The National medical Commission (NMC) has deferred the decision of re-examining the provisions of the ratio of 100 MBBS seats for 10 lakh population in the state.
The Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the NMC has now notified that the clause will now come into force from the 2025-26 academic cycle.
The National Medical Commission had earlier restricted the number of undergraduate seats in each state to 100 per million population.
The limit to the number of seats was introduced to limit crowding of medical colleges in a state.
The move aimed at reducing regional disparities in availability of healthcare professionals and ensure effective quality of education.
With this ratio there would have been a potential for addition of about 40,000 MBBS seats in country if the medical colleges are evenly distributed.