Daijiworld Media Network - Belagavi (SP)
Belagavi, Dec 12: Minister for medical education, D K Shivakumar, clarified that there is no proposal to set up any new government medical college in Dakshina Kannada district at present.
He was responding to a question raised by MLC, Ivan D'Souza, during the zero hour at the legislative council session here on Tuesday December 11. He said that setting up of a new medical college involves expenditure of Rs 610 crore annually for the government.
"16 government medical colleges are functional in the state as of now. They have 2,550 MBBS seats and 942 post-graduation and diploma seats. At the same time, no proposal to set up new private medical colleges in Karnataka is pending with the government at present," he informed.