Do you hear or see the Ads for seats in AIIMS or IITs ? Never. but you can see the Ads in the media in full galore for guaranteed MBBS seats in colleges across the country. Why its happening in medical education especially in private sector ? Is it fueled by black money? Is it due to complacence on the part of govt? Is it due to exploitation of indian middle class mentality by the burgeoning private medical college managements? Yes, Behind this promise is a black market in medical seats in private colleges. With agents and college managements colluding to sell many of the 30,000-plus MBBS and over 9,600 postgraduation seats in private medical colleges, back-of-the-envelope calculations by TOI suggests that about Rs 12,000 crore in hard cash changes hands in this black market every year. Of the 422 medical colleges in India, 224 are private, accounting for 53% of MBBS seats. Many of these colleges are running with little or no facilities...
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