Lok Sabha Question No. 5703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-27
Subject: Medical Colleges Opened by NMC
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Kaushalendra Kumar, Shri Ramprit Mandal

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th MARCH 2026

## MEDICALCOLLEGES OPENED BY NMC

## †5703. SHRI KAUSHALENDRAKUMAR: SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL:

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

- (a) the number of medical colleges permitted to be opened by the National Medical Commission during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of applications received by the NMC for opening new medical colleges during the last five years, State/UT and year-wise;
- (c) whether the National Medical Commission also permits private applicants to open deemed medical colleges in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) & (b) As informed by National Medical Commission (NMC), the total number of applications received and approved for the establishment of new medical colleges by NMC during the last five years are as under:

|   Sl. No. | Academic Year   |   No. of applications received |   No. of Colleges approved |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | 2021-22         |                             82 |                         48 |
|         2 | 2022-23         |                             83 |                         46 |
|         3 | 2023-24         |                             86 |                         54 |
|         4 | 2024-25         |                            112 |                         74 |
|         5 | 2025-26         |                             80 |                         43 |

(c) & (d) As per section 4 of Chapter-II of the Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Starting of New Medical Courses, Increase of Seats for Existing Courses & Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023, 'No Medical College or medical institutions can be established, or new medical course or courses be started unless it is granted permission by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) in writing, in response to an application submitted in this regard'

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Annexure Total Number of State/UT wise Under Graduate (UG) Medical Colleges for the last five

## Years

| Sl. No.   | Nameof the State/UT     | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | Nameof the State/UT     | 2021-22         | 2022-23         | 2023-24         | 2024-25         | 2025-26         |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Island | 01              | 01              | 01              | 01              | 01              |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          | 31              | 32              | 37              | 38              | 39              |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 01              | 01              | 01              | 01              | 01              |
| 4         | Assam                   | 08              | 10              | 13              | 14              | 16              |
| 5         | Bihar                   | 20              | 20              | 21              | 22              | 25              |
| 6         | Chandigarh              | 1               | 01              | 01              | 01              | 01              |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            | 12              | 14              | 14              | 17              | 16              |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 1               | 01              | 01              | 01              | 01              |
| 9         | Delhi                   | 10              | 10              | 10              | 10              | 11              |
| 10        | Goa                     | 1               | 01              | 01              | 01              | 01              |
| 11        | Gujarat                 | 30              | 36              | 40              | 41              | 43              |
| 12        | Haryana                 | 12              | 13              | 15              | 15              | 17              |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh        | 7               | 08              | 08              | 08              | 08              |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir          | 9               | 10              | 12              | 12              | 12              |
| 15        | Jharkhand               | 9               | 09              | 09              | 09              | 10              |
| 16        | Karnataka               | 63              | 67              | 70              | 73              | 72              |
| 17        | Kerala                  | 31              | 33              | 33              | 34              | 36              |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh          | 25              | 25              | 27              | 31              | 35              |

|   19 | Maharashtra   |   62 |   63 |   68 |   80 |   85 |
|------|---------------|------|------|------|------|------|
|   20 | Manipur       |   03 |   04 |   04 |   04 |   04 |
|   21 | Meghalaya     |   01 |   01 |   01 |   02 |   03 |
|   22 | Mizoram       |   01 |   01 |   01 |   01 |   01 |
|   23 | Nagaland      |   00 |   00 |   01 |   01 |   01 |
|   24 | Orissa        |   13 |   15 |   17 |   19 |   21 |
|   25 | Puducherry    |   09 |   09 |   09 |   09 |   09 |
|   26 | Punjab        |   11 |   12 |   12 |   13 |   13 |
|   27 | Rajasthan     |   26 |   30 |   35 |   43 |   49 |
|   28 | Sikkim        |   01 |   01 |   01 |   01 |   01 |
|   29 | Tamil Nadu    |   69 |   71 |   74 |   77 |   78 |
|   30 | Telangana     |   34 |   43 |   56 |   65 |   66 |
|   31 | Tripura       |   02 |   02 |   02 |   03 |   03 |
|   32 | Uttar Pradesh |   67 |   67 |   68 |   86 |   88 |
|   33 | Uttarakhand   |   08 |   08 |   08 |   10 |   10 |
|   34 | West Bengal   |   27 |   33 |   35 |   37 |   41 |