The National Medical Commission has announced that around 8,000 new MBBS seats as well as PG medical seats will be added in India in the academic year 2025-26. Currently India has the numbers for the MBBS seats is 1,18,098 and apart from that there are 53,960 PG seats covering government and private medical colleges. This expansion basically aims to meet the demand more for the medical institutes and increase opportunities more for the candidates who are willing to become doctors.
The process faces temporary delay due to a CBI probe uncovering some alleged irregularities in the medical seat allocations. The new leadership at the NMC and the MARB that stands for Medical Assessment and Rating Board, setting the level to increase the expectation as well as inspections and and approvals have resumed. This blog will cover the current MBBS UG and PG seat distribution, the impact of the investigation, the approval process and along with what these 8,000 new seats mean for the PG and MBBS aspirants.
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MBBS & PG Seats in India (Current Numbers and Distribution)
India is currently has a vast number of medical seats which are covering both the undergraduate as well as postgraduate aspirants. As of 2025, there are a total 1,18,098 MBBS seats and PG medical seats are 53,960 (government and private institutes). The Government colleges are considered more reputable and competitive but private institutes also cover the seat counts. The table mentioned below gives a detailed breakdown of MBBS as well as PG seats in India.
| Medical Courses | Total Seats | Government Seats | Private Seats |
| MBBS | 1,18,098 | 59,782 | 58,316 |
| PG | 53,960 | 30,029 | 23,931 |
NEET Counselling Updates (Overview)
The NEET UG 2025 counselling is already going on, with the completion of the first round and the second round expected to begin soon. The NEET PG counselling is expected to start in around September 2025. So, candidates or aspirants needs to stay updated with the official notification of the counselling events and check with the further details about deadlines to secure their seats without any hurdle.
- NEET UG counselling round start expected will be August 2025.
- It is important for the PG aspirants to check with the official updates about the NEET PG counselling rounds which are expected to start in the third week of September 2025.
- Both the NEET UG and PG counselling process will be conducted online via MCC portals that is Medical counselling Committee.
Impact of CBI Probe on Medical seats
In early 2025, the CBI launched an investigation into alleged irregularities in approvals for medical seats which included the NMC members, officials of the health ministry, as well as private colleges. The process of adding new MBBS and PG seats was temporarily put on hold as creating some doubts among students. The new leadership at the NMC along with the approval process has started and the Indian government has announced that the seat count will still rise in the academic year 2025-26. And this move has come with the relief to thousands of medical aspirants who were worried about the reduction in medical seats.
Inspection & Approval Process
With the appointment of a new MARB and NMC leadership, the inspection for the medical colleges or institutes has been taken up for the priority. Along with the applications for both the PG and MBBS seat increases and this factor is under review and other assessments are actively being conducted. Once the inspection will be done, all the approved seats will be added to the coming counselling rounds.
What 8,000 New Seats Mean for MBBS & PG Aspirants?
India may add 8,000 new MBBS and PG seats in the academic year 2025-26 is welcome news for many medical aspirants across India. That means more students or medical aspirants will secure the admissions through NEET exam, and makes the competition easy with less pressure to cover high competition to seat ratio. So, overall this process will directly increase the chances of aspirants to get into both the government as well as private medical colleges.
For the PG aspirants, the increase in the number of seats will help them secure better opportunities to pursue specialization and continue their post MBBS training.
Conclusion
The addition of 8,000 new MBBS and PG seats will help and mark a positive impact towards many medical aspirants and there is an improvement in the medical education and healthcare domain in India. Despite having many temporary setbacks due to the CBI probe, the resume of inspection under new NMC leadership. If the seats will increase the competition slightly gets reduced and a stronger pipeline will get built for the future doctors and the move is expected to be benefitted not just for the aspirants but also for the overall healthcare system of the nation.
