NMC planning to increase UG medical seats from 82,500 to 1 lakh

NMC planning to increase UG medical seats from 82,500 to 1 lakh

TNN | Jul 19, 2021, 04.00 AM IST

AHMEDABAD: The National Medical Commission (NMC) under the ministry of health and family welfare is working out a plan to increase the total number of undergraduate medical seats to one lakh by next year, said sources aware of the development. This was discussed at a recent meeting of NMC chaired by the Union health secretary.

“There are presently 82,500 MBBS seats across the country and the government plans to take it to one lakh in a year’s time,” said a government official close to the development.

There are close to 540 medical colleges in the country offering MBBS courses of which 49% are government run and remaining are self-financed and on public-private-partnership basis.

“The process for adding new medical colleges and increasing the MBBS seats is presently on,” said Dr Aruna Vanikar, president of the undergraduate medical education board, NMC. She did not divulge further information on the number of new applications for increase in number of seats.

Sources in Gujarat medical education fraternity said that Gujarat has 5,500-odd UG medical seats and is likely to get three more colleges. “There are deliberations to start three new medical colleges in the state which would add 450 seats,” said an official.

To add more seats, the government is exploring the option of running medical colleges in two shifts to increase the number of student intake. A similar plan is being worked out in different parts of the country too, sources added.

Sources also said it is being considered to start medical colleges affiliated with government hospitals. "There are at least six districts which have government hospitals and it is being considered to apply for medical colleges here," said a senior medical education official.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address in February said that around 30,000 MBBS seats and 24,000 postgraduate seats in medicine have been added since the present Central government came to power in 2014. Modi, while delivering a convocation address of a medical college in Tamil Nadu by way of video conferencing said that the number of MBBS seats have gone up by 50% and postgraduate seats by 80% since 2014.

The Central government has taken various initiatives to transform the health sector and the National Medical Commission, the newly-formed regulatory body, was formed to bring in more transparency.

As part of the Centre’s plans to increase the number of MBBS seats at a time when the country has faced shortage of doctors during Covid-19, the government aims to increase the number of seats by 50 students in government medical colleges.

Currently inspection at medical colleges in the country is on and for undergraduate institutions there will be no physical inspection and the permission for increase in seats will be given based on the affidavit filed by the college, said sources.

The Central government as part of its broad plans aims to have one government run medical college in every district of the country. This will solve the infrastructure issue as most of the districts today house one big government run medical hospital.

While the government may have found ways to solve the infrastructure issues for raising the number of MBBS seats, staff crunch is an issue that they are still grappling with, according to a medical field expert.

Government run medical colleges in Gujarat are already reeling under pressure due to 15% staff crunch, the situation is worse in self-financed colleges where there is 30% staff crunch, he added.

IndiGo flights to Chennai, Bangalore from July 21

IndiGo flights to Chennai, Bangalore from July 21

Indore:  19.07.2021

People travelling to Chennai are all set to have a regular flight connectivity option with IndiGo airline all set to resume operation on the route from July 21 (Wednesday). The airline is also going to introduce one more flight on the busy Indore-Bangalore route from the same date.

As per schedule, the flight to Chennai will depart from Indore airport at 6.10pm. It will operate on three days a week — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The flight to Bangalore will depart from Indore at 3.25pm. The flight will operate six days a week — Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays.

Airport director Aryama Sanyal said that IndiGo is also going to resume flights to Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune and Mumbai from July 20.

“The new flights are in addition to the flights being operated by the airline to and from Indore, including flights to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata ,” Sanyal said, adding that two regular flights, including one to Ahmedabad and another to Raipur have also resumed their services. While the flight to Ahmedabad resumed on Saturday, the flight to Raipur restarted on Sunday. TNN

NMC to hike UG med seats from 82k to 1L by next year

 NMC to hike UG med seats from 82k to 1L by next year

Bharat.Yagnik@timesgroup.com

Ahmedabad:  19.07.2021 

The National Medical Commission (NMC) under the ministry of health and family welfare is working out a plan to increase the total number of undergraduate medical seats to 1 lakh by next year, sources said.

This was discussed at a recent meeting of NMC chaired by the Union health secretary. “There are presently 82,500 MBBS seats across the country and the government plans to take it to 1 lakh in a year’s time,” a government official said. There are nearly 540 medical colleges in the country that offer MBBS courses, 49% of which are government run and the rest self-financed and on public-private-partnership basis.

“The process for adding new medical colleges and increasing seats for MBBS is presently on,” Dr Aruna Vanikar, president of the undergraduate medical education board of NMC, said. Sources in Gujarat medical education fraternity said Gujarat has 5,500-odd UG medical seats and is likely to get three more colleges.

The government is exploring the option of running medical colleges in two shifts to increase the number of student intake. A similar plan is being worked out in different parts of the country too, sources added.

