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The doctor-population ratio successful the state is 1:811, the Centre informed Parliament connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025), successful a written reply submitted successful the Rajya Sabha.
Assuming 80% of registered practitioners successful some allopathic and AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy) systems are available, the doctor-population ratio successful the state is estimated to beryllium 1:811, the Health Ministry said.
There are 13,88,185 registered allopathic doctors successful the country, and 7,51,768 registered practitioners successful the AYUSH strategy of medicine, Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda said.
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There had been a important summation successful the fig of aesculapian colleges, and undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) aesculapian seats successful the country, helium added. Since 2014, the fig of aesculapian colleges had gone up from 387 to 818; UG seats from 51,348 to 1,28,875; and PG seats from 31,185 to 82,059, Mr. Nadda said.
Several measures had been taken to amended the availability of doctors successful under-served, rural, and tribal areas, the Minister said, adding that a “hard-area allowance” is provided to specializer doctors for serving successful agrarian and distant areas, and for their residential quarters.
Under the National Health Mission, States are allowed to connection a negotiable wage to pull specialists, including flexibility with strategies specified arsenic “You Quote We Pay”, the Minister said.
