1,08,940 MBBS, 70,645 PG Medical Seats in India, Maximum Medical Colleges in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka offers most seats

Published On 2024-02-03 13:07 GMT   |   Update On 2024-02-03 13:18 GMT
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New Delhi: India has a total number of 1,08,940 MBBS and 70,645 Postgraduate medical seats, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.

As per the data provided by the Union Health Minister, when compared with the seat and medical college matrix before 2014, the medical colleges have been increased by 82%, MBBS seats by 112% and the PG medical seats have been increased by 127%.

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Among these, the highest number of medical colleges is in Tamil Nadu, which has altogether 74 medical colleges. However, Karnataka has the highest number of MBBS seats i.e. 11745 MBBS seats. The number of private medical colleges is highest in Karnataka i.e. 46 for the academic year 2023-2024. Karnataka also has the highest i.e. 6449 postgraduate medical seats and most of these PG seats are available in the private medical institutes.

The Health Minister shared this information while responding to a series of questions raised by Shrimati Poonam Mahajan and Dr. Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi. These questioned included the queries regarding the adequate measures taken by the Government to increase the number of medical colleges and undergraduate/postgraduate seats in the country to meet the medical standards as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the details along with the number of Medical Colleges established and seats increased, State/UT wise details during the last five years and the current year, the details of Government and Private medical colleges along with the total intake capacity in the country, State/UT wise, the steps taken by the Government to improve the quality of medical education in the country etc.

Responding to these questions, the Union Health Minister informed in a written statement, "The Government has increased number of medical colleges and subsequently increased MBBS seats. There is an increase of 82% in medical colleges from 387 before 2014 to 706 as of now. Further, there is an increase of 112% in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 1,08,940 as of now, there is also an increase of 127% in PG seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 70,645 as of now."

"Further during last five years,, the number of medical colleges has been increased from 499 in 2018-19 to 648 in 2022-23 alongwith increase in MBBS seats from 70012 seats in 2018-19 to 96077 seats in 2022-23. The PG seats has also increased from 39583 in 2018-19 to 64059 in 2022-23," the statement further mentioned.

The Ministry also provided the details regarding the the State/UT wise details of medical colleges along with the intake capacity for the current Academic Year 2023-24, and the details of number of medical colleges, MBBS seats and PG seats for 2018-2019 and 2022-2023.

As per the data shared by the Union Health Minister, for the current academic year, there is 1 Government medical college with an intake capacity for 114 MBBS seats at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Andhra Pradesh has 37 medical colleges with 6485 MBBS and 3568 PG medical seats, Arunachal Pradesh has 1 medical college with 50 MBBS seats, Assam has 13 medical colleges with 1550 MBBS and 738 PG medical seats, Bihar has 21 medical colleges with 2765 MBBS and 1229 PG medical seats, Chandigarh has 1 medical college with 150 MBBS and 585 PG medical seats, Chhattisgarh has 14 medical colleegs with 2005 MBBS and 589 PG medical seats, Dadra and Nagar Haveli has 1 medical college with 177 MBBS seats, Delhi has 10 medical colleges with 1487 MBBS and 2838 PG medical seats, Goa has 1 medical college with 180 MBBS and 137 PG medical seats, Gujarat has 40 medical colleges with 7150 MBBS and 2910 PG medical seats, Haryana has 15 medical colleges with 2185 MBBS and 897 PG medical seats, Himachal Pradesh has 8 medical colleges with 920 MBBS and 356 PG medical seats, Jammu & Kashmir has 12 medical colleges with 1339 MBBS and 657 PG medical seats, Jharkhand has 9 medical colleges with 980 MBBS and 263 PG medical seats, Karnataka has 70 medical colleges with 11745 MBBS and 6449 PG medical seats, Kerala has 33 medical colleges with 4655 MBBS and 1945 PG medical seats.

