The Union Health Ministry on Monday deferred the NEET-PG counselling for admission to postgraduate medical courses, which was scheduled to begin from September 1, to allow the National Medical Commission to complete the process of adding new seats. Though the ministry has not announced the revised schedule, official sources said the counselling is likely to begin in the third week of September. "...the NEET-PG Counselling, 2022 was scheduled to commence from September 1. However, National Medical Commission (NMC) is in the process of issuing new letter of permissions (LoPs) for the current academic year and the same will be concluded till September 15. "Hence, in order to include more seats in the counselling for the benefit of the candidates, it has been decided by the competent authority to re-schedule the NEET-PG Counselling, 2022 which was scheduled to commence from September 1," the ministry said in a notice. Also, regulatory inspections in some medical colleges are underway,
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya requesting postponement of the NEET-PG examination which is to be held on May 21
With these additions, the state's Covid tally rose to 67,57,032, while the death toll increased to 141,581
Around 1,000 resident doctors of various medical colleges in Gujarat went on a day-long strike on Tuesday
The IMA on Monday opposed the draft Postgraduate Medical Education Regulation Bill that proposes a 100-per cent central allotment for state medical seats
AIADMK, DMK, the state government and various other political parties had moved the court on the matter earlier
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Deemed universities and colleges had claimed that they have around 1,000 seats vacant