West Bengal will get two new medical colleges, one in Kolkata and one in Chakdah, Nadia, both of which will offer MBBS courses in the state.
Among these two colleges, JIS Medical College and Research will be established wholly by a private organisation in Salt Lake, Kolkata. Similarly, JMN Medical College will be developed in Chakdah, under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.
The National Medical Council (NMC) has approved 50 new medical colleges. West Bengal now has 25 MBBS colleges, with 16 of them being government-owned and the rest being private.