New Delhi, 28/8: There has been an increase of 110 per cent in medical seats in the country, union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Lok Sabha on Friday. He said that since 2014, MBBS seats have increased from 51,348 to 1,07,948.
Responding to a query raised by AIUDF MP from Assam’s Dhubri M Badruddin Ajmal, Mandaviya said that there is also an increase of 117 per cent in postgraduate seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 67,802 now.