Agartala, May 15: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has sanctioned ₹273.46 crore for the expansion and upgradation of Agartala Government Medical College under the centrally sponsored scheme aimed at increasing MBBS and postgraduate medical seats.
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| Agartala Government Medical College to undergo major expansion after the Centre sanctioned ₹273.46 crore to increase MBBS and postgraduate seats in Tripura from the 2026-27 academic session. |
Announcing the development, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda for approving the project.
According to the approval issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the sanctioned amount will support infrastructure development to increase 100 MBBS seats and 83 postgraduate seats in 19 critical and specialty disciplines from the academic session 2026–27.
The project includes enhancement of MBBS seats at Agartala Government Medical College from 150 to 250 seats, including 15 EWS seats, with an approved cost of ₹150 crore. The Centre will bear 90 percent of the expenditure under the scheme.
The sanctioned postgraduate seat expansion covers departments such as Anaesthesia, General Medicine, General Surgery, Community Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, Anatomy, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Respiratory Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, among others.
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Chief Minister Manik Saha said the addition of the new seats would raise Tripura’s total MBBS seats to 550 and postgraduate seats to 196, describing it as a record increase achieved over the last four years.
“We are committed to improve the health services for citizens as well as medical education for young aspirants in the state,” the Chief Minister stated.
The approval was granted under the Centre’s scheme for “Strengthening and upgradation of State government medical colleges for starting new PG disciplines and increasing PG seats” and “Upgradation of existing medical colleges for increasing MBBS seats.”
