547 MBBS Seats Went Vacant In Last Two Years, Union Health Minister

The Minister was responding to a series of questions related to the vacant MBBS seats in the Country. Dr. Vikas Mahatme, a member of the Parliament sought to know from the Union Health Minister the data regarding the vacant MBBS seats in India in the last two years. He also questioned whether the fees being charged in Medical Colleges are reasonable and about the steps that have been taken by the Union Government for regulating the fees in the medical colleges across the country.

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Explaining the admission process for the medical courses in detail, Union Health Minister mentioned in a Statement, "As per the provisions of the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education and Post Graduate Medical Education, the Common Counseling for admission to Central Educational Institutions, All India Quota seats in Government Medical Colleges and Deemed Universities is conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. Similarly, for admission to the State Quota seats in Government Medical College and all the seats in private medical Colleges, the respective State Governments conduct common counseling."

Further, the data presented by Minister Mandaviya revealed that there were a total number of 274 vacant MBBS seats in India for the academic year 2018-2019 and for 273 seats were unfilled for the 2019-2020 academic session.

In case of the data regarding 2018-2019, Madhya Pradesh was the State with the most numbers of vacant MBBS seats, i.e. 149. Apart from this, 2 MBBS seats remained unfilled in Andhra Pradesh. In case of Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal 1, 16, 2, 2, 4, 1,1,3,2,1,1,1,2,3,1,75, 2,3,1,1, seats were vacant respectively.

For the academic year 2019-2020, Jharkhand comes at first place with a total number of 114 vacant MBBS seats. Jammu & Kashmir comes at the second place with 55 seats being unfilled. Apart from these, 21 seats were vacant in Orissa and 10 remained unfilled in Tamil Nadu. There were a total number of 9 vacant MBBS seats in West Bengal and Maharashtra, 8 in Telangana, 7 in Haryana, 6 in Andhra Pradesh, 5 in Gujarat and Rajasthan, 4 in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and 2 in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh . Besides, in Assam, Chandigarh, Kerala, Manipur, Punjab, and Tripura 1 MBBS seats were vacant in each of these States.