Union Health Minister Shri J.P. Nadda addresses 50th convocation of AIIMS New Delhi

Key Points

1. Shri J.P. Nadda addressed the 50th Annual Convocation of AIIMS New Delhi on 25th Oct 2025.
2. India now has 23 AIIMS institutions, up from one at the end of the past century.
3. The number of medical colleges has increased from 387 to 819 in the last 11 years.
4. Undergraduate medical seats have risen from 51,000 to 1,29,000.
5. Postgraduate medical seats have increased from 31,000 to 78,000.
6. MMR has declined from 130 to 88, and IMR from 39 to 27, per SRS data.
7. TB incidence in India has dropped by 17.7%, more than twice the global rate of 8.3%.