The Phase-II of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) which seeks to enhance and modernise the medical infrastructure in India received a green light in the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, which was headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The project will include an annual increase of a total of 5,000 postgraduate (PG) seats and 5,023 undergraduate (UG) MBBS seats in government medical schools, and the revised maximum project cost will be 1.50 crore per seat. According to Press Information Bureau (PIB) release, the programme aims at increasing the volume of undergraduate medical production in the nation, establish a consistent supply of specialty physicians, initiate new areas of specialty in government hospitals, and eventually expand the overall supply of physicians in the nation.
The plan outlines two complementary courses of action: to provide upgradation of state and central medical colleges, standalone PG institutes, and government hospitals to increase the number of postgraduate seats; to provide extension of CSS to the existing government medical colleges, thus creating more MBBS seats. The financial commitment during the four-year period between 2025 26 and 2028 29 amount to as follows: central government is to take care of 10,303.20 crore, and state governments will have to pay 4731.30 crore.
In its statement, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stressed that the key to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) of the 1.4 billion inhabitants of India was the ability to have a well-developed health system that would respond promptly to the needs of its population with high-quality services at all levels, particularly in rural, tribal, and remote locations. The vision depends critically on a strong pool of properly trained physicians and other related professionals. The schemes will not only provide appealing costs of expansion by increasing the number of PG seats, but also seek to even out regional inequalities in healthcare access through exploiting the infrastructure at hand.
In the future, the increase in the number of postgraduate training streams, especially critical ones, will consistently replenish the national talent base with experienced specialists. This together with a wider source of newly graduate MBBS physicians will enhance tertiary care provision and assist India to react to existing and emerging health challenges. The acceptance of the Cabinet is one of the major steps in favor of more strong, balanced, and holistic medical education and service ecosystem, which will precondition long-term positive changes in the overall health outcomes of the country.
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