There has been a rise of 110 per cent in medical seats within the nation, union well being minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. He stated that since 2014, MBBS seats have elevated from 51,348 to 1,07,948.

Responding to a question raised by AIUDF MP from Assam’s Dhubri M Badruddin Ajmal, Mandaviya stated that there’s additionally a rise of 117 per cent in postgraduate seats from 31,185 earlier than 2014 to 67,802 now.

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“The Government has increased (the) number of medical colleges and subsequently increased MBBS seats. There is an increase of 82 per cent in medical colleges from 387 before 2014 to 704 as of now. Further, there is an increase of 110 per cent in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 1,07,948 as of now, there is also an increase of 117 per cent in PG seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 67,802 as of now,” Mandaviya stated in his reply.

The variety of authorities medical faculties went up from 253 in 2018-19 to 355 in 2022-23. In 2019-20, there have been 279 faculties, which rose to 289 in 2020-21 and additional on to 322 in 2021-22. In these authorities faculties, there are 56,283 MBBS seats whereas an extra 51,665 MBBS seats can be found for college kids in personal medical faculties for the 2023-24 educational yr, the ministry stated. 

The variety of personal medical faculties in India additionally elevated from 248 in 2018-19 to 260 in 2019-20, after which went additional as much as 269 in 2020-21, 290 in 2021-22 and 293 in 2022-23.