Maharashtra to get 8 govt medical colleges with 100 seats each

With 100 seats per college, these 800 seats volition beryllium successful summation to the 100 seats successful GMCs approved earlier successful August by the NMC, 50 each successful Mumbai and Nashik.

With this, the fig of seats disposable successful GMCs successful Maharashtra has reached 4,850.

According to orders issued by the Health and Family Welfare department, these caller approvals are pursuing the 2nd entreaty filed by the authorities government’s Medical Education section successful September.

“The documents and submissions made by the appellant person been considered by the Central Government,” authorities the orders issued connected September 30, adding that aft owed introspection of the submissions NMC is directed to contented LoPs.

Earlier this year, the Maharashtra authorities submitted applications to commencement 10 caller GMCs successful antithetic districts of Maharashtra, each having 100 seats.

In August, however, lone 2 retired of those 10 applications were approved for a combined capableness of 100 seats.

Whereas letters of disapproval were issued for the remaining 8 aft aggregate deficiencies successful gathering minimum standards laid down by the NMC were highlighted during inspections conducted by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB).

The authorities government’s aesculapian acquisition section had appealed against the decision.

New orders by the Government of India, however, enactment that the colleges person submitted documents and records successful enactment and justification for their plea for gathering the minimum standards laid down by NMC. “The committee further opines that if the NMC carries retired inspections of the assemblage astatine immoderate signifier and finds that the assemblage is deficient successful availability of module infrastructure etc. the support for starting the assemblage whitethorn beryllium withdrawn by NMC,” adds the order.

“Now Maharashtra has GMCs successful 35 districts offering 4,850 seats. At a clip erstwhile truthful galore aesculapian aspirants are going to antithetic countries, a immense excavation of seats is created for aesculapian educations to our students wrong the state,” said state’s aesculapian acquisition curate Hasan Mushrif successful a connection issued successful this respect connected Tuesday.

The connection added that backing of Rs 403 crore volition beryllium provided for each of these 10 GMCs for infrastructural development.

Even arsenic nary of the 10 colleges are presently gathering the criteria of having 88 teaching module to cater to 100 students, an authoritative from the aesculapian acquisition section said, “Faculty enactment required for the archetypal twelvemonth courses is acceptable and step-by-step we volition determination up arsenic our recruitment process is ongoing.”

Even arsenic the determination is welcomed by aesculapian aspirants and parents; galore kick of missing retired connected a accidental to use for these authorities seats arsenic admissions are already ongoing.

One of the parents, Brijesh Sutaria, said, “Fee-structure of backstage aesculapian colleges is excessively high. Having 800 much authorities seats is simply a large relief. But the authorities should guarantee that each get just chances for admittance to these seats.”

Meanwhile, owed to method error, the enactment database of the 2nd circular of ongoing aesculapian admissions which was scheduled for Tuesday was delayed by the Maharashtra CET Cell.