The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare administers a centrally sponsored scheme for establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. 58 districts in 20 States/UT have been identified under this scheme to establish new Medical Colleges with existing district/referral hospitals, the list is given below:
List of identified States/districts under the scheme for “Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals”
| S.N. | State/UT | No. of District/Referral Hospitals | Districts |
| 1 | A & N Islands | 1 | Port Blair |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | Naharlagun |
| 3 | Assam | 4 | Diphu |
| Dhubri | |||
| Nagaon | |||
| North Lakhimpur | |||
| 4 | Bihar | 3 | Purnia |
| Samastipur | |||
| Saran(Chhapara) | |||
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | Rajnandgaon |
| Sarguja (Ambikapur) | |||
| 6 | Haryana | 1 | Bhiwani |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 3 | Chamba |
| Hamirpur | |||
| Nahan (Sirmour) | |||
| 8 | Jharkhand | 3 | Dumka |
| Hazaribagh | |||
| Palamu | |||
| 9 | Jammu & Kashmir | 5 | Anantnag |
| Baramulla | |||
| Doda | |||
| Kathua | |||
| Rajouri | |||
| 10 | Madhya Pradesh | 7 | Chhindwara |
| Datia | |||
| Khandwa | |||
| Ratlam | |||
| Shivpuri | |||
| Shahdol | |||
| Vidisha | |||
| 11 | Maharashtra | 1 | Gondia |
| 12 | Meghalaya | 1 | West Garo Hills, Tura |
| 13 | Mizoram | 1 | Falkawn |
| 14 | Nagaland | 1 | Naga Hospital |
| 15 | Odisha | 5 | Balasore |
| Baripada (Mayurbhanj) | |||
| Bolangir | |||
| Koraput | |||
| Puri | |||
| 16 | Punjab | 1 | SAS Nagar |
| 17 | Rajasthan | 7 | Alwar |
| Barmer | |||
| Bharatpur | |||
| Bhilwara | |||
| Churu | |||
| Dungarpur | |||
| Pali | |||
| 18 | West Bengal | 5 | Birbhum (Rampur Hat) |
| Cooch behar | |||
| Diamond harbour, South 24 Paraganas | |||
| Purulia | |||
| Raiganj, North Dinajpur | |||
| 19 | Uttar Pradesh | 5 | Faizabad |
| Bahraich | |||
| Basti | |||
| Firozabad | |||
| Shahjahanpur | |||
| 20 | Uttarakhand | 1 | Almora |
| Total | 58 | ||
The total cost of establishment of one Medical College under the scheme is Rs.189 crore with fund sharing between the Central Government and States in the ratio of 90:10 for NE/Special Category States and 60:40 for other States. As on date 55 new Medical Colleges have been approved. Funds to the tune of Rs.4357.42 crore have been released to the State Governments/UT Admin. for the approved districts under the Scheme.