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NEET UG 2026: Private Colleges Cut MBBS Fees by Up to 40%
The Story in Brief
Private medical colleges and deemed universities in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Rajasthan are offering fee concessions of up to 40% on MBBS tuition during NEET-UG Counselling 2026, as institutions struggle to fill vacant seats. Education counsellors said such discounts are unusual in undergraduate medical admissions, with some colleges providing written fee-reduction agreements to attract candidates in the final counselling rounds.
After the third round of All India counselling, 3,426 MBBS seats remained vacant, compared with 802 at the same stage in 2025. Even after the stray vacancy round, 837 seats went unfilled. The National Medical Commission approved 13,636 additional undergraduate medical seats in 2026. Counsellors attributed the rising vacancies to the rapid expansion of medical colleges and escalating tuition fees, particularly at deemed universities.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The fee cuts signal that supply of MBBS seats has outpaced demand, a shift from the intense competition seen in previous years. Students and families who delayed accepting seats may now negotiate reductions directly, while colleges face the financial risk of empty benches. The gap between approved seats and filled seats will persist unless fee structures are recalibrated more broadly. The stray vacancy round outcome of 837 unfilled seats shows the scale of the mismatch, and the next counselling cycle will test whether institutions sustain these concessions.
Source: medicaldialogues.in
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