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MBBS Seats: If you are dreaming of becoming a doctor, then there is good news for you. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare told the Rajya Sabha this week that the number of medical colleges has been increased by 102 per cent. It has increased from 387 before 2014 to 780 in 2024. Similarly, an increase of 130 percent has been recorded in the number of MBBS seats. Before the year 2014, there were 51,348 MBBS seats, which has now increased to 1,18,137.
Some states and union territories such as Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mizoram, Nagaland and Telangana had no medical colleges in the academic year 2013–14. However, according to media reports, the number of medical colleges has increased to 1 in these states and Union Territories except Telangana, where 65 medical colleges have been opened so far. Interestingly, Goa and Chandigarh registered a marginal increase in the number of seats, but retained one of their colleges.
The number of medical colleges in Karnataka increased from 46 (2013-14) to 73 (2024-25), maintaining its lead, the number of medical colleges in Maharashtra increased from 44 to 80, and Uttar Pradesh from 30. A substantial increase of 86 medical colleges were registered. The total number of MBBS seats in Uttar Pradesh has also increased from 3,749 seats to 12,425. MBBS seats in Maharashtra increased by 5,590 to 11,845 and in Tamil Nadu by 5,835 seats to 12,050. Interestingly, Telangana, which earlier had no medical colleges and no MBBS seats, now has 9040 MBBS seats.
In Rajasthan, there was also an increase. In 2013-14 there were 1,750 seats in 10 colleges, which increased to 6,475 seats in 43 colleges in 2024-25. In Madhya Pradesh, the number of colleges has increased from 12 colleges (1,700 seats) to 31 colleges (5,200 seats). In Chhattisgarh, the number has increased from five colleges (600 seats) to 16 colleges (2,455 seats). In Delhi, colleges increased from 7 to 10 and from 900 to 1,497 colleges.