Union Budget 2025: Rise in Medical Seats Without Proportionate Increase in Faculty
Meetu Jain | 02 February 2025 | The Wire
The government has found a novel way for infrastructure to catch up with the budget announcement about the 75,000 medical seats to be added across the country over the next five years – by diluting the quality of faculty.
Speaking on her government’s efforts at expanding medical education, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, had said, “Our government has added almost 1.1 lakh UG and PG seats in 10 years, an increase of 130%. Next year, 10,000 additional seats will be added in medical colleges and hospitals towards the goal of adding 75,000 seats in the next five years.”…