A.P. govt. fixes in-service quota at 15% for medical, 30% for non-clinical PG seats

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has authorised a proposal from the Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare on the reservation of seats for in-service medical doctors in Post Graduate (PG) medical programs within the State, efficient from the tutorial 12 months 2025–26.

According to a press launch issued by the division on Monday, the in-service quota has been mounted at 15% in seven medical departments, together with General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, and Radiology. Under this association, 154 seats shall be accessible for presidency service medical doctors.

In distinction, 9 non-clinical departments can have a 30% in-service quota, accounting for 118 seats. Altogether, 272 PG seats have been earmarked for in-service medical doctors for the tutorial 12 months 2025–26.

In the earlier tutorial 12 months (2024–25), 312 service medical doctors had utilized for PG admissions beneath the quota. There are presently 2,288 authorities medical doctors serving at 1,144 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) throughout Andhra Pradesh.

The in-service quota is relevant to MBBS graduates who’ve labored within the authorities sector — notably PHCs — for at least two years earlier than making use of for PG programs. Many MBBS graduates go for authorities service to learn from this reservation.

It could also be recalled that final 12 months, the State witnessed widespread protests by PHC medical doctors after the federal government lowered the in-service quota. The agitation, which lasted practically a month, had drawn robust reactions from the medical fraternity.

On Monday, Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Minister Satya Kumar Yadav mentioned the choice was taken after an in depth evaluation of the projected demand for medical specialists by 2028–29, in addition to the aspirations of in-service medical doctors.