NMC Clears 20,098 New MBBS & PG Seats; 777 Approved on Review
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has finally approved 777 new postgraduate (PG) medical seats after an initial rejection. According to data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) presented in Parliament, around 20,098 UG and PG seats were approved for the current academic year.
The ministry also said that many colleges received new PG seats after their initial applications were rejected. The NMC’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) had issued 162 letters of disapproval due to missing documents, poor infrastructure, lack of clinical material, and faculty shortages. Later, 125 colleges were approved, and 777 additional seats were granted.
Key Points:
- The data was provided by Anupriya Patel, the minister of state for health, in response to queries raised by Rajya Sabha members Javed Ali Khan and M. Thambidurai.
20,098 additional UG and PG seats are approved.
MBBS & PG Seats
Every year, new UG and PG seats are introduced. Similarly, for 2025–26, 8,416 new PG medical seats have been added, marking an 11.33% increase from 74,306 seats in 2024–25. This indicated a rapid expansion in the number of medical seats over the past few years.
Here are the stats of the number of seats increase from past few years:
Academic Year | New UG Seats | New PG Seats |
2021-22 | 8,790 | 4,705 |
2022-23 | 7,398 | 2,875 |
2023-24 | 9,652 | 4,713 |
2024-25 | 8,641 | 4,186 |
2025-26 | 11,682 | 8,416 |