India has 1.28L MBBS, 80K PG Medical Seats; Exam reforms eyed

• India has 128,875 MBBS and 80,291 PG medical seats for the 2025-26 academic session, as reported by Minister Anupriya Patel.
• MBBS seats are nearly evenly split between government (65,193) and private (63,682) colleges; 72 MBBS seats remained unfilled.
• Larger states like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka have the highest number of MBBS seats.
• The government is contemplating significant changes to entrance exams like NEET, JEE Mains, and CUET.
• Proposed changes include conducting exams in Grade 11, limiting coaching, linking board scores to entrance results, and holding exams twice a year.

Why It Matters: Government plans major changes to NEET, JEE, CUET, impacting future student admissions.