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    About Super Specialty

    No. MCI/NBE-18(1)/2019-Med./128371.—In exercise of powers conferred by Section 33 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), the Medical Council of India with the previous sanction of the Central Government hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the “Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000” namely:—

    1. These regulations may be called the “Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2019.” They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
    2. In the “Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000”, in Clause 9A under the heading “Selection of postgraduate students”, the following shall be substituted:-

    Clause 9A (2) shall be substituted as under:- “The Designated Authority for counselling for the 50% All India Quota seats of the contributing States, as per the existing scheme for Diploma and M.D./M.S. courses shall be the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Further, the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India shall conduct counselling for all postgraduate courses [Diploma, M.D./M.S., D.M./M.Ch. in Medical Educational Institutions of the Central Government, Universities established by an Act of Parliament and the Deemed Universities.

    Furthermore, the Directorate General of Health Services shall conduct the counselling for all Super specialty courses (D.M./M.Ch.) in Medical Educational Institutions of the Central Government, Medical Educational Institutions of the State Government, Deemed Universities, Universities established by an Act of Parliament, Universities established by an Act of State/Union Territory Legislature, Medical Educational Institutions established by Municipal Bodies, Trust, Society, Company or Minority Institutions”.