**Executive Summary**
This document is a response from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha regarding the availability of medical seats in Delhi, answered on December 12th, 2025. The document provides information on MBBS and Postgraduate (PG) seats, as well as course-wise seat distribution in medical colleges in Delhi, with seat availability numbers provided as of 2025-2026. Information is subject to revision pending regulatory approvals and modifications.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Total Seats:**
* 1396 MBBS seats are available in medical colleges in Delhi for the Academic Year 2025-26.
* 3,017 Postgraduate (PG) seats are available in medical colleges in Delhi.
* **Course-wise Seat Distribution (Annexure-I):**
* Provides a detailed list of seats available for various MD, MS, DM, and M.Ch courses in Delhi
* **NBEMS Accredited Seats (Annexure-II):**
* Provides a detailed list of seats available for various DrNB (Super Specialty), DNB (Broad Specialty), Post MBBS Diploma (Broad Specialty), FNB (Fellowship) courses in Delhi.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Aspiring Medical Students**
* **Impact:** Provides information on available medical seats in Delhi for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
* **Action Required:** Use the data to inform decisions about applying to medical colleges in Delhi, keeping in mind that seat availability is provisional and subject to change based on regulatory approvals.
**Stakeholder: Medical Colleges in Delhi**
* **Impact:** Clarifies the officially recognized number of medical seats in their institutions, which are dependent upon meeting the regulatory requirements.
* **Action Required:** Medical colleges should note that their seat allocations are subject to revision and need to comply with the latest regulatory standards and approvals.
**Stakeholder: National Medical Commission (NMC)**
* **Impact:** The NMC's data on medical seats forms the basis of the Ministry's response.
* **Action Required:** NMC is responsible for compiling and providing accurate data on medical seats and ensuring colleges comply with regulations for seat availability.
Key Entities Referenced
Delhi: Location where medical college seat availability is being inquired about.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The central government ministry responsible for health and family welfare in India, to whom the question is addressed.
National Medical Commission (NMC): Regulator who provided the information on the number of MBBS and PG seats.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †2129
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12th DECEMBER, 2025
MEDICALCOLLEGES SEATS IN DELHI
†2129. SHRIRAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI:
Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a)the totalnumberof medical seats availableinthe medical collegesinDelhi;
(b) whether the Government has conducted any study to find out the required number of medical
seats inDelhi andif so, the details thereof; and
(c) the number of streams offered in the medical colleges and the number of seats available for
eachof these streams inthese collegesinDelhi?
ANSWER
THE MINISTEROFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)
(a) to (c) As informed by the National medical Commission (NMC), there are a total of 1396
MBBS seats in medical colleges in Delhi for the Academic Year 2025-26. Further, as of now,
there are a total of 3,017 Post Graduate (PG) Seats in medical colleges in Delhi. The number of
course wise (Broad Specialty and Super-Specialty) Seats in Delhi are at Annexure-I and
Annexure-II
*****Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.
†2129foranswer on12.12.2025
Annexure-I
Sl.No. Course Seats
1. MS - ENT 34
2. MD - Pathology 77
3. MD - Microbiology 56
4. MS - Ophthalmology 42
5. Diploma inOphthalmology 1
6. MD - PhysicalMedicine & Rehabilitation 11
7. Diploma inRadiation Medicine (NuclearMedicine) 4
8. MD - Physiology 28
9. MD-DVL 5
10. MD - Radiotherapy/Radiation Oncology 12
11. Diploma inHealth Administration 6
12. MD - PulmonaryMedicine 5
13. MS-Obstetrics andGynaecology 2
14. DM - Cardiac-Anaesthesia 2
15. M. Ch. CVTS 4
16. DM - Nephrology 4
17. M.Ch - PlasticSurgery/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 4
18. M.Ch - Cardio Vascular& ThoracicSurgery 6
19. M.CH- Neuro Surgery 6
20. DM - Hepatology 10
21. DM - Organ TransplantAnaesthesia & CriticalCare 3
22. DM - Neuro-Anaesthesia 2
23. DM Nephrology 3
24. M.Ch.-CTVS 5
25. M.Ch.-Plastic & Reconstructive surgery 10
26. M.Ch. Gynaecological Oncology 2
27. MD - RadioDiagnosis/Radiology 86
28. MS - General Surgery 114
29. MS - Obstetrics & Gynaecology 111
30. Diploma inENT 1
31. MD - Psychiatry 36
32. MD - Bio-Chemistry 41
33. Diploma inObstetrics & Gynaecology 3
34. MD - Pharmacology 22
35. MD - Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 25
36. Diploma inDermatology, Venereologyand Leprosy 1
37. MS - Ophthalmology 5
38. MD/MS - Ophthalmology 4
39. MD- Pathology 4
40. DM - Cardiology 13
41. M. CH. Neuro Surgery 6
42. DM - Neurology 10
43. M.Ch - Urology/Genito-Urinary Surgery 4
44. DM- Cardiac Anaesthesia 3
45. D.M - Medical Gastroentrology 3
46. M.Ch - HepatoPancreato BiliarySurgery 647. DM - Paediatric Hepatology 3
48. DM - Endocrinology 2
49. DM Neurology 3
Note:
50. M.Ch.-Neurosurgery 4
51. M.Ch.-Urology 5 (i)
52. DM-Pulmonary Medicine 2 The
53. MD - Paediatrics 134 seat
54. MD - General Medicine 144 figur
55. MD - Anaesthesiology 182
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56. MD - Dermatology, Venereology& Leprosy 21
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57. MS - Orthopaedics 68
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58. Diploma inHealth Education 20
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59. Diploma inChild Health(Pediatrics) 2
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60. MD - Social& Preventive Medicine / CommunityMedicine 42
61. MD - Anatomy 28 positi
62. MD - CommunityHealthAdministration 10 ons
63. MD - SportsMedicine 5 sancti
64. MS-ENT 4 oned
65. MD- Paediatrics 2
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66. DM - Critical Care Medicine 4
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67. DM - Neonatology 10
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68. M.Ch - Paediatric Surgery 15
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69. DM - PulmonaryMedicine 6
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70. DM - Neuro Anasthesia 2
71. M.CH- Nurosurgery 10 or
72. DM- Virology 1 Super
73. DM- Paediatric andneonatalAnesthesia 2 Speci
74. DM Cardiology 8 alty
75. DM Pulmonary& Critical Care Medicine 4
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76. M.Ch.-Paediatric surgery 4
ams
77. DM CriticalCare Medicine 6
in
AIIMS or otherInstitutes of National Importance (INIs).
