8100 MBBS seats lost for non compliance of MCI requirements

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has recently come up with the advisory denying the permission to admit MBBS students for the academic year 2017-18 & 2018-19 in number of medical colleges due to the lack of infrastructure and faculty facilities.

A deep analysis of the same has shown that with the recent debarments by Medical Council of India (MCI), a total of 8100 MBBS seats have been lost . These include both new medical colleges which have been debarred from taking fresh batch admissions as well as existing medical colleges which have been disallowed a seat increase. The reason for the debarment is failure of these colleges to meet the requirements of the MCI during its inspection including faculty and infrastructure.

Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the biggest loser of MBBS seats with a whooping 1500 seats being lost with the debarment of 13 medical colleges. Majority of these medical colleges are private medical colleges, that failed to meet the infrastructural and manpower requirements of the Medical Council.

The 5 southern states including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have together lost 3300 seats with Kerala losing maximum with 800 seats through  debarment of six medical colleges, followed by Telangana with 

Least seats have been lost in Gujrat and Jharkhand with one medical college in each state being debarred from an increase intake of 50 students each.

Here is the list of lost seats in medical colleges in different states;-

1. Andhra Pradesh: 600 -


2. Chhatisgarh: 400


3. Delhi: 100


4. Gujarat: 50


5. Haryana: 300


6. Jharkhand: 50


7. Karnataka: 550


8. Kerala: 800


9. Madhya Pradesh: 800


10. Maharashtra: 400


11. Orissa: 100


12. Punjab: 150


13. Rajasthan: 300


14. Tamil Nadu: 700


15. Telangana: 650


16. Uttar Pradesh: 1500


17. Uttarakhand: 150


18. West Bengal: 500