Around 4,800 MBBS seats have been reserved for students from economically weaker sections in the current year, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
He told the Lok Sabha that there has been an increase of 24,698 seats for Under Graduate and Post Graduate in medical colleges in more than two years.
There has been an increase of 15,815 UG seats and 2,153 PG seats during the 2017-18 and 2019-20 period.
In 2019-20, 10,565 UG seats and 2,153 PG seats have been increased, he said.
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