Madhya Pradesh has 27 medical college with 4800 MBBS and 2348 PG medical seats, Maharashtra has 68 medical colleges with 10845 MBBS and 6074 PG medical seats, Manipur has 4 medical colleges with 525 MBBS and 255 PG medical seats, Meghalaya has 1 medical college with 50 MBBS and 37 PG medical seats, Mizoram has 1 medical college with 100 MBBS seats, Nagaland has 1 medical college with 100 MBBS seats, Orissa has 17 medical colleges with 2525 MBBS and 1234 PG medical seats, Puducherry has 9 medical colleges with 1830 MBBS and 1034 PG medical seats, Punjab has 12 medical colleges with 1800 MBBS and 792 PG medical seats, Rajasthan has 35 medical colleges with 5575 MBBS and 3288 PG medical seats, Sikkim has 1 medical college with 150 MBBS and 34 PG medical seats, Tamil Nadu has 74 medical colleges with 11650 MBBS and 5134 PG medical seats, Telangana has 56 medical colleges with 8490 MBBS and 3112 PG medical seats, Tripura has 2 medical colleges with 225 MBBS and 91 PG medical seats, Uttar Pradesh has 68 medical colleges with 9903 MBBS and 4220 PG medical seats, Uttarakhand has 8 medical colleges with 1150 MBBS and 1832 PG medical seats, and West Bengal has 35 medical colleges with 5275 MBBS and 2088 PG medical seats, revealed the data.

The State/UT-wise details of Medical Colleges along with UG and PG seats for the current academic year 2023-24.

S.

No.

Name of the State/UT

Number of Colleges

UG seats

PG seats

Govt

Private

Govt

Private

Govt

Private

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1

0

114

0

0

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

18

19

3235

3250

1923

1645

3

Arunachal Pradesh

1

0

50

0

0

0

4

Assam

13

0

1550

0

738

0

5

Bihar

13

8

1615

1150

908

321

6

Chandigarh

1

0

150

0

585

0

7

Chhattisgarh

11

3

1555

450

475

114

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

0

177

0

0

0

9

Delhi

8

2

1247

250

2889

49

10

Goa

1

0

180

0

137

0

11

Gujarat

23

17

4250

2900

2186

724

12

Haryana

6

9

835

1350

432

465

13

Himachal Pradesh

7

1

770

150

264

92

14

Jammu & Kashmir

11

1

1239

100

606

51

15

Jharkhand

7

2

730

250

263

0

16

Karnataka

24

46

3750

7995

1856

4593

17

Kerala

12

21

1755

2900

1077

868

18

Madhya Pradesh

15

12

2400

2400

1489

859

19

Maharashtra

32

36

5125

5720

3576

2498

20

Manipur

3

1

375

150

255

0

21

Meghalaya

1

0

50

0

37

0

22

Mizoram

1

0

100

0

0

0

23

Nagaland

1

0

100

0

0

0

24

Orissa

12

5

1675

850

725

509

25

Puducherry

2

7

380

1450

314

720

26

Punjab

5

7

850

950

408

384

27

Rajasthan

26

9

3925

1650

2255

1033

28

Sikkim

0

1

0

150

0

34

29

Tamil Nadu

38

36

5275

6375

2765

2369

30

Telangana

28

28

3890

4600

1504

1608

31

Tripura

1

1

125

100

85

6

32

Uttar Pradesh

35

33

4303

5600

2301

1919

33

Uttarakhand

5

3

700

450

1572

260

34

West Bengal

26

9

3825

1450

1791

297

# PG seats also includes 1621 CPS and 14190 DNB seats.

Further, the Minister also provided the data regarding the number of medical colleges, MBBS seats and PG medical seats available for the academic year 2018-2019 and for the academic year 2022-2023. The maximum number of medical colleges have been added to Tamil Nadu in these last five years. While during 2018-2019, the State had only 49 medical colleges, it has increased to 71 during the academic year 2022-2023.

