Lok Sabha Question No. 969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: MBBS Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Kavitha Malothu, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Dayakar Pasunoori

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 969 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2021

## MBBS SEATS

969. SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA: SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU: DR. G. RANJITH REDDY: SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that 274 and 273 MBBS seats could not be filled up during the academic year 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively;
- (b) details of colleges in which these seats are lying vacant;
- (c) the reasons for these seats remainity vacant; and
- (d) details of seats lying vacant in 2020-21 and efforts being made by the Government to fill up all seats in MBBS course?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) to (d) As per the information provided by the National Medical Commission (NMC) the  State-wise  details  of  seats  vacant  in  MBBS  for  the  year  2018-19  and  2019-20  are  at Annexure.  Details  of  seats  lying  vacant  in  MBBS  course  in  2020-21  is  not  maintained centrally by NMC.

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 and are responsible for filling up the seats.

## The details of vacant MBBS seats State-wise and Year-wise for the last Two Years.

|                  | Vacant Seats   | Vacant Seats   |
|------------------|----------------|----------------|
| State/UT         | 2018-19        | 2019-20        |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2              | 6              |
| Assam            | 1              | 1              |
| Bihar            | 16             | 4              |
| Chandigarh       | 2              | 1              |
| Chhattisgarh     | 2              | 0              |
| Delhi            | 4              | 2              |
| Gujarat          | 0              | 5              |
| Haryana          | 1              | 7              |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1              | 0              |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | 3              | 55             |
| Jharkhand        | 0              | 114            |
| Karnataka        | 2              | 6              |
| Kerala           | 1              | 1              |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 149            | 2              |
| Maharashtra      | 1              | 9              |
| Manipur          | 0              | 1              |
| Mizoram          | 1              | 0              |
| Orissa           | 2              | 21             |
| Punjab           | 3              | 1              |
| Rajasthan        | 1              | 5              |
| Tamil Nadu       | 0              | 10             |
| Telangana        | 75             | 8              |
| Tripura          | 2              | 1              |
| Uttarakhand      | 3              | 0              |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 1              | 4              |
| West Bengal      | 1              | 9              |
| TOTAL            | 274            | 273            |

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