This academic year, a total of 569 seats — 455 in MBBS and 114 in dental colleges — will be available for government school students under the 7.5% preferential quota.
As many as 130 seats in the 20 self-financing medical colleges and 325 seats in 37 government medical colleges will be available under the scheme. Also, 13 seats in the two government dental colleges and 101 seats in the 20 self-financing dental colleges will be earmarked for them.
Last year, 554 seats were available.
