As informed by National Medical Commission (NMC), there is an increase of 48,563 MBBS seats and 29,080 PG seats in the country from Academic Year 2020-21 to 2025-26. The details of the increase in MBBS and PG seats are at Annexure. Furthermore, the Government has approved the addition of 10,023 medical seats under Centrally Sponsored Schemes across government colleges from financial year 2025-26 to 2028-29.
The expansion of medical seats reduces the gap in the healthcare workforce, particularly in underserved region and has a direct bearing on the doctor-population ratio across States. The growing number of medical seats, coupled with improvements in infrastructure and faculty, has made domestic institutions more accessible to Indian students.
NMC, as an apex regulatory body entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining the quality of medical education has notified various Regulations namely Minimum Standards Requirement (MSR), Graduate Medical Education Regulations (GMER), 2023, Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations, 2023 (MSMER-2023) and Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum Guidelines 2024 to ensure the adherence to prescribed standards in medical education. These regulations are designed to uphold the integrity and quality of medical education and training across the country.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Annexure
Number of MBBS seats from academic year 2020-21 to 2025-26
| Sr. No. | Academic Year | Increase in MBBS seats |
| 1 | 2020-21 | 2963 |
| 2 | 2021-22 | 8790 |
| 3 | 2022-23 | 7398 |
| 4 | 2023-24 | 9652 |
| 5 | 2024-25 | 8641 |
| 6 | 2025-26 | 11119 |
Number of PG seats from academic year 2020-21 to 2025-26
| Sr. No. | Academic Year | Increase in PG seats |
| 1 | 2020-21 | 4983 |
| 2 | 2021-22 | 4705 |
| 3 | 2022-23 | 2874 |
| 4 | 2023-24 | 4713 |
| 5 | 2024-25 | 4186 |
| 6 | 2025-26 | 7619 |