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- India saw the average annual growth of medical colleges from 2011-12 to 2021-22 stands at 5.9%.
- It is the highest in the last five decades
- In 2021-22, Tamil Nadu (11.4%) and Uttar Pradesh (10.9%) had the highest share of both public and private UG medical colleges.
- They are followed by Karnataka (10.3%) and Maharashtra (10.1%).
- According to Health Ministry data between 2011-12 and 2021-22, the government MBBS seats jumped by 155% superseding private medical seats which grew by 97%.
- Data also indicates that the US, UK, Australia, Canada and Germany remained the top five countries with the highest number of Indian origin doctors.
- In terms of addition of private MBBS seats between 2017-22, the maximum increase was in Tamil Nadu (4,110 seats), Karnataka (3,004 seats), Maharashtra (2,775 seats), Gujarat (2,170 seats), Telangana (1,900 seats) and Bihar (1,525 seats).
- While the rural population was about 66% of India’s total health workforce, only 33% was available in rural areas.
- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu accounted for about 20% of India’s population.
- But they had 37% of India’s total PG seats (17,038 out of 46,118 seats in 2021-22).
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