Table 1.
Nursing Education Institutes and Registered GNM, ANM, and HV/HS in India, by State Nursing Councils, up to March 31, 2004
| Total Number of INC-Recognized Nursing Education Institutes in India, by Course Level | Registered Nurses | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registering State Council | GNM | ANM | DNEA | B.Sc (N) | P.B.B.Sc (N) | M.Sc (N) | GNM | ANM | HV/HS |
| India (total for all states) | 769 | 236 | 6 | 165 | 30 | 29 | 865,135 | 506,924 | 50,393 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 103 | 31 | 27 | 84,306 | 94,395 | 2,480 | |||
| Assam | 15 | 9 | 2 | 10,321 | 12,589 | ||||
| Bihar | 13 | 23 | 8,883 | 7,501 | 511 | ||||
| Chattisgarh | 2 | 179 | 93 | ||||||
| Delhi | 15 | 1 | 2,594 | 355 | |||||
| Gujarat | 20 | 2 | 2 | 85,796 | 35,840 | 1,352 | |||
| Haryana | 13 | 9 | 15,821 | 13,112 | 694 | ||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 5 | 1 | 7,920 | 9,087 | 411 | ||||
| Jharkhand | 10 | 15 | |||||||
| Karnataka | 170 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 12 | 54,762 | 47,407 | 6,836 | |
| Kerala | 78 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 71,589 | 27,612 | 7,797 | |
| Mahakoshal | 19 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 92,331 | 25,344 | 998 |
| Maharashtra | 50 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 81,983 | 25,690 | 551 |
| Mizoram | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1,301 | 1,441 | ||||
| Orissa | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 46,090 | 30,213 | 110 | ||
| Punjab | 67 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 43,470 | 17,389 | 2,584 |
| Rajasthan | 49 | 8 | 1 | 35,482 | 22,239 | 850 | |||
| Tamil Nadu | 55 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 159,525 | 52,819 | 11,083 | |
| Tripura | 3 | 641 | 969 | 79 | |||||
| UP and Uttra'al | 28 | 30 | 17,479 | 26,956 | 2,789 | ||||
| West Bengal | 26 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 44,652 | 55,858 | 11,294 | ||
| MIB | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| SIB | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| AFMS | |||||||||
Notes: Assam includes Arunachal, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Nagaland; Maharashtra includes Goa; Punjab includes J&K; Tamil Nadu includes A&N Islands and Pondicherry; West Bengal includes Sikkim.
ANM, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives; GNM, General Nursing Midwives; HV, Health Visitor; HS, Health Supervisor; DNEA, Diploma in Nursing Education and Administration; B.Sc (N), Bachelor of Science in Nursing; M.Sc (N), Master of Science in Nursing; P.B. B.Sc. (N), Post-Basic Bachelor of Science in Nursing; MIB, Mid-India Board; SIB, South India Board; AFMC, Armed Forces Medical Services are only educational and examining bodies, not registering bodies.
Source: Government of India (2004a, 2004b, 2005). Courtesy, Advisor (Nursing), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.