891 total proposals for PG Medical Courses received by Health Ministry, ZERO from Punjab, Haryana

The capital New Delhi has sent 15 proposals to the centre, while the state of Gujarat has only sent 9. States including Punjab, Haryana and Goa UT did not send any proposals to the central government, the appendix containing the state-wise details showed

New Delhi: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has received 891 proposals/applications from the existing Medical Colleges for the opening/increase of seats in Post Graduate Courses for the academic year 2019-20, the MOS for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently informed the parliament.

The minister was responding to the question raised by Members of Parliament (LS) Dr Ratna De ( Nag), Shri Manoj Tiwari and Shri Hari Om Pandey in this regard. The MPs had asked for details of proposals received by the government to increase the number of seats for medical PG courses in the country, State-wise.

The MOS health replied that 891 such proposals had been received by the government for the year 2019-2020, adding that the Ministry is also implementing a scheme for strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase PG seats.

The last date for granting approval for the increasing number of PG seats for 2019-20 is 28.02.2019, the minister added.

Of the total proposals received, the maximum number of proposals have been sent by the Karnataka with 138 proposals, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 112 proposals and Maharashtra with 105 proposals

The capital New Delhi has sent 15 proposals to the centre, while the state of Gujarat has only sent 9. States including Punjab, Haryana and Goa UT did not send any proposals to the central government, the appendix containing the state-wise details showed

Sl. No.	State/ UT	No. of PG Applications
1	Andhra Pradesh	112
2	Assam	26
3	Bihar	19
4	Chandigarh	5
5	Chhattisgarh	6
6	Delhi	15
7	Goa	0
8	Gujarat	9
9	Haryana	0
10	Himachal Pradesh	12
11	Jammu & Kashmir	4
12	Jharkhand	21
13	Karnataka	138
14	Kerala	27
15	Madhya Pradesh	52
16	Maharashtra	105
17	Manipur	0
18	Meghalaya	2
19	Orissa	4
20	Pondicherry	48
21	Punjab	0
22	Rajasthan	30
23	Sikkim	5
24	Tamil Nadu	75
25	Telangana	43
25	Tripura	14
26	Uttar Pradesh	90
27	Uttarakhand	4
28	West Bengal	25
	TOTAL	891