Rajasthan: 4 medical colleges get approval for 230 additional MBBS seats

The confirmation to this effect comes with a recent announcement made by the Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma, who in a statement, said the number of MBBS seats in the state has been increased by 230.

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Last year, there was an increase of 650 seats. Thus in the last two years, 880 MBBS seats have increased in the state.

Health Secretary Vaibhav Galriya said in 2018, there were a total of 1,950 MBBS seats in the state, which has now increased to 2,830.

Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasara expressed happiness over the approval of a medical college in Sikar, which is a native district.

"The much-awaited Sikar Medical College has received the approval of the National Medical Science Commission. It is a result of the strong will power of the Congress government of the state that the Sikar people have got their right, their medical college," he tweeted.

Further, informing about the approval of the Sikar based medical college, the Health minister tweeted:

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