The State government has opposed the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) decision to defer guidelines for cap on medical seats in the States by a year and has demanded that the policy be rolled back permanently.
NMC in August earlier this year notified guidelines which capped the medical seats in a State at 100 seats per 10 lakh population. In a public notification issued on November 15, NMC has said the implementation of these guidelines was deferred by a year and they will now come into force from the academic year 2025-26.
As per these guidelines, it would be a long time before the State could add even a single medical seat. In proportion to the 6.73 crore estimated population of the State, medical seats in the State should be capped at 6,700 seats, when the State already had 11,745 medical seats.
