110-per cent increase in number of MBBS seats in India since 2014, Centre tells LS
New Delhi, Jul 28 (PTI) There has been an 82-per cent increase in the number of medical colleges in the country, from 387 before 2014 to 704 now, and a 110-per cent increase in the number of MBBS seats, from 51,348 to 1,07,948, in the same period, Parliament was informed on Friday.
In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said there has also been an increase of 117 per cent in the number of post-graduate (PG) medical seats in the country — from 31,185 before 2014 to 67,802 as of now.
Mandaviya said 101 medical colleges have been approved in the last five years under a centrally-sponsored scheme (CSS) for the “establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals”, including one in Assam.
