New Delhi: While the National Medical Commission recently gave a 6-month deadline to fill up vacancies in all medical colleges and institutions, a recent data shared by the government to the parliament revealed a total of 2356 faculty positions lying vacant in 20 functional AIIMS across the country.

The data that was shared by the Union Minister of State for Health, Anupriya Patel, in the Rajya Sabha revealed that a total of 19,561 faculty and non-faculty posts at 20 AIIMS and central government institutions are currently lying vacant.

As per the data, across 20 functional AIIMS, a total of 6,297 faculty posts have been sanctioned, out of which 2,356 are currently lying vacant. In the non-faculty category, 58,994 posts have been sanctioned, with 17,205 vacancies, according to the data shared by the minister in the parliament.

The data further reveals that at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, a total of 1,072 technical posts have been sanctioned, of which 210 are vacant, while 794 non-technical posts have been sanctioned, with 393 lying vacant.

At the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, 661 technical posts have been sanctioned, out of which 155 are vacant, while 1,077 non-technical posts have been sanctioned, with 208 lying vacant.

Meanwhile, at the Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing Sciences (RIPANS), Aizawl, 169 technical posts have been sanctioned, of which 117 are lying vacant, while 61 non-technical posts have been sanctioned, with 10 vacancies.

At the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 827 technical posts have been sanctioned, of which 233 are vacant, while in the non-technical category, 528 posts have been sanctioned with 136 vacancies.

Source: Medical Dialogues - March 18,2026