhand | Dumka | Rs 2.00 crore |
Hazaribagh | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Palamu (Daltonganj) | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Koderma | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Chaibasa (Singhbhum) | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
7 | Jammu & Kashmir | Handwara (Kupwara) | Rs 2.00 crore |
8 | Himachal Pradesh | Chamba | Rs 3.00 crore |
Hamirpur | Rs 3.00 crore | ||
Nahan (Sirmour) | Rs 3.00 crore | ||
9 | Haryana | Bhiwani | Rs 2.00 crore |
10 | Ladakh | Leh | Rs 2.50 crore |
11 | Madhya Pradesh | Khandwa | Rs 2.00 crore |
Ratlam | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Rajgarh | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Shivpuri | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Mandsaur | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Datia | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Satna | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Shahdol | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Vidisha | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Chhindwara | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Neemuch | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Mandla | Rs 3.00 crore | ||
Singrauli | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Sheopur | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
12 | Maharashtra | Gondia | Rs 3.00 crore |
Nandurbar | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Jalgaon | Rs 3.00 crore | ||
Sindhudurg | Rs 3.00 crore | ||
Yavatmal | Rs 3.00 crore | ||
Chandrapur | Rs 3.00 crore | ||
13 | Manipur | Churachandpur | -- |
14 | Meghalaya | West Garo Hills (Tura) | Rs 6.50 crore |
15 | Nagaland | Kohima | Rs 6.00 crore |
Mon | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
16 | Odisha | Kalahandi | Rs 4.00 crore |
Jajpur | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Balasore | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Baripada (Mayurbhanj) | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Bolangir | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Koraput | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
Puri | Rs 4.00 crore | ||
17 | Punjab | SAS Nagar | -- |
Kapurthala | -- | ||
Hoshiarpur | -- | ||
18 | Rajasthan | Barmer | Rs 6.00 crore |
Bhilwara | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Dungarpur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Sikar | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Dholpur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Baran | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Banswara | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Chittorgarh | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Jaisalmer | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Karauli | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Shri Ganganagar | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Sirohi | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Bundi | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Sawai Madhopur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Tonk | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Hanumangarh | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Jhunjhunu | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Jalore | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Pratapgarh | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Rajasamand | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Nagaur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Pali | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Masuda (Ajmer) | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
19 | Uttarakhand | Almora | Rs 2.25 crore |
Rudrapur | Rs 2.25 crore | ||
Pithoragarh | Rs 2.25 crore | ||
Haridwar | Rs 2.25 crore | ||
20 | Uttar Pradesh | Basti | Rs 6.00 crore |
Faizabad | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Firozabad | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Shahjahanpur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Bahraich | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Etah | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Hardoi | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Pratapgarh | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj) | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Ghazipur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Mirzapur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Bijnaur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Sultanpur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Kushinagar | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Lalitpur | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Lakhimpur Kheri | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Amethi | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Kaushambi | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Sonbhadra | Rs 6.00 crore | ||
Fatehpur | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Chandauli | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Bulandshahr | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Gonda | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Pilibhit | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Auraiya | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Kanpur Dehat | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
Deoria | Rs 2.00 crore | ||
21 | West Bengal | Birbhum (Rampur Hat) | -- |
Cooch Behar | -- | ||
Diamond Harbour | -- | ||
Purulia | -- | ||
Raiganj(North Dinajpur) | -- | ||
Barasat | -- | ||
Uluberia | -- | ||
Arambagh | -- | ||
Jhargram | -- | ||
Tamluk | -- | ||
Jalpaiguri | -- | ||
22 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Rs 6.50 crore |
23 | Ladakh | Leh | Rs 2.50 crore |
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