Centre approves medical colleges in Maharashtra and Goa with 50 MBBS seats
Vaishnavi Shukla | October 14, 2026 | 07:52 PM IST | 1 min read
The union ministry of health and family welfare has approved medical colleges for MBBS admissions for academic year 2027-28 onwards
The union ministry of health and family welfare has approved two new medical colleges in Pune and Goa. The medical colleges will function with 50 MBBS seats from the academic year 2027-28 onwards.
Maharashtra’s chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant made the announcement through social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
Maharashtra CM posted on his X account and said: “The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has approved a new medical college with 50 MBBS seats for ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Pune; from the academic year 2027-28 onwards. This will accelerate getting ‘dream come true’ for many MBBS aspirants and Maharashtra will get more doctors.”
Recently, National Medical Commission (NMC) also approved two new medical colleges in Bihar – Government Medical College, Chhapra (Saran), and Shri Ram Janki Medical College and Hospital, Samastipur with 50 MBBS seats for the academic year 2026-27.
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