Lok Sabha Question No. 808 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: Increase in UG Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Com. Selvaraj V

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 808 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH NOVEMBER, 2024

## INCREASE IN UG MEDICAL SEATS

## 808. COM. SELVARAJ V:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has plan to increase the number of under graduate medical seats by 3000 for the academic year 2024-25;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of break-up of the seats proposed to be increased medical college-wise?

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

## WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) to (c): The Government has increased the number of MBBS seats from 1,08,940 in 2023-24 to 1,18,137 as of now. The State UT - wise break-up of the UG seats for the year 2023-24 and 2024-25 is at Annexure.

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Annexure

State UT - wise break-up of the UG seats for the year 2023-24 and 2024-25

|   S. No. | Name of the State/UT    |   Number of UG seats in Medical college in the AY 2023-24 |   Number of UG seats in Medical college in the AY 2024-25 |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Island |                                                       114 |                                                       114 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh          |                                                      6485 |                                                      6785 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                                        50 |                                                       100 |
|        4 | Assam                   |                                                      1550 |                                                      1650 |
|        5 | Bihar                   |                                                      2765 |                                                      2995 |
|        6 | Chandigarh              |                                                       150 |                                                       150 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh            |                                                      2005 |                                                      2455 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |                                                       177 |                                                       177 |
|        9 | Delhi                   |                                                      1497 |                                                      1497 |
|       10 | Goa                     |                                                       180 |                                                       200 |
|       11 | Gujarat                 |                                                      7150 |                                                      7250 |
|       12 | Haryana                 |                                                      2185 |                                                      2185 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh        |                                                       920 |                                                       920 |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir          |                                                      1339 |                                                      1339 |
|       15 | Jharkhand               |                                                       980 |                                                      1055 |
|       16 | Karnataka               |                                                     11745 |                                                     12545 |
|       17 | Kerala                  |                                                      4655 |                                                      4905 |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh          |                                                      4800 |                                                      5200 |
|       19 | Maharashtra             |                                                     10845 |                                                     11845 |
|       20 | Manipur                 |                                                       525 |                                                       525 |
|       21 | Meghalaya               |                                                        50 |                                                       200 |
|       22 | Mizoram                 |                                                       100 |                                                       100 |
|       23 | Nagaland                |                                                       100 |                                                       100 |
|       24 | Odisha                  |                                                      2525 |                                                      2725 |
|       25 | Puducherry              |                                                      1830 |                                                      1830 |
|       26 | Punjab                  |                                                      1800 |                                                      1850 |
|       27 | Rajasthan               |                                                      5575 |                                                      6475 |
|       28 | Sikkim                  |                                                       150 |                                                       150 |
|       29 | Tamil Nadu              |                                                     11650 |                                                     12050 |
|       30 | Telangana               |                                                      8490 |                                                      9040 |
|       31 | Tripura                 |                                                       225 |                                                       425 |
|       32 | Uttar Pradesh           |                                                      9903 |                                                     12425 |
|       33 | Uttarakhand             |                                                      1150 |                                                      1400 |
|       34 | West Bengal             |                                                      5275 |                                                      5475 |