The Centre has allotted an additional 80 MBBS seats to government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh.

An official release issued here today, quoting state medical education minister Anup Mishra, said that of the 80 seats, 40 are for Rewa medical college and 10 each for the colleges in Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur and Bhopal.

This is for the first time that Madhya Pradesh government medical colleges have received additional seats after 60 years, the release said.