Parliament Question: MBBS and PG Medical Seats

GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3650 TO BE ANSWERED ON13th MARCH, 2026 MBBSANDPGMEDICALSEATS †3650.SHRIGIRIDHARIYADAV: SHRIDHARMENDRAYADAV: Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased tostate: (a) the totalnumberof Medical Collegesinthe country, State/UT-wise; (b) the details of the increase in the number of MBBS and Post-Graduate (PG) medical seats in Government Medical Colleges and the number of seats in Private Medical Colleges during the last five yearsandthe current year,State/UT-wise andyear-wise; (c) whether the Government is working on a plan to set up a Medical College on each populationof 10lakhs, if so, the detailsthereof; (d) the details of the increase in the number of sanctioned permanent faculty positions for MBBS and PG medical courses during the last five years and the current year, State/UT- wise andyear-wise; (e) the details of the number of MBBS and PG medical faculty members appointed and the number of vacant MBBS and PG seats during the last five years and the current year, State/ UT-wise andyear-wise; (f) the details of vacant medical faculty positions for MBBS and PG courses as on date, State/UT-wise; and (g) the details of medical faculty positions filled during the last five years, year-wise and State/UT-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTEROFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL) (a) As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are a total of 818 medical colleges, including(AIIMS andINIs), across the countryas of now. The State/UT-wise detailsof these medicalcolleges isat Annexure-I.(b) to (g) The year-wise details of the increase in Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) seats, aswell asvacantseats inmedical collegesare placedat Annexure-II. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’ with preference to underserved areasand aspirational districts, where there is noexisting Government or private medical college. The fund sharing mechanism between the Centre and State Governments is in the ratio of 90:10 for North Eastern and Special Category States, and 60:40 for others. Under the Scheme, all the envisaged 157 Government Medical Colleges have been approvedacross the country. Out of these, 137medicalcolleges are functionalasondate. The faculty requirement for MBBS and PG medical courses as prescribed under the UG- MSR,2023 and PG-MSR,2023 respectively are required to be maintained by UG & PG Medical Colleges in the concerned State. However, health is a state subject, and matters relating to the engagement, deployment, and management of human resources, including faculty and contractual staff in medical institutions fall within the jurisdiction and administrative purview of the respective State Governments. *****Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †3650 for answeron13.03.2026 Annexure-I State/UTWiseMedicalCollegesacrossthecountry Sl. State/UT Private Colleges Govt Colleges Total Colleges No 1 Andhra Pradesh 20 19 39 2 Andaman& Nicobar 0 1 1 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 1 1 4 Assam 0 16 16 5 Bihar 12 13 25 6 Chandigarh 0 1 1 7 Chhattisgarh 5 11 16 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 1 1 9 Delhi 2 9 11 10 Goa 0 1 1 11 Gujarat 19 24 43 12 Haryana 9 8 17 13 HimachalPradesh 1 7 8 14 Jammu & Kashmir 1 11 1215 Jharkhand 3 7 10 16 Karnataka 48 24 72 17 Kerala 22 14 36 18 Madhya Pradesh 14 21 35 19 Maharashtra 42 43 85 20 Manipur 1 3 4 21 Meghalaya 1 2 3 22 Mizoram 0 1 1 23 Nagaland 0 1 1 24 Odisha 6 15 21 25 Puducherry 7 2 9 26 Punjab 7 6 13 27 Rajasthan 15 34 49 28 Sikkim 1 0 1 29 Tamil Nadu 40 38 78 30 Telangana 29 37 66 31 Tripura 2 1 3 32 Uttar Pradesh 37 51 88 33 Uttarakhand 4 6 10 34 West Bengal 15 26 41Annexure referred to inreplyto part(b)to (g) of Lok SabhaUnstarredQuestion No. †3650foranswer on13.03.2026 Annexure - II The detailsof increase inundergraduateandpostgraduate seats inmedicalcolleges across the countryyear-wise: Undergraduate Postgraduate Sl.No. AcademicYear Seats Seats 1 2021-22 8790 4705 2 2022-23 7398 2874 3 2023-24 9652 4713 4 2024-25 8641 4186 5 2025-26 11682 8416 The detailsof vacant undergraduateandpostgraduate seats in medicalcollegesacross the countryyear-wise: Undergraduate Postgraduate Sl.No. AcademicYear Seats Seats 1 2021-22 141 3744 2 2022-23 2027 4400 3 2023-24 490 3028 4 2024-25 380 2849