During these years, 1 medical college has been added in Andhra Pradesh, 8 in Bihar, 5 in Chhattisgarh, 2 in Delhi, 10 in Gujarat, 2 in Haryana, 1 in Himachal Pradesh, 6 in Jammu & Kashmir, 6 in Jharkhand, 10 in Karnataka, 3 in Madhya Pradesh, 12 in Maharashtra, 2 in Manipur, 4 in Orissa, 1 in Pondicherry, 4 in Punjab, 9 in Rajasthan, 22 in Tamil Nadu, 14 in Telangana, 19 in Uttar Pradesh, 2 in Uttarakhand, and 13 in West Bengal.

STATE WISE DETAILS OF MEDICAL COLLEGES and UG/PG seats

Sl.

No.

State

No. of Colleges

UG Seats

PG seats

2018-19

2022-23

2018-19

2022-23

2018-19

2022-23

1

Andhra Pradesh

31

32

4850

5485

1870

2807

2

A & N Islands

1

1

100

100

0

0

3

Assam

6

10

726

1250

536

738

4

Arunachal Praresh

1

1

50

50

0

0

5

Bihar

12

20

1300

2415

678

1139

6

Chandigarh

1

1

100

150

546

565

7

Chhattisgarh

9

14

1100

1765

121

558

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

150

0

0

9

Delhi

8

10

1100

1497

2540

2868

10

Goa

1

1

150

180

122

131

11

Gujarat

26

36

4350

6200

2100

2432

12

Haryana

11

13

1450

1760

574

729

13

Himachal Pradesh

7

8

750

920

226

342

14

Jammu & Kashmir

4

10

500

1147

482

608

15

Jharkhand

3

9

350

930

215

263

16

Karnataka

57

67

8845

10745

4128

5984

17

Kerala

34

32

4150

4355

1498

1850

18

Madhya Pradesh

22

25

3100

4080

902

1913

19

Maharashtra

51

63

7460

9995

3988

5677

20

Manipur

2

4

200

475

207

241

21

Meghalaya

1

1

50

50

22

35

22

Mizoram

1

1

100

100

0

0

23

Orissa

11

15

1550

2325

730

1168

24

Pondicherry

8

9

1200

1630

652

927

25

Punjab

8

12

975

1750

714

754

26

Rajasthan

21

30

3150

4405

1518

2873

27

Sikkim

1

1

100

150

22

34

28

Tamil Nadu

49

71

6850

10825

3160

4830

29

Telangana

27

41

4050

6040

1655

2652

30

Tripura

2

2

200

225

30

85

31

Uttar Pradesh

48

67

6499

9053

2125

3772

32

Uttarakhand

6

8

800

1150

251

1811

33

West Bengal

19

32

2850

4725

1568

2004

34

INIs

10

*

1007

*

* Number of INIs and their UG seats for the year 2022-23 are mentioned in concerned State/UT.

# PG seats also includes 1320 & 1621 CPS and 6848 & 12648 DNB seats for year 2018-19 and 2022-23 respectively.

As per the data provided by the Health Minister, the measures/steps taken by the Government to augment the medical education facilities and to improve the medical standards in the country include the following:

i. Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for establishment of new medical colleges by upgrading district/ referral hospital under which 157 new medical colleges have been approved, out of which 108 are already functional.

ii. CSS for strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/ Central Government medical colleges to increase the number of MBBS (UG) and PG seats, under which support has been provided for increase of 4977 MBBS seats in 83 colleges with an approved cost of Rs. 5972.20 Cr, 4058 PG seats in phase-I in 72 colleges with an approved cost of Rs. 1498.43 cr and 4000 PG seats in phase-II in 65 colleges with an approved cost of Rs. 4475.25 Cr.

iii. Under “Upgradation of Government medical colleges by construction of Super Specialty Blocks” component of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), a total of 75 projects have been approved, of which 64 projects are complete.

iv. Under the Central Sector Scheme for setting up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved. Undergraduate courses have started in 19 of these.

v. DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as teaching faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.

vi. Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re-employment against posts of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges upto 70 years.

To view the Health Ministry statement, click on the link below:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/mbbs-pg-seats-231533.pdf

Also Read: India has 108940 MBBS seats in 706 Medical Colleges, MoS Health Provides State/UT wise Breakup

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