India is making significant strides in expanding its healthcare workforce with over 13.86 lakh registered allopathic doctors and 7.51 lakh AYUSH practitioners. The government has launched multiple initiatives to increase medical education, including establishing 131 new medical colleges and 22 AIIMS institutions. Strategic programs like the family adoption programme and district residency initiatives aim to improve rural healthcare access. These efforts are crucial in addressing the country's healthcare professional shortages and enhancing medical services nationwide.
April 02, 2025
13.86 lakh registered allopathic doctors, 7.51 lakh practitioners in AYUSH system: Centre
"Assuming 80% of registered
practitioners are available, the doctor-population ratio is 1:811" -
Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of Health
13.86 lakh registered allopathic doctors,
7.51 lakh practitioners in AYUSH system: Centre
The government on Tuesday said that there are
13,86,150 registered allopathic doctors and 7,51,768 registered practitioners
in the AYUSH system of medicine, contributing to an estimated doctor-population
ratio of 1:811.
Key Points
1 13.86
lakh allopathic doctors registered nationwide
2 131 new
medical colleges already functional
3 22 new
AIIMS approved for expanding medical education
To date, there are a total of 74,306
Postgraduate seats and 1,18,190 MBBS seats in the country, Union Minister of
State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, told the Rajya Sabha in a
written reply.
"Assuming that 80 per cent of registered
practitioners in both the allopathic and AYUSH systems are available, the
doctor-population ratio in the country is estimated to be 1:811," the
minister said.
Among the measures taken by the government to
increase the doctor/medical professional in the country include the centrally
sponsored scheme for establishment of new medical college by upgrading
district/referral hospital, under which 131 new medical colleges are already
functional out of 157 approved medical colleges.
“Under the 'Upgradation of Government Medical
Colleges by construction of Super Specialty Blocks' of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya
Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme, a total of 75 projects have been approved, of
which 71 projects are complete, according to the minister.
Under the Central Sector Scheme for setting
up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved, and undergraduate courses have
been started in 19 of these.
“Family adoption programme has been
incorporated into the MBBS curriculum to provide equitable healthcare access to
the rural population and under the District Residency Programme of the National
Medical Commission (NMC), second/third year PG students of medical colleges are
posted in district hospitals," said the minister.
Non-Monetary incentives such as preferential
admission in postgraduate courses for staff serving in difficult areas and
improving accommodation arrangement in rural areas have also been introduced
under the NHM, while multi-skilling of doctors is supported under the NHM to
overcome the shortage of specialists, she mentioned.
Skill upgradation of existing HR is another
major strategy under NRHM for achieving improvement in health outcomes, she
added.
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