Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India has added 650 new universities in the past decade and more than doubled medical seats since 2014. He makes the remarks in his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, as reported by multiple outlets.
Modi also links the changes to a shift in education policy, saying the government introduced a new education policy after decades without one. He states that from 2004 to 2014 the country had fewer than 350 universities, and that medical seats have risen from about 400 before 2014 to nearly 850 more recently. Both sources reference the figures and the overall claim of expanded capacity.
Across the two reports, the emphasis is similar: the reported numbers on universities and medical seats and the Independence Day context. One outlet further adds that Modi says foreign universities are increasingly coming to India and that arrangements exist for students to obtain foreign degrees within the country, while the other focuses more directly on the headline statistics.
