"The LOPs for these sanctioned PG seats for AY 2025-26 will be issued shortly. The counselling authorities need not wait for the LOPs from institutions to include them in the counselling process. This list uploaded on the website shall be considered as valid document for counselling process," it added.
Referring to the MARB Notice, the NMC Secretary wrote to the heads of all medical colleges and notified them about the additional seats granted by the 1st Appeal Committee for Postgraduate courses in Medical Colleges/Institutions for the Academic Year (AY) 2025-26.
"Kind reference is invited to the Medical Assessment& Rating Board (MARB) Public Notice of even number dated 06-01-2026 (copy enclosed) on the subject mentioned above being self-explanatory inter-alia duly enclosing the list of additional seats granted during Academic Year 2025–26 by the First Appeal Committee which shall be considered as valid document for counseling process. Accordingly, all concerned are requested to take note of the same for necessary action on their part," NMC mentioned in the communication dated 07.01.2025.
As per the details provided by the National Medical Commission (NMC), after the decision of the Appeal Committee, a total of 2 seats have been added in MD Bio-chemistry, 2 seats in MD Family Medicine, 62 seats in MD General Medicine, 22 seats in MD Pediatrics, 3 seats in MD Radiation Oncology, 4 seats in MD Anaesthesiology, 2 seats in MD Community Medicine, 30 seats have been added in MD- Dermatology Venereology & Leprosy, 3 seats in MD Emergency Medicine, 2 seats in MD Microbiology, 9 seats in MD Orthopaedics, 5 seats in MD Psychiatry, 4 seats in MD Respiratory Medicine, 39 seats in MD Radio-diagnosis, 30 seats in MS General Surgery, 6 seats in MS Ophthalmology, 9 seats in MS Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), and 11 seats have been added in MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology. These additional seats have been added in a total of 43 medical colleges.
| Speciality | Additional seats given by Appeal Committee | Total Seats (after decision of Appeal
Committee) |
| MD- Bio-Chemistry | 2 | 2 |
| MD- Family Medicine | 2 | 4 |
| MD- General Medicine | 62 | 163 |
| MD- Pediatrics | 22 | 45 |
| MD- Radiation Oncology | 3 | 3 |
| MD-Anaesthesiology | 4 | 4 |
MD-
Community Medicine | 2 | 2 |
MD-
Dermatology Venereology & Leprosy | 30 | 74 |
MD-
Emergency Medicine | 3 | 8 |
MD-
Microbiology | 2 | 2 |
MD-
Orthopaedics | 9 | 11 |
MD-
Psychiatry | 5 | 20 |
MD-
Respiratory Medicine | 4 | 4 |
MD-Radio
Diagnosis | 39 | 95 |
| MS- General Surgery | 30 | 72 |
| MS-Ophthalmology | 6 | 14 |
MS-
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) | 9 | 21 |
| MS-Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 11 | 25 |
| total | 245 | 569 |
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