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75,000 more medical seats by 2029, 45,000 already added: Nadda

Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Thursday that India now has 23 AIIMS and 863 medical colleges, and is on course to add 75,000 undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats by 2029, with 45,000 added in the past two years. He said ₹15,000 crore has been set aside for 10,000 PG seats at ₹1.5 crore a seat.