Lok Sabha Question No. 4040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Vacant Seats in Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4040 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  March, 2023

## VACANT SEATS IN MEDICAL COLLEGES

## †4040. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

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

- (a) the number of seats under various courses available in Government as well as private medical colleges/institutes in the country as on date; (b) the number of applications received for admission under various courses available in the said medical colleges/institutes as on date; (c) whether all the applicants have got admission in the said medical colleges/institutes and if so, the details thereof; (d) the number of seats lying vacant under various courses available in the Government as well as private medical colleges/institutes, the college/ institute-wise and course-wise details of the said vacant seats separately; and whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  any  steps  for  filling  the  said
- (e) vacant seats in the said medical colleges/institutes and if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY

## ANSWER WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (e):  The  Government  has  increased  the  number  of  medical  colleges  as  subsequently increased MBBS seats. There is an increase of 71% in Medical Colleges from 387 before 2014 to 660 as of now. Further, there is an increase of 97% in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 101,043 as of now. There is also an increase of 110% in Post Graduate (PG) seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 65,335 as of now, including Diplomate of National Board (DNB)/ Fellowship of National Board (FNB) PG seats and PG seats in College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS).

As per information received from National  Medical  Commission (NMC) and National Testing  Agency  (NTA),  the  details  of  available  MBBS  seats  alongwith  the  details  of  total registered  applicants  and  vacant  MBBS  seats  for  academic  year  2021-22  and  2022-23  are  as under:-

| Academic Year   | Available MBBS seats   | Number of Students registered for NEET-UG   | Vacant MBBS seats   |
|-----------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 2021-22         | 92,065                 | 16,14,777                                   | 197                 |
| 2022-23         | 96,077                 | 18,72,343                                   | 292*                |

Further,  as  per  information  received  from  National  Medical  Commission  (NMC)  and National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), the details of available PG seats alongwith the details of total registered applicants and vacant PG seats for academic year 202122 and 2022-23 are as under:-

| Academic Year   | Available PG seats   | Number of Students registered for NEET-PG   | Vacant PG seats   |
|-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 2021-22         | 60,202               | 1,75,415                                    | 3744              |
| 2022-23         | 64,059               | 2,06,541                                    | 4400*             |

In  order  to  minimize  the  number  of  vacant  seats  in  medical  colleges/  institutes following steps have been taken:

- i. The cut-off percentiles was reduced to 25 percentile, 20 percentile and 15 percentile for General, Physically Disabled and SC/ST/OBC candidates for admission on the basis of NEET PG 2022.
- ii. An extra stray round counseling has been conducted to fill the vacant PG seats.

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