New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave a go-ahead to expand medical education with funds amounting to Rs 15,034 crore. The decision is expected to boost access to medication education in the country, as the number of aspirants continue to grow.

The development comes under the phase-3 of the Centrally-sponsored scheme (CSS) for strengthening and upgradation of existing state government/central government medical colleges/standalone PG institutes/government hospitals, which will increase 5,000 PG seats and extend the CSS for upgradation of existing government medical colleges for increasing 5,023 MBBS seats with an enhanced cost ceiling of Rs 1.50 crore per seat, as per a press release on PIB.

The total financial implications of these two s

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