Chhattisgarh gets 5 new government medical colleges: 250 more MBBS seats from 2026-27
Chhattisgarh will add 250 MBBS seats from the 2026-27 session after the National Medical Commission (NMC) cleared five new government medical colleges in the state. Each college gets 50 seats.
The five colleges are in Kabirdham (Kawardha), Janjgir-Champa, Manendragarh, Geedam in Dantewada, and Kunkuri in Jashpur. The clearance came from the NMC’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) on 13 July 2026.
With these additions, the number of government medical colleges in Chhattisgarh rises from 10 to 15, and government MBBS seats go from 1,430 to 1,680. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the colleges will widen access to medical education and improve healthcare in the state’s rural and remote districts.
Approved on the second attempt
The clearance follows an earlier setback. On 13 June 2026 the NMC had rejected all five applications, citing deficiencies in buildings and laboratories, shortage of teaching staff, missing affiliation from the state Health Sciences University, and administrative appointments that existed only on paper. The state government said it would fix the gaps and appeal. The July approval came after those deficiencies were addressed.
JNM Raipur also gets 20 more seats
Separately, the NMC’s rating board raised the MBBS intake at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial (JNM) Medical College, Raipur, from 230 to 250 seats, also effective 2026-27. That is 20 seats on top of the 250 from the five new colleges.
What it means for NEET aspirants
More government seats give Chhattisgarh candidates additional lower-fee options in state counselling. These are new colleges in their first year, so their cutoffs cannot be compared with established institutions yet; first-year closing ranks usually settle over the opening rounds. You can track the state’s current government and private closing ranks on the Chhattisgarh NEET cutoffs page, and see where your score places you with the NEET rank predictor. neet2seat will publish college-wise cutoffs for these new seats once the 2026 Chhattisgarh counselling data is released.
Source: National Medical Commission approvals as reported on 13 July 2026 (Amar Ujala, APAC News Network, The Sootr), with the June 2026 rejection reported by Medical Dialogues. State seat totals as reported by Medical Dialogues.