(ii) The data represents the provisional seat availability for annual intake for the academic year
2025–26. These numbers are based on the fulfillment of regulatory requirements and other
applicableparameters at the time of compilation.
(iii) Course-wise and stream-wise seat availability in medical colleges across Delhi is subject to
revision. Final numbers may change depending on pending processing of Super Specialty (SS)
applications, outcomes of First and Second Appeals and any further regulatory approvals or
modifications.Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.
†2129foranswer on12.12.2025
Annexure-II
NBEMS ACCREDITEDSEATS IN DELHI
Sl.No. Course Specialty Seats
1. Anaesthesiology 151
2. Biochemistry 2
3. CommunityMedicine 1
4. Dermatology, VenereologyandLeprosy 10
5. Emergency Medicine 36
6. Family Medicine 39
7. General Medicine 112
8. General Surgery 76
9. Hospital Administration 2
10. Immunohematology andBlood Transfusion 5
11. Microbiology 8
DNB (Broad
12. NuclearMedicine 13
Specialty)
13. Obstetrics andGynaecology 113
14. Ophthalmology 55
15. Orthopaedics 64
16. Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) 25
17. Paediatrics 102
18. Palliative Medicine 3
19. Pathology 47
20. Psychiatry 8
21. RadiationOncology 27
22. RadioDiagnosis 73
23. Respiratory Medicine 57
24. CardiacAnaesthesia 23
25. Cardio Vascular & ThoracicSurgery 3
26. Cardiology 48
27. Clinical Haematology 16
28. Clinical ImmunologyandRheumatology 6
29. Critical Care Medicine 57
30. Endocrinology 14
31. Gynaecological Oncology 5
32. Interventional Radiology 3
DrNB (Super
33. Medical Gastroenterology 46
Specialty)
34. Medical Genetics 2
35. Medical Oncology 35
36. Neonatology 6
37. Nephrology 36
38. Neuro Anaesthesia 3
39. Neuro Surgery 7
40. Neurology 24
41. Paediatric Cardiology 5
42. Paediatric CriticalCare 6
43. Paediatric Surgery 1Sl.No. Course Specialty Seats
44. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 8
45. Surgical Gastroenterology 18
46. Surgical Oncology 22
47. ThoracicSurgery 4
48. Urology 33
49. VascularSurgery 9
Cardio Vascular& ThoracicSurgery
50. 13
(Direct 6YearsCourse)
51. Neuro Surgery(Direct 6 Years Course) 7
52. PaediatricSurgery (Direct 6 YearsCourse) 4
Plastic& Reconstructive Surgery (Direct 6
53. 2
YearsCourse)
54. Arthroplasty 7
55. Cardiac Electrophysiology 4
56. Hand & Micro Surgery 1
57. Head & Neck Oncology 7
58. Interventional Cardiology 8
59. LiverTransplantation 1
60. Maternal & Foetal Medicine 7
61. Minimal Access Surgery 13
62. Onco- Anaesthesia 8
63. Paediatric Anaesthesia 3
FNB
64. Paediatric Gastroenterology 4
(Fellowship)
65. Paediatric Hemato-Oncology 8
66. Paediatric Nephrology 2
67. Paediatric Orthopaedics 2
68. Paediatric Urology 2
69. PainMedicine 2
70. Renal Transplant 1
71. Reproductive Medicine 9
72. SpineSurgery 9
73. SportsMedicine 2
74. Transplant Anaesthesia 5
75. Vitreo RetinalSurgery 1
76. Anaesthesiology 14
77. Post MBBS ENT 2
78. Diploma Family Medicine 3
79. (Broad Obstetrics andGynaecology 27
80. Specialty) Paediatrics 29
81. RadioDiagnosis 10
82. Tuberculosis & Chest Disease 4