India, Aug. 6 -- The faculty vacancies at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are at a four-year high in the academic year 2025-26 at 2,561, the highest since 2022-23, the government has told Parliament. The vacancy rate of 40.2% is equal to that of 2023-24.

Minister of state for health Prataprao Jadhav gave the information in a written response to Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha lawmaker Javed Ali Khan's questions related to vacancies and the functional status of 23 AIIMS.

Jadhav called the creation of posts and recruitment a continuous process and detailed the steps taken to expedite the filling of vacant positions. "Each AIIMS has a standing selection committee to fast-track recruitment," he said. He added retired faculty fr...