The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the third phase of the centrally sponsored scheme to add 5,023 MBBS seats and 5,000 PG seats in existing government medical colleges and institutes at a cost of Rs 15,034 crore over the next three years.

This is in line with the government’s plan of adding 75,000 new medical seats over the next five years, as announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in this year’s budget .

Under the scheme, the Centre provided support in the first phase for adding 4,977 MBBS seats in 83 colleges at a cost of Rs 5,972 crore and 4,058 PG seats in 72 colleges for Rs 1,498 crore. In the second phase, the Centre provided support of Rs 4,478 crore to add 4,000 seats in 65 colleges.

The government has undertaken several initiatives to increase the numbe

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