Hello Aspirant!

The first of all.. central pool quota does exist.

It does have a lots of categories under it and quite complicated but I'll try my best to explain.

According to my information ,

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is receiving a large number of requests from various sources either for allotment of MBBS/BDS seats from the Central Pool or recommending their names under the scheme of All India Entrance Examinations for MBBS/BDS and MD/MS/MDS seats conducted by CBSE and AIIMS respectively.

The selection of candidates in All India Entrance Examinations conducted by CBSE and AIIMS on the basis of scheme devised and approved by the Hon’ble Supreme Court is made purely on merit basis and as such, no nomination under the scheme is feasible.

So what the government did is,

The seats from Central Pool of MBBS/BDS seats, maintained by seeking voluntary contribution from State Govts/Medical institutions are allocated to States/UTs which do not have any Medical/Dental colleges of their own and other categories mentioned below. The actual nomination of the candidates is made by the respective State Govts. or the concerned Departments as mentioned against each. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has no discretionary quota against which any candidate could be nominated. As such, the candidates are advised to approach the following concerned authorities for nomination against MBBS/BDS seats under the Central Pool.

Categories and Authorities to whom the applications are to be sent

1.Students belonging to States/

Union Territories with no Medical/Dental College

Health Secretary, State/Union Territory Government

2.Wards of Defence Personnel

Liaison Officer,

Kendriya Sainik Board, Ministry of Defence West Block – Ivm Wing No.5, R.K. Puram, New Delhi – 110066

3.Children of para-military personnel :

I)For CRPF/BSF/SSB etc. personnel

Ii)For R&AW/SFF/ARC personnel

Ministry of Home

Affairs, FR-I Section, North Block,New Delhi-110001

Cabinet Secretariat,

EA-II Section,

Bikaner House (Annexe)

Shahjahan Road,

New Delhi – 110 011

4.Children of Indian staff serving in Indian Missions abroad

Ministry of External Affairs,

Welfare Cell, Akbar Bhawan,

Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021

5.For meeting diplomatic/ bilateral commitments

Ministry of External Affairs,

Students Cell, Akbar Bhawan,

Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021

6. Tibetan Refugees

Ministry of Human Resources

Development, Deptt. of Education,

UT-2 Section,

A-2/W-4, Curzon Road Barracks,

New Delhi-110 001

7. National Bravery Award Winning Children

Indian Council for Child Welfare,

4 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg,

New Delhi – 110 001

Hope this helps you :)