Maharashtra gets 1,066 additional PG medical seats, 720 in govt institutes
Mumbai: Postgraduate (PG) medical seats in Maharashtra have increased to 7,615 for the academic year 2026-27 after the addition of 1,066 seats over the past year.
Of these, 720 seats have been added in government medical colleges in just five weeks, according to the latest National Medical Commission (NMC) PG seat matrix updated on November 6.
Medical Dialogues reported that the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) released an updated Seat Matrix for Postgraduate (PG) Broad Speciality Courses for the Academic Year 2026–27. According to the data shared by the Commission, a total of 68305 MD, MS, Diploma and MCh (6 year) seats in PG Broad Speciality courses are available.
With this increase, Maharashtra has recorded a 16.3% rise in its broad speciality PG medical seats compared to 6,549 seats last year. The state now ranks second in the country in terms of PG medical seats, behind Karnataka, which has 8,862 seats.
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The latest increase in government medical colleges came between September 29 and November 6, with 23 colleges collectively adding 720 MD and MS seats. It covers postgraduate courses including General Medicine, General Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics, Radiodiagnosis, Pathology, Orthopaedics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Meanwhile, seats have also been increased in pre-clinical and para-clinical subjects.
Among the government colleges, Government Medical College (GMC), Osmanabad, recorded the highest increase, with 77 additional seats, GMC Aurangabad with 73 seats, GMC Satara with 64 seats, GMC Dhule and GMC Ambernath with 44 and 40 seats, respectively.
Kolhapur and Ambejogai added 39 seats each, followed by Latur with 38 and Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (IGGMC), Nagpur, with 37 additional seats. Solapur and Jalna recorded an increase of 35 seats each, while Hingoli added 32 seats.
LT Marg in Mumbai received 30 additional seats, followed by Alibag with 27, Baramati with 22 and Nanded with 19 seats. BJ Government Medical College, Pune, Government Medical College, Nagpur, and Yavatmal added 17 seats each.
Apart from this, some colleges have recorded notable increases in individual departments. At GMC Aurangabad, MD Physiology seats have increased from three to 21, while Biochemistry seats have gone up from two to 17. At IGGMC Nagpur, Pathology seats have increased from four to 15.
Similarly, Community Medicine seats at GMC Aurangabad have risen from 12 to 22, while Anaesthesiology seats at GMC Kolhapur have increased from four to 14.
Commenting on the expansion, Medical education minister Hasan Mushrif told TOI, "The increase would create more opportunities for medical graduates to pursue specialisation and strengthen the state’s healthcare infrastructure by making more specialist doctors available."
