New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a major expansion of India’s medical education capacity, aiming to add over 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate seats across government medical institutions.

Under Phase-III of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for strengthening and upgrading State and Central Government medical colleges , standalone PG institutes, and government hospitals, 5,000 new postgraduate seats will be created.

Simultaneously, the CSS for upgrading existing government medical colleges will be extended to add 5,023 MBBS seats, with the cost ceiling for each seat enhanced to ₹1.50 crore, according to an official release.

The initiative is designed to increase the availability of specialist doctors, introduce new medical spec

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