The Centre has approved ₹379.29 crore for Telangana medical colleges and their affiliated hospitals, funding infrastructure upgrades linked to the addition of 465 postgraduate medical seats across 26 government institutions over the past two years.
The Union health ministry communicated the approval on Thursday after clearing proposals submitted by the Telangana government under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, according to the state health minister’s office. The funding will support government medical colleges and hospitals as the state expands postgraduate medical education capacity.
The Centre’s allocation works out to an average of ₹81.57 lakh for each additional postgraduate seat. Telangana will contribute a further ₹253 crore, taking the combined investment in the infrastructure programme to around ₹632 crore.
The approvals follow the expansion of postgraduate capacity in the state’s government medical college network. Telangana has added 465 postgraduate seats across 26 colleges over a two-year period, increasing the infrastructure requirements for teaching facilities, clinical training and affiliated hospitals. The supplied details do not specify the individual works or timelines for each institution.
The infrastructure investment will also coincide with an increase in undergraduate medical capacity at four state-run institutions. The National Medical Commission has approved 110 additional MBBS seats across RIMS Adilabad and the government medical colleges in Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar and Siddipet.
The Telangana government will undertake infrastructure improvement works worth ₹108 crore at these four colleges and their affiliated hospitals. The Centre will provide ₹64 crore towards this component, while the remaining amount will be contributed by the state government.
The funding structure places the expansion within the broader administrative framework of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, under which the Union and state governments share responsibility for financing approved public-sector health infrastructure. In this case, the combined allocations cover both the requirements created by postgraduate seat additions across 26 colleges and infrastructure works associated with the four institutions receiving additional MBBS seats.
For the colleges and hospitals involved, the immediate implementation task will be to translate the approved allocations into infrastructure works that can support the expanded student intake. The available announcement does not provide a project-wise breakdown, construction schedule or completion deadline.
The next stage will be the state government’s execution of the approved infrastructure improvement works and the utilisation of the Centre’s financial support. Further details on institution-wise projects, implementation milestones and the release of funds were not included in the information available in the announcement.
