NEET Admission 2022: 261 New Medical Colleges Added in Past 8 Years

NEET Admission 2022: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has released data showing that UG (MBBS) seats have increased by 87% while PG seats have increased by an astounding 105%. The number of medical colleges has increased by 67% over the last eight years. India now has 648 medical colleges, up from 387 previously for NEET Admission 2022.

355 of these colleges are run by the government, while 293 are private institutions.

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The Union Health Ministry reports that as of 2014, India had just 387 medical colleges. There were far too many issues with the system. In 2022, there will be 96,077 seats for UG medical students, up from 51,348 in 2014. The number of PG seats also increased, going from 31,185 to 63,842.

Despite an unprecedented increase in the number of UG and PG medical seats, the colleges are experiencing a teacher shortage, harming medical students' training.

The government database now includes 261 different colleges. Under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), initiatives for the upgradation of 75 government medical institutions and 22 new AIIMS were undertaken. There are currently 2,037 MBBS seats in 19 of the 22 new AIIMS for NEET Admission 2022 that have begun offering MBBS (UG) sessions. Government medical colleges reported a 96% increase since 2014, while private medical colleges reported a 46% increase. 

96,077 UG medical seats will be available by 2022, up from 51,348 in 2014. Although the number of seats is growing, there needs to be more professors to instruct the students adequately.

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