New Delhi, March 17: In good news for medical students, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today announced that there would be an additional 10,000 Post Graduate medical seats in the country in the next couple of years.
At the annual convocation ceremony of the Lady Hardinge Medical College, Azad said that the Government has taken a slew of measures to increase the intake of PG students.
“We are also encouraging the medical colleges to start new PG courses and also have more PG seats as per the revised norms. I expect the total increase in PG seats during the session 2010-11 beginning September would be 4,000 seats,” he said.
The Government was also introducing a centrally sponsored scheme with a budget of Rs 1,350 crore for the purpose of upgradation of facilities for increase in the number of PG courses and start PG in new disciplines.
–Agencies