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Misleading Statistic · High confidence

MoHFW annual reports show about 76,000 total medical seats in 2013-14 and about 1.29 lakh in 2020-21 (a net rise of roughly 52,500), not a base above 90,000 or an addition of 60,000; seats did rise substantially.

Test case in Suite A · score 0.50

Originalबीते 7 वर्षों में देश में मेडिकल की 60,000 नई सीटें जोड़ी गई हैं

English · Paraphrased60,000 new medical seats have been added in the last seven years (PMO translation, as quoted by FactChecker). He also said there were fewer than 90,000 medical seats before 2014.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Narendra Modi

Party

BJP

Office

Prime Minister

Venue

Launch of PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, Varanasi

Date

2021-10-25

Topics

health, education

Researched by

claude-sonnet

Transcript / text sources

• PM's speech at launch of PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission in Varanasi (pmindia.gov.in)

Evidence

Analysis

Modi said 60,000 medical seats were added in seven years and that there were under 90,000 seats before 2014. FactChecker compared this with MoHFW annual reports.

The 2013-14 report lists 76,175 seats and the 2020-21 report 1,28,664, a net addition of about 52,489. PIB's separate figure of 51,348 to 85,825 undergraduate seats (+34,477) matched undergraduate-only data. The fact-checker also notes about 48.65% of undergraduate seats were in private colleges (Lok Sabha reply, Feb 2021).

Medical seats did rise sharply under the period; the objection is to the specific figures.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

High

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

FactChecker reported the PMO did not respond to its request for comment. Later claims (2026) that colleges more than doubled are consistent with government data but were not separately fact-checked and are not covered here. Devanagari quote reconstructed from the transliteration quoted by FactChecker; treat as approximate.