The central government has opened 118 medical colleges in the country in the last two years. The Union Health Ministry J P Nadda, provided this information to the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing winter session of Parliament on Tuesday. Responding to a question from MP Anupriya Patel, the ministry provided this information in a written reply, stating that 74 medical colleges were approved in AY 2024–25 and 44 in AY 2025–26, based on the approval of the National Medical Commission (NMC).
The reply also included a state-wise breakdown of these colleges. Uttar Pradesh saw the highest number of new colleges opened in the last two years, followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The reply further stated that the expansion of medical infrastructure is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to increase the availability of medical education and healthcare services.
New Medical Colleges
| State/UT | New Medical Colleges (2024-25) | New Medical Colleges (2025-26) (as on 20.11.2025) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 0 | 1 |
| Delhi | 0 | 1 |
| Jharkhand | 0 | 1 |
| Haryana | 0 | 2 |
| Assam | 1 | 2 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 4 |
| Maharashtra | 12 | 5 |
| Orissa / Odisha | 2 | 2 |
| Rajasthan | 8 | 6 |
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 1 |
| Telangana | 9 | 1 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 18 | 3 |
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 0 |
| Bihar | 1 | 3 |
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 0 |
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 |
| Karnataka | 3 | 1 |
| Kerala | 1 | 3 |
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 |
| Punjab | 1 | 1 |
| Tripura | 1 | 0 |
| West Bengal | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 74 | 44 |
In a separate written reply, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the House that the doctor-population ratio in India is currently estimated to be 1:811, assuming 80 per cent registered practitioners in both allopathic and AYUSH systems. India has 13,88,185 registered allopathic doctors and 7,51,768 AYUSH practitioners.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said that since 2014, the number of medical colleges has increased from 387 to 818, while UG seats have increased from 51,348 to 1,28,875, and PG seats have increased from 31,185 to 82,059.
The government also provided information on medical college seat additions over the past two years. According to the response, 8,641 undergraduate (UG) seats were added in Admission Year 2024–25 and 11,732 undergraduate seats in Admission Year 2025–26. Postgraduate (PG) capacity was increased by 4,188 PG seats in AY 2024–25 and 3,393 PG seats in AY 2025–26.
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