National Board of Examination has released the notice on the official website regarding the major changes in the DNB Broad Speciality examination. According to the notification, DNB CET June / July 2019 session exam has been cancelled. The admission to DNB Broad Specialty (Post MBBS ) courses will take place only once a year based on NEET PG Merit List. The National Board of Examination (NBE) has notified that from 2019 onwards, admission to DNB Broad Specialty (post MBBS) courses will be done through a single admission session, i.e; only January session.

Previously, the admission was conducted in two sessions i.e. in January and July respectively. In the previous selection process, the admission to January session was done based on NEET PG and admission to July session was based on a DNB CET exam. As per the official notification, no further DNB CET exam will be conducted. Also, the seat allotment process for the January session will be done through a merit-based counselling using the NEET PG merit list. Candidates aspiring for DNB CET 2019 June / July session must make a special note of the new announcement. The examination for the July session will not be held. More clarification regarding this is yet to be released by NBE.