Pune medical college MBBS seats have received approval after the institution was rejected twice by the Medical Council, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said during a media interaction in Pune on Wednesday. The approval covers 50 MBBS seats and fulfils a long-standing demand from residents, according to the chief minister.
Fadnavis shared the announcement after a Bharatiya Janata Party meeting in Pune. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the decision but did not identify the medical college or provide details about the approval process, the institution’s intake timeline or when admissions would begin.
The addition of 50 approved seats is expected to expand medical education capacity in Pune. The chief minister described the approval as positive news for the city, but the statement did not include information on associated facilities, faculty requirements, hospital capacity or the regulatory conditions attached to the approval.
During the same interaction, Fadnavis said the Maharashtra government was committed to bringing complete transparency to the functioning of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission and protecting the interests of candidates. He said the government was making efforts to complete the MPSC selection process on time and increase the number of posts recruited each year.
According to the chief minister, an inquiry committee and the V. Radha Committee have been appointed to improve transparency in the examination process. He said the government would continue to support demands raised in the interests of students. The statement did not specify the committees’ terms of reference, reporting deadlines or the number of posts expected to be filled.
The announcements connect two public institutional systems that affect Pune residents and applicants across Maharashtra: access to professional education and the recruitment of personnel through a state selection process. In the medical education case, the immediate confirmed development is the approval of 50 MBBS seats after two earlier rejections. In the MPSC case, the government has stated its position on transparency and timely recruitment, while details of implementation remain unspecified.
Fadnavis also spoke about the coming graduate and teacher constituency elections, sugarcane crushing and drought assistance, but those remarks were not linked to the Pune medical college approval or the MPSC examination process. The next operational milestones for the medical college and the committees examining MPSC transparency were not announced in the statement reported by Lokmat – Pune.
