Hyderabad: In good news for medical aspirants, the number of MBBS seats in private medical colleges has been increased by 450 from this academic year.

The decision to increase seats from the existing 1,900 seats to 2,350 in private medical colleges for the 2016-2017 session was taken by the Supreme Court-Mandated Oversight Committee On Medical Council of India (SCMOCMCI) which granted permission to three new colleges to start operations.

Following the decision, medical aspirants trying their luck in Eamcet-III (for convenor quota ) and Neet-II (for management quota) may stand a better chance of getting through with more MBBS seats being offered by RVM Medical college, Mulugu mandal (Medak); Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranga Reddy; and Maheshwara Medical College, Patancheru.

The total number of MBBS seats in Telangana will now go up to 3,350 seats, including 2,350 in private colleges and 1,000 in six state-run medical colleges.