44 new medical colleges, 11732 MBBS, 3393 PG seats added in 2025: MoS Health

"The Government has added 8,641 Under Graduate (UG) seats in A.Y. 2024–25 and 11,732 Under Graduate (UG) seats in A.Y. 2025–26. Further, the Government has added 4,188 Post Graduate (PG) seats in A.Y. 2024–25 and 3,393 Post Graduate (PG) seats in A.Y. 2025–26 till date," she further added.

The data regarding this was shared by the Minister while responding to the queries raised by Parliament member Smt. Sumitra Balmik, who sought to know the number of medical colleges opened in the country during the last two years, including the state-wise data, the number of undergraduate and postgraduate seats added during the last two years, and the future rollout plan for increasing seats.

In response, the Minister provided the state-wise details of newly added medical colleges and MBBS seats in 2025.

As per the data shared by the MoS Health, among the 44 medical colleges added in 2025, 1 medical college each have been added to States including Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Meghalaya and Punjab. 

Further, in States including Haryana, Assam, Odisha, Gujarat, 2 medical colleges each have been added. NMC has approved 3 medical colleges each in States including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, and West Bengal, 4 medical colleges have been approved in Madhya Pradesh, 5 medical colleges have been added in Maharashtra, and 6 medical colleges have been added in Rajasthan.

State-wise UG and PG Seats added during the last two years:

According to the data shared by the Ministry, 11732 MBBS and 3393 PG medical seats have been added in 2025. Among the 11732 MBBS seats, the highest number of 1550 MBBS seats have been approved in Karnataka, followed by 1050 seats in Tamil Nadu, 980 seats in Maharashtra and 950 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

More than 500 MBBS seats have been added in States including Bihar (550), Haryana (525), Kerala (700), Madhya Pradesh (525), Rajasthan (825), and West Bengal (800).

Further, 430 MBBS seats have been added in Andhra Pradesh, 325 seats have been added in Assam, 250 seats in Chhattisgarh, 50 seats in Delhi, 375 seats in Gujarat, 50 seats in Himachal Pradesh, 379 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, 200 seats in Jharkhand, 50 seats in Meghalaya, 300 seats in Odisha, 43 seats in Puducherry, 200 seats in Punjab, 475 seats in Telangana, 50 seats in Tripura, and 100 seats have been added in Uttarakhand.

The Minister has further informed that 3393 PG medical seats have been added in Academic Year 2025-2026. Among these, the highest number of 599 PG seats have been added in Karnataka, followed by 418 seats in Maharashtra, and 375 seats in Tamil Nadu.

More than 100 PG medical seats have been added in States including Andhra Pradesh (119), Gujarat (285), Jammu and Kashmir (118), Madhya Pradesh (115), Odisha (155), Rajasthan (112), Telangana (118), and Uttar Pradesh (290).

Apart from these, 13 seats in Andaman & Nicobar, 41 seats in Assam, 47 seats in Bihar, 61 seats in Chhattisgarh, 18 seats in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, 47 seats in Delhi, 72 seats in Haryana, 32 seats in Himachal Pradesh, 16 seats in Jharkhand, 97 seats in Kerala, 2 seats in Manipur, 10 seats in Mizoram, 68 seats in Puducherry, 55 seats in Punjab, 6 seats in Tripura, 68 seats in Uttarakhand, and 36 seats in West Bengal have also been added.

Regarding the future rollout plan for increasing the seats, the Minister informed that, "On September 24, 2025, the Union Cabinet approved Phase-III of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for strengthening and upgradation of existing State Government/ Central Government Medical Colleges/ Standalone PG Institutes/ Government Hospitals for the period 2025-26 to 2028-29, for increasing 5,000 PG seats and extension of the CSS for upgradation of existing government medical colleges for increasing 5,023 MBBS seats with an enhanced cost ceiling of ₹1.50 crore per seats."

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