Bhubaneswar: Good news for medical aspirants as the Government of India has increased MBBS seats across the country.
As per the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 5200 MBBS seats have been increased under Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservation quota in State Government’s Colleges, State Government aided Society run Colleges, Municipal Corporation’s Colleges and Colleges set up on Private Public Mode (PPP mode) for the academic session 2019-20.
This was informed by Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Number of MBBS seats increased under EWS quota State/UT wise is given below:
| Sl. No. | State | Seats Increased | |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 360 | |
| 2 | Assam | 174 | |
| 3 | Bihar | 190 | |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 120 | |
| 5 | Delhi | 115 | |
| 6 | Goa | 30 | |
| 7 | Gujarat | 700 | |
| 8 | Haryana | 110 | |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 120 | |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 85 | |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 30 | |
| 12 | Kerala | 155 | |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 270 | |
| 14 | Manipur | 25 | |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 970 | |
| 16 | Orissa | 100 | |
| 17 | Pondicherry | 30 | |
| 18 | Punjab | 100 | |
| 19 | Rajasthan | 450 | |
| 20 | Telangana | 190 | |
| 21 | Tripura | 25 | |
| 22 | Uttar Pradesh | 326 | |
| 23 | Uttarakhand | 75 | |
| 24 | West Bengal | 450 | |
| Total | 5200 | ||
(With PIB Inputs)