Lok Sabha Question No. 3650 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-13
Subject: MBBS and PG Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Giridhari Yadav, Shri Dharmendra Yadav

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3650 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 th MARCH, 2026

## MBBSANDPGMEDICALSEATS

## †3650. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV: SHRIDHARMENDRAYADAV:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Medical Colleges in the 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 years and the current year, State/UT-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is working on a plan to set up a Medical College on each population of 10 lakhs, if so, the details thereof;
- (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/UTwise and year-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 and year-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 MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are a total of 818 medical colleges, including (AIIMS and INIs), across the country as of now. The State/UT-wise details of these medical colleges is at Annexure-I.

(b) to (g) The year-wise details of the increase in Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) seats, as well as vacant seats in medical colleges are placed at 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 areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing 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 approved across the country. Out of these, 137 medical colleges are functional as on date.

The faculty requirement for MBBS and PG medical courses as prescribed under the UGMSR,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.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †3650 for answer on 13.03.2026

Annexure-I State/UT Wise Medical Colleges across the country

|   Sl. No | State/UT            |   Private Colleges |   Govt Colleges |   Total Colleges |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        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 | Himachal Pradesh    |                  1 |               7 |                8 |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir      |                  1 |              11 |               12 |

|   15 | 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 |   41 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) to (g) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †3650 for answer on 13.03.2026

Annexure - II

The details of increase in undergraduate and postgraduate seats in medical colleges across the country year-wise :

|   Sl. No. | Academic Year   |   Undergraduate Seats |   Postgraduate 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 details of vacant undergraduate and postgraduate seats in medical colleges across the country year-wise :

|   Sl. No. | Academic Year   |   Undergraduate Seats |   Postgraduate Seats |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | 2021-22         |                   141 |                 3744 |
|         2 | 2022-23         |                  2027 |                 4400 |
|         3 | 2023-24         |                   490 |                 3028 |
|         4 | 2024-25         |                   380 |                 2849 |