Date: 2026-04-27Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (d) of subsection (1) of Section 24 read with Sections 26, 28 and 29, of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019
**Executive Summary**
This notification, issued by the National Medical Commission on April 23, 2026, amends the "UG-MSR 2023" and "Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023." The document removes previous restrictions on student enrollment caps and population-based seat ratios while redefining the permissible distance between medical colleges and their associated hospitals. These changes are effective as of the notification date to streamline the establishment and expansion of medical institutions.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Seat Capacity and Population Ratios**
* **Deletion of Enrollment Cap:** The requirement that colleges seeking increased seats cannot exceed a total of 150 MBBS students for the 2024-25 academic year has been removed.
* **Removal of Population Ratio:** The provision mandating that medical colleges follow a ratio of 100 MBBS seats per 10 lakh population in a State or Union Territory has been deleted.
**Infrastructure and Distance Requirements**
* **Shift from Time to Distance Metrics:** The previous requirement that the travel time between college and hospital plots must not exceed 30 minutes has been replaced by specific distance limits.
* **Standard Distance Limit:** The maximum distance between the plots of a medical college and its hospital is now set at 10 km.
* **Regional Exceptions:** For institutions located in North Eastern Region States and Himalayan States, the maximum permissible distance between the college and hospital plots is 15 km.
**Impact Analysis**
**Medical Colleges and Institutions**
**Impact**
Institutions are no longer restricted by the 150-seat cap for expansions or state-level population-to-seat ratios. They also face new physical distance requirements rather than travel-time standards for their campus layouts.
**Action Required**
Colleges must ensure that the distance between their college and hospital plots does not exceed 10 km (or 15 km in specified regions) and may now apply for seat increases beyond previous limitations.
**State and Union Territory Governments**
**Impact**
The removal of the population-based seat ratio allows for the establishment of more medical seats within a state or UT regardless of its total population size.
**Action Required**
State authorities should align their medical education planning and support for new institutions with these revised federal guidelines.
**National Medical Commission (NMC) / Regulatory Boards**
**Impact**
The Under Graduate Medical Education Board is now responsible for evaluating and rating medical institutions based on these amended criteria.
**Action Required**
Regulatory assessors must apply the 10 km/15 km distance rules and ignore the deleted seat-cap and population-ratio clauses during inspections and approvals.
Key Entities Referenced
National Medical Commission (NMC): The primary statutory regulator of medical education and medical professionals in India.
UG-MSR 2023: Guidelines for establishing new medical institutions and increasing seats, amended to remove limits on MBBS student intake and population-to-seat ratios.
Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023: A core regulatory framework governing medical education standards, including proximity requirements between colleges and hospitals.
National Medical Commission Act, 2019: The principal legislation that provides the legal authority for the commission to regulate and amend medical education standards.
