Central government announces opening of 60 medical colleges in a year

Latest News :- The central government has announced that 60 new medical colleges have been established across the country in the last one year. The National Democratic Alliance has completed 100 days in power for the third time. In this matter, Union Health Minister JP told about the achievements of the first 100 days of the BJP-led NDA regime. Natta listed.

After this he said, we have established 60 new medical colleges across the country in the last one year alone. This has led to an increase of 6.30 percent in the seats of MBBS course. There were 1,08,940 seats for the MBBS course in 2023-24. It has increased to 1,15,812 in 2024-25. Total 766 colleges: The number of medical colleges in the country in 2023-24 was 706. The number of medical colleges has increased to 766 by 2024-25. It is noteworthy that in 2013-14 this number was 387.

In the last 10 years alone, 379 new medical colleges have been started. At present there are 423 government medical colleges and 343 private medical colleges functioning in the country. Similarly, seats for medical courses have also been increased. There were 69,024 seats for postgraduate medical studies in 2023-24. It has increased to 73,111 in 2024-25.

Increase in postgraduate seats: The number of medical postgraduate seats has increased from 39,460 to 73,111 in the last 10 years. It was decided to establish AIIMS Hospital in Darbhanga in the year 2020. But there was a problem in allotting space there for a long time. In this case, Bihar Government has allotted 150.13 acres of land to the Central Government on August 12. AIIMS Hospital will start work there soon. He said so.