India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there is an increase in MBBS seats from 1,09,115 in AY 2023-24 to 1,28,976 in AY 2025-26 and an increase in PG seats from 31,185 in AY 2023-24 to 86,360 in AY 2025-26.
As per the Indian Medical Register (IMR), the total number of registered is 15,35,155 and 7,51,768 registered practitioners in the AYUSH system of medicine as of now. Assuming that 80% of registered practitioners in both the allopathic and AYUSH systems are available, the doctor-population ratio in the country is estimated to be 1:778.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri. Jagat Prakash Nadda stated this in a written reply in the ...