Lok Sabha Question No. 5700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-27
Subject: Shortage of Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5700 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th MARCH 2026

## SHORTAGE OF MEDICALSEATS

## 5700. SHRI RAMASAHAYAM RAGHURAM REDDY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the current number of Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) medical seats available in the country, State/UT-wise including any recent changes or expansions in these numbers;

(b) the total annual number of aspiring medical students applying for UG and PG courses and how these figures compare with the available seats; and

(c) whether specific measures are being implemented to increase the number of Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) medical seats in the country and if so, the details thereof including the establishment of new medical colleges and the expansion of existing Institutions?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), currently there are 1,28,976 Under Graduate (UG) Seats & 85839 Post Graduate (PG) seats (including DNB/DNS) across the country. The State/UT-wise details of the UG and PG Seats across the country is at Annexure.

(b) As informed by the National Testing Agency (NTA), in the year 2025, a total of 22,76,069 candidates registered for NEET (UG), out of which 22,09,318 candidates appeared in the examination; further, in the current year 2026, a total of 22,79,724 candidates have registered for NEET (UG) and the exam is scheduled on 03/05/2026. Nearly 2,42,000 candidates appeared for the NEET-PG 2025 examination.

(c) 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. A total of 157 Medical Colleges have been approved in the various districts across the country out of which 137 are already functional. Further, support has also been provided for Strengthening/Upgradation of existing Sate Government/Central Government medical colleges to increase the number of MBBS (UG) and PG seats under which support has been provided for increase of 4977 MBBS seats in 83 colleges and 4058 PG seats have been approved in medical colleges across the country.

Further, the Government has recently approved phase III and extension of the CSSs for Strengthening and Upgradation of existing State/Central Government Medical Colleges, Standalone

PG Institutes and Government Hospitals for creation of 5000 PG seats and 5023 MBBS seats with an enhanced cost ceiling of Rs. 1.50 crore per seat.

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Annexure

State/UT Wise Under-Graduate (UG) and Post-Graduate (PG) Seats across the country

|   Sl. No | State/UT            |   Under-Graduate (UG) |   Post-Graduate (PG) |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                  7215 |                 4206 |
|        2 | Andaman &Nicobar    |                   114 |                   13 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                   100 |                   23 |
|        4 | Assam               |                  1975 |                  799 |
|        5 | Bihar               |                  3545 |                 1623 |
|        6 | Chandigarh          |                   150 |                  587 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh        |                  2455 |                  832 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                   177 |                   46 |
|        9 | Delhi               |                  1396 |                 3033 |
|       10 | Goa                 |                   200 |                  159 |
|       11 | Gujarat             |                  7525 |                 3881 |
|       12 | Haryana             |                  2710 |                 1122 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh    |                   970 |                  400 |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir      |                  1676 |                  808 |
|       15 | Jharkhand           |                  1255 |                  289 |
|       16 | Karnataka           |                 13944 |                 8442 |
|       17 | Kerala              |                  5404 |                 2263 |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh      |                  5725 |                 3189 |
|       19 | Maharashtra         |                 12824 |                 7187 |
|       20 | Manipur             |                   525 |                  270 |
|       21 | Meghalaya           |                   200 |                   37 |
|       22 | Mizoram             |                   100 |                   10 |
|       23 | Nagaland            |                   100 |                   00 |
|       24 | Odisha              |                  3025 |                 1554 |
|       25 | Puducherry          |                  1873 |                 1155 |
|       26 | Punjab              |                  1899 |                  980 |
|       27 | Rajasthan           |                  7330 |                 4136 |

|   28 | Sikkim        |   150 |   34 |
|------|---------------|-------|------|
|   29 | Tamil Nadu    | 13050 | 6369 |
|   30 | Telangana     |  9540 | 3997 |
|   31 | Tripura       |   450 |  113 |
|   32 | Uttar Pradesh | 13425 | 6114 |
|   33 | Uttarakhand   |  1450 | 2088 |
|   34 | West Bengal   |  6499 | 2416 |

Note: 85839 post graduate seats include 17,664 in DNB, DrNB, FNB and Post MBBS Diploma seats as on date.

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