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Bharatiya Janata Party · 2014
Claim
Lacks context
Delivery
Partly delivered
Institutions were built and the people to staff them are the unresolved half of the promise. The 2024 manifesto's own achievements page records 15 AIIMS and 315 medical colleges established over the decade — real expansion, though short of one AIIMS in every state and mostly delivered after the 2014-19 term. Asked directly on 7 August 2026 whether there is a faculty shortage in medical colleges and AIIMS, the Ministry of Health did not give a single vacancy figure: it explained that regulators prescribe minimum faculty, that public health is a state subject, and that 'Recruitment and filling up of faculty posts is a continuous process'. The regulatory response speaks for itself — new rules in June 2025 liberalise faculty eligibility and let 220-bed government hospitals become teaching institutions.
“Increase the number of medical and para-medical colleges to make India self sufficient in human resources, and set up an AIIMS like institute in every state.”No CAG performance audit published
No CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published. The absence of an audit is not evidence that the claim is either accurate or inaccurate.
No CAG audit of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana covering this period has been tabled in a report we hold. The ministry publishes no consolidated faculty vacancy figure.
No audit period to plot — no CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published.
No faculty vacancy figure published for AIIMS or medical colleges; eligibility rules liberalised by the June 2025 regulations
The Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025 permit 220-bedded government hospitals to function as teaching institutions, widen the pool of eligible faculty including non-medical teachers, and count administrative and regulatory experience as teaching experience.
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3419, Shortage of Faculty Members in Medical Colleges and AIIMS — answer by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The 2014 manifesto's health chapter promises two things in one sentence: "Increase the number of medical and para-medical colleges to make India self sufficient in human resources, and set up an AIIMS like institute in every state."
On institutions, the record is one of real expansion. The party's own 2024 manifesto lists among its achievements "7 IITs, 16 IIITs, 7 IIMs, 15 AIIMS, 315 Medical Colleges and 390 universities have been set-up in the past" decade. Fifteen new AIIMS is a substantial addition to a country that had six outside Delhi in 2014. It is also not one in every state — India has 28 states and eight union territories — and the great majority of those institutions were sanctioned or opened after the 2014-19 term, which is why delivery here is recorded as partly delivered.
The other half of the sentence is about people, and it is where the promise runs into what the government will not report.
A member asked the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 7 August 2026 "whether there is a shortage of faculty members in nursing, dental and medical colleges, including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country" and, if so, for the details.
The answer contains no number. It explains that the Indian Nursing Council, National Dental Commission and National Medical Commission "prescribe minimum faculty requirements", that compliance is checked through "periodic inspections, assessments and other regulatory mechanisms", that "Public Health is a state subject", and that "Recruitment and filling up of faculty posts is a continuous process. Vacancies arise due to retirement, resignation, expansion of institutions, creation of new posts and non-availability of suitable eligible candidates in certain specialties and locations."
That last clause is the admission. "Non-availability of suitable eligible candidates in certain specialties and locations" is a faculty shortage, described without being counted. AIIMS are central institutions, not state ones, so the state-subject point does not explain why their vacancies are not reported.
The regulatory response tells the same story more loudly. The Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025, notified on 30 June 2025, "provide for expansion of the teaching infrastructure by permitting eligible 220-bedded Government hospitals to function as teaching institutions, liberalise faculty eligibility criteria, recognise a wider pool of qualified medical and non-medical faculty, count specified administrative and regulatory experience towards teaching experience." Governments widen eligibility when they cannot fill posts under the existing rules.
Buildings were promised and buildings were built. Whether they are staffed is a question the state has chosen not to answer with figures. Our verdict is lacks context.
BJP Election Manifesto 2014 — Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
“Our Pledge — Ek Bharat - Shreshtha Bharat: Vibrant and Participatory Democracy; Empowered and Inspired People; Inclusive and Sustainable Development; Quality life in Villages and Cities; Basic Amenities to All; Flourishing Agriculture; Productive Youth; Involved Women; Robust physical and social Infrastructure; Innovative and Technologically driven Society; Globally competitive Economy; Brand India built on Quality; Strong, Effective and Futuristic Institutions; Open, Transparent and Systems-based Government; Pro-active, Pro-people Good Governance.”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3419, Shortage of Faculty Members in Medical Colleges and AIIMS — answer by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
“[Question: whether there is a shortage of faculty members in nursing, dental and medical colleges, including AIIMS, across the country; if so, the details thereof] Answer: The maintenance of adequate faculty strength in nursing, dental and medical institutions is governed by the respective regulatory bodies… Compliance with these is ensured through periodic inspections, assessments and other regulatory mechanisms… Public Health is a state subject… Recruitment and filling up of faculty posts is a continuous process. Vacancies arise due to retirement, resignation, expansion of institutions, creation of new posts and non-availability of suitable eligible candidates in certain specialties and locations… the National Medical Commission (NMC) has notified the Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025 (MIQF-2025) on 30.06.2025… The Regulations provide for expansion of the teaching infrastructure by permitting eligible 220-bedded Government hospitals to function as teaching institutions, liberalise faculty eligibility criteria, recognise a wider pool of qualified medical and non-medical faculty, count specified administrative and regulatory experience towards teaching experience.”