MCI has granted permission to how many colleges in the country to start MBBS courses?

a. 13

b. 14

c. 15

d. 17

ANSWER: 17

Explanation:

Medical Council of India has granted permission to start 17 colleges in the nation including three government institutes in Karnataka.

This adds 2150 seats to the MBBS field this year.

Apart from Karnataka's three, Maharashtra, Telangana and UP will get two institutes each while Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand will get one each.

The country has 439 medical colleges with 59,288 MBBS seats.

The highest number of medical colleges are in Karnataka.