Union Minister JP Nadda speaks within the Rajya Sabha throughout the Winter Parliament session in New Delhi. |Photograph courtesy: Sansad TV
India’s doctor-population ratio is 1:811, the Heart stated in a written response to India’s parliament on Tuesday (December 2, 2025).
Assuming availability of 80% of docs registered in each allopathic and AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) methods, the nation’s doctor-to-population ratio is estimated at 1:811, the Ministry of Well being stated.
Well being Minister JP Nadda stated there are 13,88,185 registered allopathic docs within the nation and seven,51,768 medical practitioners registered with the AYUSH well being system.
He added that there was a major improve within the variety of physician seats in medical schools, undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) departments within the nation. Since 2014, the variety of medical faculties has elevated from 387 to 818. UG seats went from 51,348 to 1,28,875. Nadda stated the variety of PG seats will go from 31,185 to 82,059.
The minister stated a number of steps had been being taken to enhance the provision of docs in underserved rural and tribal areas, including that specialists working in rural, distant and residential areas can be supplied with a “Exhausting Space Allowance”.
The minister stated that underneath the Nationwide Well being Mission, states are allowed to supply negotiable salaries to draw professionals, and this contains the pliability of methods reminiscent of ‘You Quote We Pay’.
