Union Health Minister announces NEET-PG 2021 counselling schedule

Union Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya right now introduced the counselling schedule for the NEET-PG 2021. Mandaviya took to microblogging website Twitter and wrote, “NEET-PG counselling is being began by MCC from January 12, 2022, following the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court docket, as assured by the Ministry of Well being to the resident docs. It will give extra energy to the nation within the combat in opposition to Corona. My finest needs to all of the candidates.”

The counselling course of, which was scheduled to start in October 2021, received delayed because of the keep imposed by the Supreme Court docket. The NEET-PG examination was held on September 11, 2021, after being rescheduled twice final 12 months in January and April. Its outcomes had been out within the final week of September itself following which college students for practically 45,000 postgraduate seats had been ready for the counselling course of to kick begin.

The Supreme Court docket on Friday January 7 determined to start with the long-awaited counselling course of primarily based on the present 27 per cent OBC and 10 per cent EWS reservations within the All India Quota seats.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna handed an interim order and mentioned, “There’s an pressing have to begin the method of counselling”. The bench additional mentioned, “Counselling on the idea of NEET-PG 2021 and NEET- UG 2021 shall be carried out by giving impact to the reservation as offered by the discover dated July 29, 2021, together with the 27 per cent reservation for the OBC (different backward class) class and 10 per cent reservation for EWS class within the AIQ (All India Quota) seats.”