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175 MBBS seats vacant in Telangana private colleges
The Story in Brief
At least 175 MBBS seats remain vacant in private medical colleges in Telangana after multiple rounds of NEET-UG 2026 counselling, while all government college seats are filled. The vacancies are in Category B (management) and Category C (NRI) quotas. Telangana has over 10,000 MBBS seats, including more than 6,000 in 29 private colleges.
Annual fees for Category B seats range from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 11 lakh, while NRI quota students pay Rs 24 lakh to Rs 25 lakh annually. Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences Joint Registrar J Venkateshwarlu said this was the first time so many seats had stayed vacant, attributing demand for government colleges to their lower fees.
Private college associations have urged the National Medical Commission and KNRUHS to extend the counselling deadline. KNRUHS is likely to reopen counselling to fill the remaining vacancies.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The 175 unfilled seats show that high fees, not lack of interest, are now shaping medical admissions in Telangana. With government seats full and private seats priced at Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh a year, the affordability gap is the immediate problem. The allegations that some colleges collect Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh from Category A students against a prescribed fee of around Rs 60,000, and extra amounts from other categories, add to the cost pressure. The National Medical Commission's approval of 900 new private seats against 110 government seats for 2026-27 suggests reliance on private institutions will keep growing. KNRUHS's decision on reopening counselling will show whether the state can fill the remaining seats or whether fee revision, urged by doctors' groups, becomes the next step.
Source: medicaldialogues.in
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