National Medical Commission (NMC) Adds 9000 Seats after Revised Medical Matrix

The National Medical Commission is seriously engaging in filling medical seats as per the allotment, and it will be a continual process until the creation of 75,000 new medical seats is filled by the end of 5 consecutive years. The increase in medical seats is the continued effort of the NMC to fulfill the central government’s commitment. 

NMC Allots Medical Seats after Strict College Evaluations

With the increase in medical seats, more and more institutions are submitting their requests to add new seats, or newer medical colleges or institutions are coming up in medical education. The commission conducts a strict evaluation, based on which an institution is either restricted from entering the stream of medical institutions or prohibited from increasing the existing colleges to increase the new seats. The current information is the update of two consecutive academic years, 2024-25 and 2025-26.  

The National Medical Commission (NMC) approves medical colleges and new seats in 2024, but how many?

1. With a view to improving the medical education in India, as many as 41 new medical colleges have been approved. The total number of medical colleges in India has reached 816. 

2. A total of 10,650 new MBBS seats were added to the academic year (2024-25), resulting in a total of 137,600 seats across the nation in 2024. 

3. Dr. Abhijat Sheth, the Chief of the National Medical Commission (NMC), mentioned in a press release that 41 colleges from the government and 129 from private institutions applied, totaling 170 applications. These applications do include the institutions of national importance. 

4. Similarly, postgraduate institutions have applied for 3,500 applications for new and renewed seats at the National Medical Commission (NMC) for their approval.

Cabinet Approves 10,000 MBBS seats under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme:

1. In 2025, the National Medical Commission revised the medical matrix by adding 9000 seats. The total medical seats available in India are 126,600 to date, and it is inclusive of the renewal of existing MBBS seats and the newly approved. 

2. Several colleges were put on hold when listed for seat approval. Statistics reveal that several state medical colleges were given an increase in medical seats, while the seats allotted for medical colleges were reduced for other colleges. 

3. In Andhra Pradesh, Santhiram Medical College in Nandyal has an increase in the medical seats from 150 to 200. Ann Gowri Medical College and Hospital got approved to begin a medical college with a student base of 150. 

4. A good degree of medical seat expansions in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, and the adjoining states, was observed. 

5. At the same time, there are colleges such as Delhi’s Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research College, where there was a reduction of 150 students from the allotment matrix. 

6. In September 2025, the National Medical Commission (NMC) added 6,850 seats; of them, 1,056 seats were permitted for counseling due to several reasons, such as pending court cases, delays in approvals, renewals, and supernumerary seats. 

7. Again, after a span of 10 days, NMC has updated the seat allotment to 7,375 seats, but 456 seats were reduced. This revision came into effect after the approval of the cabinet. 10,000 MBBS seats expanded as per the Centrally Sponsored Scheme under Phase 3.

Conclusion:

With an increase in allotment of the medical seats under the centrally sponsored scheme, many medical institutions are being screened for their efficiency and capacity to promote medical courses in their premises. The deliberate increase in the medical seats to 75,000 announced by PM Narendra Modi has made the NMC evaluate the competence levels of the medical colleges that applied for medical seat upgradation.

FAQs: Increase in Medical Seats at State-and Central-Government- Run Medical Institutions:

What is the goal set by PM Modi for medical colleges?

PM Modi wants a greater number of students to gain access to medical institutions, and for that, he has set a target of increasing 75,000 medical seats in the next five years.

Who decides to increase the medical seats in medical colleges?

The National Medical Commission (NMC) evaluates the medical colleges, both government and private, and based on their credibility, institutions are graded for an increment in the medical seats.

Mention medical institutions that got an increase in medical seats in the 2025-26 academic year?

In Andhra Pradesh, there is a growth in the number of medical seats from 150 to 200 at  Santhiram Medical College in Nandyal.