NO. “The answer to the question ” Are subject specific journal necessary for publication as per NMC rules?” is a categorical ‘No’.

The NMC circular doesnt talk about subject specific journal. Any journal which is indexed in any of the following indexing services is a valid publication and specialty journal is not necessary. 

• Medline.
• Pubmed.
• Central Citation Index.
• Science citation Index.
• Embase.
• Scopus.
• Directory Of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)