547 MBBS, 8,616 PG Medical, 6,091 BDS went vacant in 2018-19, 2019-20: Health Minister
New Delhi: Bringing much disappointment on wasted seats, the Union Minister of State for Health recently informed that 7661 seats including 273 MBBS, 4614 PG Medical, 2774 BDS seats were lying vacant in the previous academic year 2019-20. Besides, in the year 2018-19, over 274 MBBS, 4002 PG Medical, 3317 seats were vacant.
The information to this effect was recently shared in a Rajya Sabha session when Shri Shamsher Singh Dullo asked the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoS Health) about the details of vacant seats, State-wise and year-wise.
The minister presented the data in his reply before the parliament members. As per the information provided by the National Medical Commission (NMC), and the Dental Council of India (DCI), the State-wise details of seats vacant in MBBS, PG medical courses and BDS for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20 are as follows:
For MBBS course:
In the 2018-19 academic session, over 274 seats from the MBBS course left unfilled. the maximum number of vacant seats were from the state of Madhya Pradesh with over 149 MBBS seats followed by Telangana with 75 seats. 16 MBBS seats were vacant from Bihar and 4 from Delhi.
The details of vacant MBBS seats State-wise and Year-wise for the last Two Years. | |||
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| Vacant Seats | |
Sl. No. |
State | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
1 | Andaman Nicobar Islands | 0 | 0 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 6 |
3 | Arunachal Praresh | 0 | 0 |
4 | Assam | 1 | 1 |
5 | Bihar | 16 | 4 |
6 | Chandigarh | 2 | 1 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 0 |
8 | D& N Haveli | 0 | 0 |
9 | Delhi | 4 | 2 |
10 | Goa | 0 | 0 |
11 | Gujarat | 0 | 5 |
12 | Haryana | 1 | 7 |
13 | Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 0 |
14 | Jammu & Kashmir | 3 | 55 |
15 | Jharkhand | 0 | 114 |
16 | Karnataka | 2 | 6 |
17 | Kerala | 1 | 1 |
18 | Madhya Pradesh | 149 | 2 |
19 | Maharashtra | 1 | 9 |
20 | Manipur | 0 | 1 |
21 | Meghalaya | 0 | 0 |
22 | Mizoram | 1 | 0 |
23 | Orissa | 2 | 21 |
24 | Pondicherry | 0 | 0 |
25 | Punjab | 3 | 1 |
26 | Rajasthan | 1 | 5 |
27 | Sikkim | 0 | 0 |
28 | Tamil Nadu | 0 | 10 |
29 | Telangana | 75 | 8 |
30 | Tripura | 2 | 1 |
31 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 0 |
32 | Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 4 |
33 | West Bengal | 1 | 9 |
| TOTAL | 274 | 273 |
The details of vacant PG seats State-wise and Year-wise for the last Two Years. | |||
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| Vacant Seats | |
Sl. No. | State | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 303 | 149 |
2 | Assam | 84 | 18 |
3 | Bihar | 94 | 125 |
4 | Chandigarh | 8 | 11 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 3 | 12 |
6 | Delhi | 231 | 310 |
7 | Goa | 21 | 20 |
8 | Gujarat | 343 | 230 |
9 | Haryana | 145 | 73 |
10 | Himachal Pradesh | 14 | 42 |
11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 41 | 22 |
12 | Jharkhand | 35 | 38 |
13 | Karnataka | 563 | 530 |
14 | Kerala | 115 | 50 |
15 | Madhya Pradesh | 14 | 139 |
16 | Maharashtra | 520 | 1723 |
17 | Manipur | 14 | 23 |
18 | Meghalaya | 9 | 6 |
19 | Orissa | 88 | 87 |
20 | Pondicherry | 84 | 46 |
21 | Punjab | 122 | 57 |
22 | Rajasthan | 164 | 104 |
23 | Sikkim | 8 | 3 |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 477 | 160 |
25 | Telangana | 53 | 99 |
26 | Tripura | 0 | 4 |
27 | Uttarakhand | 52 | 28 |
28 | Uttar Pradesh | 256 | 237 |
29 | West Bengal | 141 | 268 |
| TOTAL | 4002 | 4614 |
BDS Admission for the academic session 2018-19 | ||||
Sl. No. |
State | PERMITTED SEATS | ADMITTED SEATS | VACANT SEATS |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1440 | 1380 | 60 |
2 | Assam | 140 | 129 | 11 |
3 | Bihar | 280 | 234 | 46 |
4 | Chandigarh | 100 | 100 | 0 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 600 | 493 | 107 |
6 | Daman & DIU | 100 | 69 | 31 |
7 | Delhi | 140 | 140 | 0 |
8 | Goa | 40 | 40 | 0 |
9 | Gujarat | 1240 | 1095 | 145 |
10 | Haryana | 900 | 621 | 279 |
11 | Himachal Pradesh | 340 | 321 | 19 |
12 | Jammu & Kashmir | 200 | 178 | 22 |
13 | Jharkhand | 350 | 268 | 82 |
14 | Karnataka | 3440 | 3120 | 320 |
15 | Kerala | 1920 | 1918 | 2 |
16 | Madhya Pradesh | 1370 | 792 | 578 |
17 | Maharashtra | 3410 | 3364 | 46 |
18 | Manipur | 100 | 99 | 1 |
19 | Orissa | 350 | 349 | 1 |
20 | Pondicherry | 340 | 251 | 89 |
21 | Punjab | 1230 | 1040 | 190 |
22 | Rajasthan | 1400 | 1176 | 224 |
23 | Tamil Nadu | 2860 | 2376 | 484 |
24 | Telangana | 1140 | 1136 | 4 |
25 | Uttarakhand | 200 | 189 | 11 |
26 | Uttar Pradesh | 2490 | 1926 | 564 |
27 | West Bengal | 500 | 499 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 26620 | 23303 | 3317 |
BDS Admission for the academic session 2019-20 | ||||
Sl. No. | State | PERMITTED SEATS | ADMITTED SEATS | VACANT SEATS |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1440 | 1425 | 15 |
2 | Assam | 176 | 109 | 67 |
3 | Bihar | 240 | 225 | 15 |
4 | Chandigarh | 100 | 99 | 1 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 600 | 486 | 114 |
6 | Daman & DIU | 100 | 71 | 29 |
7 | Delhi | 150 | 136 | 14 |
8 | Goa | 50 | 50 | 0 |
9 | Gujarat | 1340 | 1214 | 126 |
10 | Haryana | 950 | 744 | 206 |
11 | Himachal Pradesh | 355 | 317 | 38 |
12 | Jammu & Kashmir | 226 | 223 | 3 |
13 | Jharkhand | 363 | 261 | 102 |
14 | Karnataka | 3453 | 3132 | 321 |
15 | Kerala | 1970 | 1967 | 3 |
16 | Madhya Pradesh | 1283 | 954 | 329 |
17 | Maharashtra | 3444 | 3289 | 155 |
18 | Manipur | 100 | 100 | 0 |
19 | Orissa | 363 | 301 | 62 |
20 | Pondicherry | 340 | 297 | 43 |
21 | Punjab | 1230 | 906 | 324 |
22 | Rajasthan | 1410 | 1306 | 104 |
23 | Tamil Nadu | 2873 | 2752 | 121 |
24 | Telangana | 1140 | 1119 | 21 |
25 | Uttarakhand | 200 | 168 | 32 |
26 | Uttar Pradesh | 2503 | 1975 | 528 |
27 | West Bengal | 550 | 549 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 26949 | 24175 | 2774 |
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