With 17 new medical colleges  government, private and deemed universities  Naduwill add 2,350 MBBS seats to the seat matrix during the admission in 2021.
 With this, the state will have 69 medical colleges offering 10,375 MBBS seats  the highest in the country, according to the National Medical Council website.
In 2021, nearly 12% of government medical seats in India are from the state. This also means the state will offer the highest number of seats under the 15% all India quota.
The state has a policy to have at least one government medical College in every district, Health minister Ma Subramanian said.