evidence: A scheme for setting up 58 new medical colleges attached to district/referral hospitals by 2019-20 is being implemented by the government. The Union Cabinet has also approved the establishment of another 24 medical colleges, with a special focus on undeserved areas. [...] Including the most recent 2019-20 interim budget announcement, a total of 15 new AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) have been initiated by the government during the last five years. It has also been proposed that 112 auxiliary nursing and midwifery (ANM) schools and 136 general nursing midwifery (GNM) schools will be established in the under-served parts of the country by 2019-20.