43 new medical colleges established, 11,682 MBBS, 8,967 PG seats approved for 2025-26: MoS Health tells Parliament

New Delhi: A total of 43 new medical colleges have been established and the government has approved 11,682 MBBS seats and 8,967 Postgraduate seats (including AIIMS and INIs) across the country for the 2025-26 academic year, Minister of State for Health Smt Anupriya Patel informed the parliament.

Responding to a query asked by a parliament member on whether the government has recently approved new medical education seats and new medical colleges across the country for the academic session 2026, the Minister shared details of the State/UT-wise details of the new medical colleges approved for A.Y. 2025–26 and newly approved MBBS and PG seats for A.Y. 2025–26.

The state wise newly approved medical colleges include Anna Gowri Medical College and Hospital in Andhra Pradesh, ESIC Medical College and Hospital and Beltola Pragjyotishpur Medical College in Assam, Mahabodhi Medical College & Hospital, Shyamlal Chandrashekhar Medical College & S P NM Hopsital and Viraat Ramayan Institute of Medical Sciences in Bihar, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Basaidarapur, New Delhi, ESIC Medical College Naroda Bapunagar, Ahmedabad and Matushri Prabhaben Khodabhai Boghara Medical College & Research Centre in Gujarat, Maharishi Chyawan Medical College, Koriawas and PT Neki Ram Sharma Government Medical College in Haryana,

Bhiwani Netaji Subhas Medical College And Hospital in Jharkhand, Farookh Academy of Medical Education Hospital And Research Institute in Karnataka, Government Medical College Kasaragod, Government Medical College, Wayanad, Kerala Medical College, Mangode in Kerala, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Indore, Goverment Medical College, Sheopur, Government Medical College Singrauli, Mansarovar Medical College and MGU Hospital in Madhya Pradesh, DY Patil University, School of Medicine, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Andheri Mahatma Gandhi Missions Medical College, Panvel Malati Multispeciality Hospital And Medical College, Smt Sakhubai Narayanrao Katkade Medical College and Research Center in Maharashtra.

Shillong Medical College in Meghalaya, Government Medical College Phulbani, Kandhamal and Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Medical College, Talcher in Odisha, ESIC Medical College Ludhiana in Punjab, Arya Medical College and Hospital, Balvir Singh Tomar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Geetanjali Institute of Medical Sciences, Government Medical College, Jaisalmer and Government medical college, tonk in Rajasthan, Takshashila Medical College in Tamil Nadu, Government Medical College, Kodangal, Telangana, Autonomous State Medical College Amethi, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Noida, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, PKG Medical College and Raniganj Institute of Medical Science in West Bengal.

State-wise MBBS Seats Granted in A.Y. 2025-26:

State-wise Post-Graduate Seats Granted in A.Y. 2025-26:

The parliament member further sought to know the details of the criteria adopted by Government for the allocation of these new medical colleges and seats, particularly in the State of Rajasthan; and the total amount of funds sanctioned/released by Government for the construction of medical colleges in the country.

In response, Patel said, "NMC invites online applications every year from medical colleges/institutions across the country for establishment of new medical colleges and for increase of UG and PG seats. Further, Letter of Permission (LoP) or Letter of Disapproval (LoD) is issued after following due process of scrutiny and assessment, in accordance with the provisions of the Establishment of Medical Institutions, Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023, Minimum Standard Requirement for Undergraduate courses (UGMSR), 2023, the Minimum Standard Requirement for Postgraduate courses (PGMSR), 2023, and other relevant norms and guidelines issued by the NMC from time to time.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals' with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing Government or private medical college with fund sharing between the Centre and State Governments in the ratio of 90:10 for North Eastern and Special Category States and 60:40 for others. Under the Scheme, 157 medical colleges have been approved in three phases with a total approved cost of Rs. 41,332.41 cr. Out of central share of Rs. 26,715.84 cr an amount of Rs. 23,246.10 cr has been released so far."

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