Assam’s State Health Minister Keshab Mahanta confirmed that the newly approved medical college in Nalbari will increase the total number of MBBS seats in the state to 1,500. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also announced that the state’s number of medical colleges will now rise to 12, as the National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted approval for the Nalbari Medical College to commence the MBBS course from the 2023–24 academic session.

 The Chief Minister took to Twitter to express his joy, calling the development a historic accomplishment for the state and sharing that the Nalbari Medical College can now admit 100 MBBS students.

The Nalbari Medical College, with an annual intake of 100 MBBS students, will be affiliated with Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences. According to a statement by State Health Minister Keshab Mahanta, the approval of the college has increased the total number of MBBS seats in Assam to 1,500. The Assam government has set an ambitious target of increasing the number of medical colleges in the state to 24 by 2026.

The government of Uttar Pradesh has announced an increase of 1300 MBBS seats in government medical colleges, along with the establishment of 13 new medical colleges that will commence operations from the academic year 2023-24.