The government of India has opened 43 medical colleges. These colleges will start taking students from the 2025-26 year.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare told the Rajya Sabha about this.

Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel gave this information in a written reply in Parliament.

The government has also approved new seats for students who want to study medicine. There are 11,682 MBBS seats and 8,967 new postgraduate seats.

These new postgraduate seats are in hospitals like All India Institute of Medical Sciences and other important institutes.

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The National Medical Commission decides which new colleges and seats to approve. They look at applications from institutions every year.

They check the institutions. Then decide whether to give them permission or not.

The government also wants to set up colleges in district hospitals. They want to do this in areas where there are no medical colleges right now.

They have already approved 157 colleges in three phases. This will help more people study medicine and get healthcare in India.