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State Wise number of Medical Colleges along with PG seats.


05 February 2021 -The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok that there are total of 562 MBBS colleges in India & the Total Number of Post Graduation MD/MS/Diploma Seats are 42812.

Besides the above MD/MS/Diploma PG Seats there are 9795 DNB/FNB seats and 2432 CPS Diploma seats available in the country

He also reply that Central Government has taken several steps to increase the number of medical seats in the country. These include:

i. Centrally Sponsored Scheme- Strengthening/ up-gradation of existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS and PG seats.

ii. Minimum Standard Requirements for setting up of Medical College have been rationalized in terms of land, faculty, staff, bed strength, equipment, and other infrastructure.

iii. Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.

iv. DNB qualification has been equated with the corresponding MD/MS and DM/M.Ch to take care of the shortage of faculty.

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

vi. The teacher-student ratio has been rationalized to increase in the number of PG seats.

vii. By amending the regulations, it has been made mandatory for all medical colleges to start PG courses within 3 years from the date of their MBBS recognition /continuation of recognition.

viii. Colleges are allowed to apply for PG courses in clinical subjects at the time of 4th renewal. It will serve to advance the process for starting PG courses by more than 1 year.

ix. Provision has been made in the Regulations to offer less number of seats to the applicant medical college, in case, it falls short of minimum prescribed requirements of applied intake to avoid wastage of human resources.

x. A Consortium (a group of 2 or upto 4 private organizations) has been allowed to establish a medical college.

xi. To promote the establishment of medical colleges in PPP mode, the Viability Gap Funding Scheme has been launched.

State-wise details: Number of Medical Colleges along with PG MD/MS/Diploma seats in India.

Sr. No. State Number of medical colleges Total Number of PG seats
1 Andhra Pradesh 31 2371
2 A & N Islands 1 0
3 Assam 8 715
4 Arunachal Pradesh 1 0
5 Bihar 18 856
6 Chandigarh 1 557
7 Chhattisgarh 10 206
8 D& N Haveli 1 0
9 Delhi 10 2715
10 Goa 1 119
11 Gujarat 30 2127
12 Haryana 12 554
13 Himachal Pradesh 7 318
14 Jammu & Kashmir 9 568
15 Jharkhand 8 227
16 Karnataka 61 5379
17 Kerala 31 1587
18 Madhya Pradesh 23 1548
19 Maharashtra 60 4922
20 Manipur 2 210
21 Meghalaya 1 35
22 Mizoram 1 0
23 Nagaland 0 0
24 Orissa 12 852
25 Pondicherry 9 817
26 Punjab 11 734
27 Rajasthan 24 1841
28 Sikkim 1 22
29 Tamil Nadu 53 4255
30 Telangana 34 2237
31 Tripura 2 84
32 Uttar Pradesh 57 2836
33 Uttarakhand 6 1732
34 West Bengal 26 1758
  TOTAL 562 42182

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