So many thousand seats will increase in medical colleges, knowing which states will benefit the most.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the General Budget 2025 for the country. In this budget, the Finance Minister has also announced to increase in the seats of medical colleges. Know which states' students will benefit from this.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the much-awaited Union Budget 2025 in Parliament. The Finance Minister has made important policy announcements for the education sector. Presenting the Union Budget 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that additional seats will be added in medical colleges. But do you know who will benefit the most from adding seats in medical colleges?

Big budget for the education sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is announcing the budget in Parliament today i.e. on February 1. Nirmala Sitharaman has also made big announcements for the students in the budget. During this, she said that 6500 seats will be increased in IIT and 3 AI centers will be opened. Apart from this, he has announced to increase in the seats for students in the medical field. The Finance Minister said that 10 thousand seats will be increased in 5 years. Apart from this, there is a budget of Rs 500 crore for AI education.

Medical studies

There is always competition for medical studies in the country. The main reason for this is the lack of seats in government medical colleges. On the other hand, if a student studies medicine private, then crores of rupees are spent. But Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has given a big relief to medical students. She has talked about increasing 10 thousand seats in the next 5 years. This will provide relief to those students who are preparing for medical and do not have the expense of studying at private.

How many medical seats are there in the country?

Let us tell you that there are a total of 1,12,112 MBBS seats in medical colleges in the country, for which there is a competition for admission every year. Admissions are given on these seats through NEET exam. Before the arrival of the Modi government, till the year 2014, the total number of MBBS seats used to be 51348, which till 2014 there were a total of 387 medical colleges in the country. Apart from this, according to the data till July 2024, now the number of medical colleges in the country is 731. Similarly, the number of post graduate seats in medical has also been increased. Till 2014, the total number of post graduate seats was 31185, while by July 2024 the number of these seats has increased to 72627. But now the students preparing for medical will get relief due to the increase in medical seats again.

Which states will benefit?

Now the question is, which states will benefit the most from the increase in medical seats. According to the information, students of all the states will get the benefit of this at the central level. Seats for MBBS and PG will increase in AIIMS and other medical colleges. Due to which students of all the states will get the benefit of studying from government medical colleges.