NMC clears 171 additional PG seats for ’25-26 academic yr Don’t Wait For Formal Nod To Include Them, Counselling Authorities Told

NMC clears 171 additional PG seats for ’25-26 academic yr Don’t Wait For Formal Nod To Include Them, Counselling Authorities Told 

Anuja.Jaiswal@timesofindia.com  02.01.2026

New Delhi : Medical aspirants seeking PG admissions will get a wider choice this year after National Medical Commission (NMC) approved 171 extra PG seats across medical colleges and directed counselling authorities to include them without waiting for formal nod. 

As per a public notice, the 171 extra seats span key specialties, including general medicine, general surgery, anaesthesiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, radiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, psychiatry, orthopaedics, respiratory medicine and pathology. Colleges across multiple states, including UP, Maharashtra, TN, Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, WB, Chhattisgarh and Haryana, have received extraseats under appeal process. 

In a notice issued on Dec 31, 2025, NMC’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board said PG seats granted by the First Appeal Committee for the 2025–26 academic year will be treated as valid for counselling. The additional seats were approved after medical colleges challenged earlier MARB decisions under provisions of NMC Act, 2019. These appeals were examined by the First Appeal Committee in meetings held on Dec 22 and 23, following which extra seats were sanctioned. 

The commission clarified that the list uploaded on the NMC website would itself serve as the valid document for counselling, ensuring that eligible PG seats are not lost due to administrative delays. Formal LoPs for the newly sanctioned seats, it said, will be issued shortly.