GMC PG seats: Goa cabinet fixes rules for quota

Panaji: The state cabinet on Thursday granted approval for Goa (Rules for Admission to Postgraduate Degree Course of the Goa University at the Goa Medical College) Rules, 2026, for reservation of PG seats in GMC, which include 2% for SC, 12% for ST, 27% OBC, 5% for persons with disability (PwD) and 10% for economically weaker section (EWS). GMC offers a total of 68 PG seats.The rules said that the seat distribution is subject to variation, based on the approved seats by the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the Goa University, as applicable at the time of counselling. The exact number of seats available in each specialty shall be informed at the time of counselling.“Admission to the postgraduate courses for various categories — SC, ST, OBC, PwD and EWS — will be in accordance with the 100-point reservation roster with subjects arranged alphabetically for seat allocation till 68 and continue from roster point 69 next year,” the rules said.A merit list of all eligible candidates shall be prepared as per the following groups in order of precedence — Group I: candidates who have been admitted to the first year of MBBS and graduated from GMC, and satisfactorily completed their full internship at GMC, Group II: candidates who have graduated from GMC and have completed their internship outside GMC, in a college recognised by the NMC and Group III: candidates who have graduated from a medical college recognised by the NMC, other than GMC and completed their internship in GMC.“Group IV: candidates who graduated from, and completed their internship at a medical college recognised by the NMC, other than the GMC, including those who have cleared the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMG) or other tests mandated by the NMC, and registered with MCI/MC or any state medical council,” the rules said.“SC, ST, OBC, PwD and EWS applicants fulfilling the specified criteria of Group I will be considered for seats as per the table in clause (iii) above. In Group II, Group III and Group IV, Goan native candidates shall be placed higher in merit over other eligible applicants,” the rules stated.All seats shall first be allotted to candidates in Group I and Group II, Group III and Group IV merit list will be sequentially operated, only after the Group I merit list is exhausted.The admission committee shall allot seats on the basis of merit and choice of options exercised by the candidates, such that every applicant is allotted his/her highest possible choice, as per his/her merit, which will be final and binding on the candidate.Such candidates, allotted a seat, shall not be considered for further allotment of seat of his/her choice options lower than the option of the seat allotted, in same rounds of admissions. However, candidates will be permitted to give fresh choices for subsequent rounds.