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The National Medical Commission (NMC) has sanctioned a full of 5,794 further aesculapian seats (MBBS) to colleges crossed India for the twelvemonth 2025-26, with aesculapian colleges successful Karnataka getting the lion’s stock compared to different States.
This year, the NMC sanctioned further seats to 808 aesculapian colleges crossed India, retired of which a full of 900 further seats person been made disposable to 16 aesculapian colleges successful Karnataka. The remaining 4,894 seats person been sanctioned to 790 aesculapian colleges successful different States.
Of the 900, the NMC has sanctioned 100 seats to the recently opened Farookh Academy of Medical Education Hospital and Research Institution successful Mysuru. NMC has sanctioned 200 seats to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) of KLE Society, Belagavi. These seats had been withheld successful the aftermath of a bribery case.
Thus, this year, the fig of seats disposable from the full 72 aesculapian colleges successful Karnataka has accrued to 13,595. Last year, determination were 12,395 seats disposable successful 71 aesculapian colleges.
The counselling process for admittance to aesculapian courses done UGNEET-2025 is successful the last signifier and preparations are underway for the spot allocation process for the mop-up round.
Earlier, the State Government had submitted a connection to the NMC for enhancement of 850 aesculapian seats, including an summation of 50 aesculapian seats each successful 13 authorities aesculapian colleges and an summation of 100 aesculapian seats each successful 2 authorities aesculapian colleges.
In addition, a petition was submitted to authorisation 250 seats for 2 caller authorities aesculapian colleges to beryllium established successful Ramanagara and Kanakapura successful Bengaluru South district.
Deemed assemblage colleges Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College (JGMMMC) of Hubballi and Sri Siddhartha Medical College of Tumakuru had submitted requests to the NMC for an summation of 50 seats each.
However, owed to deficiency of infrastructure, shortage of module and different reasons, the NMC did not assistance support for enhancement of seats to immoderate aesculapian assemblage successful the State this year, and rejected the State’s connection of aesculapian seats enhancement successful May.
75,000 further seats
In his Independence Day code connected August 15, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced to authorisation 75,000 aesculapian seats crossed the federation by 2029 to fulfil the dreams of aspiring doctors and to heighten the country’s wide healthcare capacity. A determination was besides taken successful this respect precocious successful the Union Cabinet.
Recently, Abhijat Chandrakant Sheth, the caller Chairman of NMC, had announced that a full of 8,000 aesculapian seats would beryllium enhanced successful aesculapian colleges crossed the country. Accordingly, by the clip of the 2nd circular of NEET counselling, a full of 5,794 further seats were sanctioned, of which 900 seats were disposable to Karnataka.
Students and parents are blessed
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“I got a dental spot during the archetypal circular of counselling but I did not privation to survey dental science. I had fixed up my tendency to survey a aesculapian course. But, owed to the summation successful seats successful the 2nd circular of counselling, I got an MBBS seat,” said a pupil from Bengaluru.
B.L. Sujatha Rathod, Director of Directorate of Medical Education, told The Hindu, “The NMC, which initially rejected the State’s petition for the enhancement of aesculapian seats, has present sanctioned 900 further seats successful the 2nd circular of counselling, which has benefited the students of the State. Compared to different States, the basal facilities, objective signifier and teaching strategy successful aesculapian colleges successful Karnataka are truly good. , There is simply a anticipation that the State volition get much further seats adjacent twelvemonth arsenic well, and the requests submitted by the colleges for further seats volition beryllium consolidated and submitted to the NMC.”
