India has created 60 new medical colleges in the past year, which entails an 8.07% increase and marks an important step for the healthcare sector. Union Health Minister JP Nadda brought it to notice while declaring the result of the first 100 days of the new government at the union ministry on Friday. Total Medical colleges increased from 706 of the previous year, 2023-24 to 766 in the present year, 2024-25.
Medical education has multiplied manifolds as this has grown from a meagre 387 in 2013-14, said Minister Nadda to the present figure of 766. Compared over the last decade, there are 379 new colleges coming up against the current numbers of 423 government-owned and 343 privately run medical institutions across the nation.
It can be seen in the plus MBBS seats. MBBS seats were increased by 6.30% as it rose from 108,940 in 2023-24 to 115,812 in 2024-25. During the last ten years, the total MBBS seats have enjoyed a brilliant growth of 64,464 that is, 125%. The graph shows that in 2013-14 the total MBBS seats stood at as low as 51,348.
This has also resulted in an increase in postgraduate seats in medical education – 5.92 per cent-from 69,024 in 2023-24 to 73,111 in 2024-25. Put together, this implies that the number of seats has increased by 39,460 over the decade, a percentage rise of 127 per cent from 31,185 in 2013-14.
Part of these schemes, said the minister; that long pending land case relating to AIIMS Darbhanga has been solved. On August 12, 2024, a formal possession of 150.13 acres of land was taken by the Bihar government on the way to AIIMS. It would be directly beneficial to the people and thus make tertiary care affordable, thus reducing out-of-pocket expenses in large extent.
This does go on to mean upgrading government’s efforts on healthcare infrastructure and educational provision, thus eventually upgrading medical services nationwide and solving the many growing needs for more qualified health care workers.
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