New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Uttarakhand has added 321 nursing seats through three government nursing colleges established since July 2021, taking the total number of seats across government and private nursing institutions to 11,495, according to a state government release.

The expansion is part of the government's efforts to strengthen nursing education and improve employment prospects for young people, under Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The three government colleges offer programmes including BSc Nursing, MSc Nursing, Nurse Practitioner in Critical Care (NPCC) and Nurse Practitioner in Midwifery (NPM), among others.

The newly added capacity includes 151 seats in BSc Nursing, 120 in MSc Nursing, 20 in NPCC and 30 in NPM. The total num...