Archive · 3 Jan 2026
NMC Approves 587 Additional PG Medical Seats for 2025-26
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 587 more seats for postgraduate medical studies for the year 2025-26.
This decision came after some medical colleges asked for more seats because they were not happy with earlier decisions by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB).
The NMC said these new seats are ready to be used for admissions, and they will send the official permission letters soon.
The extra seats are in many different medical fields and are in colleges from many states across India.
The NMC told everyone involved in the admission process to start using these new seats right away and not to wait for the official permission letters.
Meanwhile, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is expected to announce the NEET PG 2025 counselling schedule soon.
The NMC approved 587 additional PG medical seats for the academic year 2025-26 following appeals by medical colleges.
The approval was announced in a public notice issued on December 31, 2025, after committee meetings on December 22 and 23, 2025.
The additional seats cover various disciplines and are distributed across multiple states and Union Territories.
The NMC instructed counselling authorities to proceed with admissions using the approved list without waiting for Letters of Permission (LoPs).
The notice was circulated to state and Union Territory medical education departments, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), and all state counselling authorities.
- Who
- National Medical Commission (NMC) and Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB)
- What
- Approval of 587 additional PG medical seats for the academic year 2025-26
- When
- December 31, 2025 (public notice), Committee meetings on December 22 and 23, 2025
- Where
- Multiple states and Union Territories including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, and Arunachal Pradesh
- Why
- Following appeals by medical colleges against earlier decisions by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB)
Medical Colleges
Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB)
Seat Allocation
Medical Colleges
Medical colleges appealed for more seats, leading to the NMC's approval of additional PG medical seats.
Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB)
MARB initially decided against the additional seats, prompting the appeals.
- Organization
- National Medical Commission (NMC)
- Date of Approval
- December 31, 2025
- Committee Meetings
- December 22 and 23, 2025
- Disciplines Covered
- General Medicine, Paediatrics, Radiology, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Orthopaedics, Respiratory Medicine, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Pathology
- States and UTs Involved
- Multiple states and Union Territories including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, and Arunachal Pradesh
- Letters of Permission (LoPs)
- To be issued shortly
- Counselling Process
- Counselling authorities can proceed without waiting for LOPs
Sources
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NMC outlines eligibility, compliance norms for students studying medicine in foreign institutes
ACPPGMEC Announces Gujarat NEET-PG 2025 Round 3 Counselling Schedule; Document Verification Till Jan 5 - Telegraph India
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