Exorbitant fees in private medical colleges denies access to medical education for less privileged: Economic Survey
Skyrocketing fees for undergraduate medical education remains a considerable challenge that denies the opportunity to make the MBBS degree accessible and affordable for students from less privileged backgrounds, states the Economic Survey 2024-25. Since financial year 2018-19, the number of medical colleges grew from 499 to 648 in FY 2023 to 780 in FY 2025,…