MBBS seats raised to 154
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 05 2015 :
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (NE Section) has raised the number of MBBS seats in RIMS from 100 to 154, informed an official source.
For construction of necessary infrastructure for the increased seats, the Ministry has selected Kolkata based M/S Simplex Projects Ltd.
According to the official source, the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has approved the project proposal of RIMS for creation of infrastructure to cater to the increase in number of MBBS seats from the present 100 to 154 per annum to implement 27 per cent reservation for OBC.
The Ministry has already conveyed approval of the project at an estimated cost of Rs 202 crore.