67,352 MBBS and 32,518 PG Medical seats in India: Minister apprises Parliament

New Delhi: Recently, through a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha Minister Of State (Independent charge) Smt Anupriya Patel informed about the Increasing of UG and PG Medical seats.

As per information provided by Medical Council of India, there are a total 10,41,395 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils/Medical Council of India as on 30th September, 2017. Assuming 80% availability, it is estimated that around 8.33 lakh doctors may be actually available for active service. It gives a doctor-population ratio of 1:1596 as per current population estimate of 1.33 billion.

The Government has taken various steps to increase the number of Allopathic doctors. These efforts include-

1. Enhancement of maximum intake capacity at MBBS level from 150 to 250.


2. Relaxation in the norms of setting up of Medical College in terms of requirement for land, faculty, staff,bed/bed strength and other infrastructure.


3. Strengthening/upgradation of State Government Medical Colleges for starting new PG courses/Increase of PG seats.


4. Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals,


5. Strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Government Medical Colleges to increase MBBS seats.


6. 6. The ratio of teachers to students has been revised from 1:1 to 1:2 for all MD/MS disciplines and 1:1 to 1:3 in subjects of Anesthesiology, Forensic Medicine, Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology and Psychiatry in all medical colleges across the country. Further, teacher: student ratio in public funded Government Medical Colleges for Professor has been increased from 1:2 to 1:3 in all clinical subjects and for Asso. Prof. from 1:1 to 1:2 if the Asso. Prof. is a unit head. This would result in increase in number of specialists in the country.


7. Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re-employment against posts of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges from 65-70 years.


8. DNB qualification, as well as Foreign qualification, have been recognized for appointment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.

Central Government increases UG & PG seats every year implementing the above mentioned measures.

UG and PG seats as on 28.02.2018

Sl. No.	State/UT	UG	PG
1	Andhra Pradesh	4750	1869
2	A& N Islands	100	0
3	Assam	726	518
4	Bihar	1350	665
5	Chandigarh	100	552
6	Chhattisgarh	1100	119
7	Delhi	1100	2529
8	Goa	150	107
9	Gujarat	3830	2034
10	Haryana	1450	574
11	Himachal Pradesh	650	226
12	Jammu & Kashmir	500	438
13	Jharkhand	350	215
14	Karnataka	8845	4068
15	Kerala	4150	1423
16	Madhya Pradesh	2600	890
17	Maharashtra	7270	3902
18	Manipur	200	207
19	Meghalaya	50	22
20	Orissa	1350	726
21	Pondicherry	1200	652
22	Punjab	1275	708
23	Rajasthan	2650	1475
24	Sikkim	100	22
25	Tamil Nadu	6850	3089
26	Telangana	3750	1628
27	Tripura	200	30
28	Uttar Pradesh	6349	2089
29	Uttarakhand	800	251
30	West Bengal	2700	1490
31	AIIMS	707	0
32	JIPMER	150	0
	TOTAL	67352	32518