Reportedly the government on Wednesday approved the establishment of 75 new medical colleges and an additional 15,700 new MBBS seats in india by 2021-22. Meanwhile Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the Union Cabinet approved the proposal on Wednesday. When speaking to the media on Wednesday evening, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar stated that a total of Rs 24,000 crore would be invested into the new colleges.
Meanwhile in addition to undergraduate medical education (MBBS), the colleges will also offer postgraduate medical education. Hence this approval comes under Phase III of the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme. Reportedly “In the last 5 years, we have added 45,000 MBBS and PG seats. Till day, there have been 82 colleges added in this time period. Today, we have added another 75 medical schools for the next 3 years and the new medical colleges are planned to be set up in under served areas which have no proper medical facilities with at least a 200 bed District Hospital to which they are attached. Districts and District Hospitals with a facility of at least 300 beds will be given preference.
Moreover the government, as part of Phase I of the scheme, had approved 58 new medical colleges to be established and another 24 were approved to be started under Phase II of the scheme. Hence of these, 39 colleges have already been started under Phase I and 18 have been approved under Phase II.