Under Graduate Medical Education Board: The specific division within the NMC responsible for issuing and implementing these medical education amendments.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण् ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 287] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, अप्रैल 27, 2026/विै ाख 7, 1948 र् 22, 1947
No. 287] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2026/VAISAKHA 7, 1948 s 1947
राष्ट्रीय आयर्ु वज्ञि ान आयोग
सिं ोधन अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 23 अप्रलै , 2026
फा. स.ं सीडीएन-19012/2/2025-समन्वय-एनएमसी - राष्ट्रीय आयुर्विज्ञान आयोग अजधजनयम, 2019 (2019
का अजधजनयम संख्या 30) की धारा 24 की उपधारा (1) की उपधारा (घ) के साथ पठित धारा 26, 28 और 29, द्वारा
प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, राष्ट्रीय आयुर्विज्ञान आयोग का स्नातक जचदकत्सा जिक्षा बोडि, एतद्द्वारा "नए जचदकत्सा
संस्ट्थानों की स्ट्थापना, नए जचदकत्सा पाठ्यक्रमों की िुरुआत, मौिूिा पाठ्यक्रमों के जलए सीटों की वृजि और मूल्यांकन और
रेटटंग जवजनयम, 2023 संक्षेप में (यूिी-एमएसआर 2023) के जवजनयम 10 के तहत दििाजनिेिों" और "स्नातक जचदकत्सा
जिक्षा जवजनयम, 2023" के जवजनयम 19” जिन्ह ें भारत के असाधारण रािपत्र भाग-III खडं 4 म ें अजधसूचना संख्या जवज्ञा-
III/असा/360/2023-24 दिनाकं 16.08.2023 के माध्यम से अजधसूजचत दकया गया ह,ै में जनम्नजलजखत संिोधन दकया
िाता ह:ै -
1. अध्याय-I म,ें उद्देश्य िीर्कि के अतं गति : यूिी-एमएसआर 2023 का जनम्नजलजखत उद्देश्य ‘सीटों की संख्या म ें वृजि
चाहने वाले कॉलेि वर्ि 2024-25 से एमबीबीएस छात्रों की कुल संख्या 150 से अजधक नहीं कर सकते ह’ैं को हटा दिया
िाएगा।
2. अध्याय–I म,ें उद्देश्य िीर्कि के अतं गति : यूिी-एमएसआर 2023 के उद्देश्य के तहत यह प्रावधान ‘बिते दक
मेजडकल कॉलेि उस राज्य/सघं राज्य क्षेत्र म ें 10 लाख आबािी के जलए एमबीबीएस की 100 सीटों के अनुपात का पालन
करेगा’ को हटा दिया िाएगा।
2982 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
3. अनसु चू ी I म ेंक.1 सामान्य के अतं गति मौिूिा वाकयांि
‘कॉलेि और अस्ट्पताल के भूखंडों के बीच की िरू ी के जलए यात्रा का समय अजधकतम 30 जमनट होगा’
को इस प्रकार पढा िाएगा:
‘कॉलेि और अस्ट्पताल के भूखडं ों के बीच की अजधकतम िरू ी 10 दकमी होगी और पूवोत्तर क्षेत्र के राज्यों तथा जहमालयी
राज्यों के मामल े में, कॉलेि और अस्ट्पताल के भूखंडों के बीच की अजधकतम िरू ी 15 दकमी होगी’
डॉ. राघव लगं र, सजचव
[जवज्ञापन-III/4/असा./56/2026-27]
NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION
AMENDMENT NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd April, 2026
F. No. CDN-19012/2/2025-Coordination-NMC.––In exercise of the powers conferred by
subsection (d) of subsection (1) of Section 24 read with Sections 26, 28 and 29, of the National Medical
Commission Act, 2019 (Act No. 30 of 2019), the National Medical Commission, the Under Graduate
Medical Education Board hereby makes the following amendments in : the "Guidelines under Regulation
10 of the Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Starting of New Medical Courses, Increase of Seats
for Existing Courses & Assessment and Rating Regulation 2023 in short (UG-MSR 2023)" and Regulation
19 of the Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 notified in Extraordinary Gazette of India Part-III
Section 4 vide ADVT-III/Exty/360/2023-24 dated 16.08.2023:-
1. In Chapter –I under the heading objectives: The following objective in the UG-MSR 2023
‘Colleges seeking increased number of seats cannot exceed a total of 150 MBBS students from the Year
2024-25’ shall be deleted.
2 . In Chapter –I under the heading objectives: The proviso under the Objective in the UG-MSR
2023 “Provided that medical college shall follow the ratio of 100 MBBS seats per 10 lakh population in
that state/U.T’’ shall be deleted.
3. In the Schedule I under the A.1.GENERAL the existing phrase
‘The distance between the plots of college and hospital shall have a travel time of maximum of 30 minutes’
shall be read as:
‘The maximum distance between the plots of college and hospital shall be 10 Km and in the case of North
Eastern Region States and Himalayan States, maximum distance between the plots of college and hospital
shall be 15 Km’.
Dr. RAGHAV LANGER, Secy.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./56/2026-27]
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