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New Delhi: Great news for medical aspirants! The number of undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats is likely to increase by around 8,000 in this academic year. National Medical Commission chief Dr Abhijat Sheth has said that the assessments of medical colleges is underway.
This year in July, there is an ambiguity among aspirants regarding the decrease in medical seats after the CBI busted a network where personnel from the health ministry, NMC, representatives of medical colleges and others were involved in a litany of "egregious" acts. This includes corruption and manipulation of the regulatory framework governing medical colleges. The NMC has decided to put a hold on the process of increasing the number of seats after the CBI probe began.
In an interview with PTI, NMC chief Dr Abhijat Sheth announced that there will be a cumulative increase of around 8,000 this academic year.
Dr Sheth said, "Along with my appointment, the president of the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) also has been appointed. We have taken up completion of inspection of UG medical seats on a priority basis and the assessments are under progress. We expect an increase of roughly around 8,000 seats (UG and PG seats combined) based on the number of applications we have received in this academic year."
"Because of the ongoing (CBI) inquiry, the number of UG seats may have reduced. However, overall, the number of seats is eventually going to increase by 8,000 or even more after the completion of the total inspection process," Dr Sheth said to PTI.
Currently, a total of 1,18,098 UG medical seats are there in the country, of which 59,782 are in government and 58,316 are in private. The total number of PG medical seats is 53,960, which includes 30,029 in government and 23,931 in private.
The NBEMS has declared NEET PG 2025 results on August 19. The entrance exam was held in a single shift on August 3 for more than 2.42 lakh candidates. When asked about the NEET PG counselling 2025, Dr Sheth said, "The process for the inspections of medical colleges, which have applied for new PG seats, has been initiated, and the counselling for it is going to take place in September. We are confident that new seats will also be added to the PG counselling process."
