Prime Minister Narendra Modi says nearly 650 universities have been added over the past 10–12 years, bringing the total to close to 1,000. He also links the expansion to increased medical education capacity, stating that the number of medical seats has risen to about 850.
The outlets agree on the headline figures and the time frame. Both reports present the claims as part of Modi’s messaging on education and healthcare capacity, with a focus on how higher education has expanded nationally. While they emphasize different specific details—one highlights the university count approaching 1,000, and the other foregrounds medical seats reaching around 850—both attribute the figures to Modi and frame them as progress over the same period.
Neither source provides additional sourcing or verification details in the excerpted text, such as how “universities added” is defined or whether the medical seat figure includes a particular category of seats or institutions.
