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[ad_1] Last Updated: February 07, 2023, 18:59 IST A total of 94 out of 157 new medical colleges approved are already functional, Pawar said (Representative image) There has been a 94 per cent rise in the number of MBBS seats, from 51,348 to 99,763, and a 107 per cent increase in the number of postgraduate (PG) seats, from 31,185 before 2014 to 64,559 as of now, Bharati Pravin Pawar said There has been a 69 per cent increase in the number of medical colleges in the country, from 387 before 2014 to 654 as of now, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. Further, there has been a 94 per cent rise in the number of MBBS seats, from 51,348 to 99,763, and a 107-per cent increase in the number of postgraduate (PG) seats, from 31,185 before 2014 to 64,559 as of now, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. In order to increase the number of doctors in the country, the government has hiked the number of medical college

[ad_1] Last Updated: February 11, 2023, 16:55 IST The top court warned the college that it should not recover the penalty amount from the students (Representational image) The top court had directed the NMC to get a fresh inspection of the college conducted by professor-rank officers within two months to see whether it complied with the norms or not The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Maharashtra medical college to deposit Rs 2.5 crore as penalty to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for “overreaching” its order and admitting 100 MBBS students despite a stay order. The top court said this amount, which will be deposited in four weeks, will be used as per the discretion of the AIIMS director for the treatment of poor patients. In a hearing last year, the court had likened Annasaheb Chudaman Patil Memorial Medical College to the movie ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S’ and noted that a surprise inspection by a National Medical Commission (NMC) team had found that all ”hale an