PWD minister inspects major flyover works, sets deadlines for contractors

PWD minister inspects major flyover works, sets deadlines for contractors

The Velachery double-decker flyover is being constructed at a cost of Rs 108 crore and will have two levels linking Taramani-Velachery bypass road.

Published: 19th July 2021 02:58 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Public Works Department (PWD) Minister EV Velu on Sunday inspected the ongoing works for the Velachery and Medavakkam flyovers and told highways officials and contractors to complete both by December 31 this year.

The Velachery double-decker flyover is being constructed at a cost of Rs 108 crore and will have two levels linking Taramani-Velachery bypass road. Works for the Velachery-Tambaram lane of the three-lane Medavakkam flyover are over; the remaining works would be completed by the end of this year, according to the State government .

The minister also inspected the 980-metre-long Koyambedu four-lane flyover, being constructed at a cost of Rs 93.50 crore. The flyover, which will decongest traffic to the mofussil bus terminus and help vehicles avoid two signals at CMBT and Kaliamman Koil Street junction, is likely to be completed by August 31 this year. The flyover should have been completed by December last, but heavy rains in December and January put a brake on the works.

The minister also reviewed the works for the Tambaram footover bridge and the Chromepet subway and instructed officials to complete both by October 31 this year and March 31, 2022, respectively.

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MTC resumes services that link suburbs to transit hubs

MTC resumes services that link suburbs to transit hubs

Buses Include Those From Nanganallur, Keelkatalai

Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com

Chennai:19.07.2021 

After 10 years, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has resumed services along certain routes which connect prominent transit hubs with southern and western suburbs.

Services along these routes were stopped during the previous AIADMK government, alleged transport minister R S Rajakannappan.

For instance, there was not a single direct MTC bus from Nanganallur to transit points such as Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) in Koyambedu or the terminus in Broadway.

Buses, which ply along routes 52K (Nanganallur-Broadway), 70N (Nanganallur-CMBT) and M18C (Keelkatalai-T Nagar), were stopped citing poor patronage. MTC earlier claimed that operating these buses resulted in losses as less than less than 30-40 passengers travelled in these buses per hour.

From Saturday, services resumed on all these three routes. Similarly, in the western suburbs, services were resumed along these routes —166 (Iyyappanthangal-Tambaram), 88C (Thandalam-Broadway), 188C (Kundrathur-Broadway) and 566 (Kundrathur-Thiruporur).

Besides this, the MTC introduced these new routes — 576 (Mount Metro Station-T Nagar), 188A (Kundrathur-T Nagar) and 109T (Thiruvottiyur-Kovalam) — to help people from the suburbs reach the city easily, according to an official release.

Welcoming this, V Rama Rao of Chennai-based Traffic and Transportation Forum, an NGO, said that without direct buses, Nanganallur residents had to pay ₹40-₹50 every morning to reach the main road for MTC buses. “The MTC should consider reviving small bus services in suburbs too. Instead of operating them parallel to regular buses, small buses can be operated along interior roads connecting areas such as Voltas Colony and Lakshmi Nagar with the main bus stand,” he added.

In response, MTC said that small bus services were started along new routes — S40 (Cowl Bazaar-Pallavaram), S165 (Kovur EB-Pallavaram) and S166 (Porur-Manimedu) — from Saturday. They will soon be expanded to interior areas depending on the response.

Regular bus users complain about the frequency of buses too. “There is no direct bus from CMBT to Tiruvallur (153A) in the evening peak hours (between 5.25pm and 8.25pm). Even late in the evening, there is only one bus for every 20-25 minutes,” said K Baskar, a resident-activist from Tiruvallur.

A senior MTC official agreed to look into it. “Generally, bus schedules are evenly spaced, but heavy traffic results in bus bunching,” he said. Bus bunching is the urban transit phenomenon in which two or more buses arrive at the same time instead of equal intervals.

State board Class XII results today

State board Class XII results today

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:  19.07.2021 

The Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) will declare the Class XII results for 8 lakh students studying in the state board at 11 am on Monday.

Students can know their results by registering their date of birth and roll number on the following websites: www.tnresults.nic.in, www.dge1.tn.nic.in, www.dge2.tn.nic.in, www.dge.tn.gov.in. Students will also receive their marks through SMS on their registered mobile numbers.

Students can download their marksheets from the websites www.dge.tn.gov.inand www.dge.tn.nic.in from 11am on July 22. They have to register their date of birth and roll number to download their marksheets.

The state government cancelled the Class XII board exams due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An expert committee suggested awarding marks based on Class X and XI board exams and Class XII practical exams and internal assessment. The Class X marks will carry a weightage of 50%, Class XI will carry 20% and Class XII will carry 30% while computing the marks.