Hyderabad, July 16 -- The National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced a seven per cent increase in seats allocated to MBBS students across India, with Telangana being given 810 more seats.

The recent development has taken the total strength of India's undergrad medical seats to more than 1.36 lakh.

Telangana's total of 66 medical colleges will now have as many as 10,250 seats for the 2026-27 academic year after the NMC approved 810 additional seats. Before the increase, there were 9,440 seats.

Total seats across Telangana's 36 private medical colleges rose from 4,290 to 4,400 seats.

The 30 government colleges have added 700 new seats, raising the total capacity from 5,150 to 5,850.

Of the state-operated colleges, Government Medic...