MBBS SEATS
“After 2023-24 (from the 2024-25 academic year), Letter of Permission for starting of new medical colleges would be issued only for annual intake capacity of 50/100/150 seats (new medical colleges will only have 50-150 seats provided that medical colleges shall follow the ratio of 100 MBBS seats per 10 lakh population in that state/Union Territory.”
restricted all five southern states from opening new medical colleges, since they already had the required number of seats
The decision particularly affected Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, which are aiming to open at least one medical college in each district.
the revised public notice Wednesday, the regulator deferred its decision to 2025-26, adding that this was being done on the orders of the Union health Ministry
move was aimed at reducing “regional disparities in availability of healthcare professionals
In August this year, the regulator had put on hold the professional conduct regulations for doctors mandating them to prescribe only generic drugs or face penalties
