NMC approved 118 medical colleges in last 2 years, most in UP: Health Minister tells Parliament

Published On 2025-12-05 10:31 GMT | Update On 2025-12-05 10:31 GMT

New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved a total of 118 medical colleges across the country in the last two years, the Union Minister of State for Health, Smt Anupriya Patel, has recently informed the Rajya Sabha.

While 74 new medical colleges were added in 2024, the Commission has approved 44 new medical colleges in 2025.

Among these 118 medical colleges, the maximum number of medical colleges, i.e., 21 medical colleges, have been added in Uttar Pradesh, followed by 17 medical colleges in Maharashtra, 14 medical colleges in Rajasthan, 10 medical colleges in Telangana, 8 medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh, and 6 medical colleges in West Bengal.

Further, 4 medical colleges have been added in Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka, and Kerala, each, 3 medical colleges have been added in Haryana, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab, each, 2 medical colleges each have been added to States including Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, and 1 medical college each have been added in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Jharkhand.

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, MBBS seats, and PG medical colleges in the last two years. She further stated, "As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), 74 new medical colleges in A.Y. 2024–25 and 44 new medical colleges in Academic Year (A.Y.) 2025–26 have been approved."

"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," the Minister added.

State-wise New Medical Colleges for the year 2024-25 and 2025-26:

Sl. No.	State/UT	Total Colleges (2024-25)	Total Colleges (2025-26) (as on 20.11.2025)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	1	1
2.	Jammu and Kashmir	0	1
3.	Delhi	0	1
4.	Jharkhand	0	1
5.	Haryana	0	2
6.	Assam	1	2
7.	Madhya Pradesh	4	4
8.	Maharashtra	12	5
9.	Orissa / Odisha	2	2
10.	Rajasthan	8	6
11.	Tamil Nadu	3	1
12.	Telangana	9	1
13.	Uttar Pradesh	18	3
14.	Uttarakhand	2	0
15.	Bihar	1	3
16.	Chhattisgarh	2	0
17.	Gujarat	1	2
18.	Karnataka	3	1
19.	Kerala	1	3
20.	Meghalaya	1	1
21.	Punjab	1	1
22.	Tripura	1	0
23.	West Bengal	3	3
Total		74	44

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NMC approved 118 medical colleges in last 2 years, most in UP: Health Minister tells Parliament

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