In a significant development for medical education in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has officially granted permission for an increase in the annual intake of MBBS seats at the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu.

The Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC issued a formal Letter of Permission (LoP) on 12 July 2026, approving an additional 50 MBBS seats. This expansion will raise the college’s total annual capacity from 200 to 250 seats, commencing from the upcoming academic year 2026–27. Affiliated with the University of Jammu, the approval follows a thorough evaluation of online application number NMC/UGI/2026-2027/0036 and its corresponding records.

The decision was executed by the MARB under Section 28(3) of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, satisfying the provisions of both the Undergraduate Medical Education Standards Regulations (UGMSR), 2023 and the Establishment of Medical Institutions, Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023.

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The official communication, formally addressed to the Dean and Principal of GMC Jammu at Maheshpura Chowk, Bakshi Nagar, details a stringent list of mandatory terms and conditions that the institution must meet to maintain this enhanced capacity. Under the oversight of MARB President Dr M.K. Ramesh, who digitally signed the order, the college has been made solely responsible for sustaining prescribed statutory standards across its physical infrastructure, hospital facilities, human resources, clinical material, equipment, and teaching staff throughout the academic year.

Furthermore, the college and its attached teaching hospital must continuously satisfy all local, state, and central legal requirements concerning crucial operational parameters, specifically building safety, occupancy, fire safety, pollution control, environmental protection, biomedical waste management, and radiation safety.

Crucially, the permission mandates that GMC Jammu must contribute 15 per cent of its total MBBS seats and 50 per cent of its Postgraduate Broad Speciality (MD/MS) seats to the All-India Quota (AIQ). These seats will be allocated through the centralised counselling system conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), complying with the directives of the Supreme Court of India.

To ensure transparency, the institution is required to maintain a regularly updated official website displaying comprehensive public information, including sanctioned intake, detailed profiles and qualifications of the teaching faculty, student admission lists, hospital services, departmental assets, outpatient (OPD) and inpatient (IPD) data, and statutory birth and death records.

The MARB has retained strict regulatory powers, warning that the Letter of Permission will be summarily withdrawn, cancelled, or revoked if it is discovered at any point to have been obtained via false declarations, misrepresentation, or forged documentation. The board also reserves the absolute right to conduct surprise physical or virtual inspections at any time. Failure to maintain these strict educational or operational standards could result in a range of penalties, such as monetary fines, a reduction in student intake, a halt on active admissions, or a total withdrawal of the qualification’s recognition.

Additionally, the college must adopt modern accountability systems, explicitly ensuring the seamless, continuous operation of the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS), Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance, and a robust Hospital Management Information System (HMIS).

The directive, logged under references N-22011/122/2025-Ass.Cell/MARB and I/3879670/2026, has been officially copied to key administrative stakeholders, including the Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Health for Jammu and Kashmir, the Director of Medical Education, the Registrar of the University of Jammu, and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi.