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Employees' State Insurance Corporation

ESIC Insurance Medical Officer Grade-II Recruitment 2026 (via CMSE-2024)

Direct recruitment of Insurance Medical Officer Grade-II in ESIC hospitals and dispensaries, selected purely on UPSC's CMSE-2024 marks through the Pratibha Setu Portal, with no separate ESIC written test.

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At a glance

The facts most likely to change your decision.

Vacancies
225 posts (provisional)
225 IMO Grade-II vacancies, including backlog vacancies, were notified; the advertisement states the number may change depending on the actual requirement.
Education
Professional degree
A recognised MBBS degree under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (First/Second Schedule, or Part-II of the Third Schedule with Section 13(3) conditions) and completion of (or provisional exemption pending) the compulsory rotating internship.
Age
Not exceeding 35 years as on 1 August 2024; relaxable by up to 5 years for ESIC/Government employees, and further per standard SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/Ex-servicemen rules.
Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
Application fee
No separate application fee is prescribed; eligibility is based entirely on the candidate's existing CMSE-2024 marks.
Use the official payment instructions only.
Pay
Level-10 in the Pay Matrix (Rs 56,100 - Rs 1,77,500) plus Non-Practising Allowance, DA, HRA and Transport Allowance as applicable to Central Government employees.
Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
Recruitment cycle
IMO Grade-II 2026 (CMSE-2024 merit)
Central · ESIC hospitals and dispensaries across India
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Vacancies & reservation

What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.

Current published count225 posts (provisional)
Check source ↗

Category table not available here

Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.

How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.

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Complete timeline

One record from notification to final outcome.

  1. Applications closed

    17 Feb 2026 (24 Feb 2026 for candidates from notified north-eastern states, Ladakh, A&N Islands and Lakshadweep)

    completed
  2. Select list / joining

    Official date awaited

    current
04

Who can apply?

A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.

Basic eligibility paths

  • Only candidates whose names appear in the CMSE-2024 candidate list on the Pratibha Setu Portal (as on the 17 Feb 2026 closing date) are eligible; other applications are summarily rejected.
  • Must be an Indian citizen, or a subject of Nepal/Bhutan, or a Tibetan refugee/person of Indian origin covered by the notified migrant categories, per the advertisement.

Relaxations & certificates

  • SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
  • Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus

Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.

Selection stages

  1. 1Eligibility screening against each candidate's CMSE-2024 details on the Pratibha Setu Portal
  2. 2Merit list based purely on CMSE-2024 marks (no separate ESIC written test or interview)
  3. 3Document verification and joining

Syllabus snapshot

  • No separate NBEMS/ESIC syllabus; selection uses each candidate's UPSC CMSE-2024 marks.
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Application document checklist

Prepare before the portal gets busy.

Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature

Government photo ID with the same name used in the application

Education certificates and marksheets

Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed

Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it

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Official links & source record

Go straight to the recruiting body.

Primary source
Recruitment of Insurance Medical Officers Grade-II (IMO Gr. II) in ESI Corporation — official advertisement
Published / changed
Applications closed 17 Feb 2026
Last checked
4 Aug 2026, 17:50 IST

Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.