Only those colleges and institutions that could not apply for the establishment of new medical colleges or increase in MBBS seats due to the condition of 100 MBBS seats for 10 lakh population will be able to apply through this window.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has reopened the application window for establishing new medical colleges and increasing MBBS seats. The decision to reopen the window comes after the commission has taken the order back to cap the medical seats per state. Stakeholders can apply for setting up a new medical college and increase in MBBS seats at the official website — nmc.org.in — by November 26.
Only those colleges and institutions that could not apply for the establishment of new medical colleges or increase in MBBS seats due to the condition of 100 MBBS seats for 10 lakh population will be able to apply through this window. However, such colleges will have to fulfil other conditions, the commission added.
Reiterating that the Undergraduate Medical Education Board, National Medical Commission (NMC) having re-examined the provisions of the ratio of 100 MBBS seats for 10 lakh population in the states and a decision was conveyed by it that the objective clause under Chapter-1 of “Guidelines for Undergraduate Courses under Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Starting of New Medical Courses, Increase of Seats for Existing Courses and Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023” (notified by UGMEB on 16th August, 2023) will be implemented from the 2025-26 academic year, NMC has reopened the NMC portal to set up new medical college and increase in MBBS seats in an existing medical college.