121% increase in UG medical seats in India in 10 years: FICCI & KPMG Report

As per a report by FICCI & KPMG, in the last decade, the number of UG medical seats in India increased by 121%.

India has 612 medical colleges (321 government and 291 private) housing 91,927 UG (MBBS) seats. There has been an 83% growth of medical colleges and 121 % growth of UG seats in the last decade with a high increase in the number of government medical colleges (108%) compared to private medical colleges (61%), said a report by FICCI and KPMG.

In the last decade, government medical colleges have doubled from 154 to 321, however, private colleges grew by 61% from 181 in 2011-12 to 291 in 2021-22.

The number of medical seats at the UG level increased from 41,569 in 2011-12 to 91,927 in 2021-22, which is a 121% increase, stated the report.

In 1971–72, India had only 98 medical colleges, which increased to only 128 by 1990–91. The pace picked up and India witnessed 189 medical colleges in the next 10 years, i.e., by 2001.

In 2011-12, the number of medical colleges, including private and government, was 335, which increased to 612 in 2021-22, observing an 83% growth. The average annual growth of medical colleges from 2011-12 to 2021-22 was 5.9% — the highest in the last five decades, added the report.

Between 2011-12 and 2021-22, the government MBBS seats jumped by 155% superseding private medical seats, which grew by 97% and have been growing significantly since.

PG seats increase by 74%, DNB by 81% in 5 years

India witnessed a 74% growth in postgraduate (MD/MS/MCh/DM) seats and 81% growth in Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) seats between 2017-22, across the government and private medical colleges.

In 2021-22, there were an estimated 12,028 DNB seats (excluding sponsored seats) for 99 courses. The DNB seats witnessed an increase of 81% over 2017-22. 

The split between the government and private seats for PG and DNB courses in 2021-22 shows that PG seats are concentrated in government colleges (62%), whereas for DNB courses, the seats are concentrated in private colleges (67%), stated the report.

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