New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs.15,034.50-crore plan to create 10,023 additional medical seats across government institutions by 2028-29, an attempt to address the acute shortage of doctors in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet cleared two key initiatives: the Phase-III of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for strengthening and upgrading of existing state and central government medical colleges, standalone postgraduate institutes, and government hospitals to add 5,000 post-graduate seats; and the extension of the CSS for upgrading existing government medical colleges to increase 5,023 MBBS (undergraduate) seats. Both schemes carry an enhanced cost ceiling of Rs.1.50 crore per seat. The four-...