MBBS seats in each state limited to 100 per 10 lakh population: NMC

Limiting the number of seats to 100 per million population will reduce the regional disparities in availability of healthcare professionals.

By: Education Desk

New Delhi | Updated: October 11, 2023 09:50 AM IST

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MBBS seats in a state will now be limited to 100 per million population (Express photo/ File)

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The National Medical Commission (NMC) has limited the number of UG seats in each state to 100 per million population. The decision to limit the number of seats to 100 per 10 lakh population seeks to reduce the regional disparities in availability of healthcare professionals, NMC claimed.

“With an objective of providing the right teaching environment to the medical student and improving the overall quality of education, the provision of limiting UG seats in each state to 100 per million population has been included in the recently notified MSR guidelines 2023,” NMC said in an official notice, adding that it will go a long way in ensuring effective quality of education.

While announcing this, NMC reiterated that various courts had made observations on crowding of medical colleges citing examples of the recent W.P. No. 17263 of 2020 in case of K.R. Vasudevaa vs. State of T.N. and others, dtd 30.07.2021, Madurai bench of Madras High court that had cautioned NMC against crowding of medical colleges.

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With this ratio, NMC added, there will be potential for addition of about 40,000 MBBS seats in country if the medical colleges are evenly distributed.

“This decision of NMC has been applauded by various state branches of IMA, students’ associations, and medical fraternity in general. NMC shall continue its endeavour to improve quality of medical training in the country,” NMC notice stated.

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