Hyderabad, Nov. 6 -- Despite several rounds of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2026 admissions, 175 MBBS seats remain vacant in Telangana. All these vacancies are in private medical colleges under the management and NRI quotas.

A report in The Times of India quoted J Venkateshwarlu, joint registrar of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), saying that such a large number of unfilled seats had not been seen before. He added that government medical colleges had filled all their seats because of high demand and lower tuition fees.

Telangana has over 10,000 MBBS seats. Out of them, more than 6,000 are available in 29 private medical colleges. Students admitted under Category B pay an annual fee of Rs 10...