Expedite Process of NEET PG 2021 Conduction, FORDA Writes to Union Health Secretary

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FORDA has written a letter to the Union Health Secretary regarding the conduction of NEET PG 2021 exam which has been postponed till August 31, 2021. The letter raised issues being faced by both the resident doctors and aspirants. Read to know more.

FORDA has written a letter to the Union Health Secretary regarding the conduction of NEET PG 2021 exam which has been postponed till August 31, 2021. The letter raised issues being faced by both the resident doctors and aspirants. Read to know more.

The Federation of Residents Doctors’ Association(FORDA) has written to Union Health Secretary, requesting to expedite the conduction of NEET PG 2021 exam. In the letter, FORDA has pointed out difficulties being faced by the NEET PG aspirants and the final year PG residents doctors due to the delay in the NEET PG 2021 exam.

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As a repercussion of this happening, the final year residents are serving a seemingly indefinite extension of their tenure. Delay in conduction of NEET PG 2021 exam is causing misery to the academic career of the aspirants as well as residents serving the tenure extension,” the letter dated July 3, 2021, stated.

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As a result of the delay in the exam, the medical institutions across the country are falling short of manpower. These exams were earlier expected to take place in January 2021, however, due to the second wave of Covid-19, the examinations were postponed indefinitely, the letter further stated.

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Earlier in April when many exams including NEET PG were postponed, the National Medical Commission had issued an advisory where all PG students were asked to continue their service as residents doctors till fresh batches join. On May 3, the government had announced that NEET PG 2021 exam will be postponed for at least 4 months. The NEET PG 2021 exam will not be held before August 31, 2021, the official notification had said. The decision was taken to ensure the availability of enough medical personnel to tackle the rising number of covid cases at that time.

Through various social media platforms, aspirants of NEET PG have been requesting NBE, the exam conducting body, to prepone the exam to early August. They fear that corona cases may rise again if the exam is conducted in the month of September or October. NEET PG 2021 application process has already been conducted. Candidates are advised to keep a track of NEET PG 2021 dates so that they don't miss any important events related to the exam. 

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Yes, the NEET PG exam is tough. The exam is designed to test the knowledge of MBBS graduates in 19 subjects. Moreover, the number of seats are limited.

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Vikash Kumar Vishwakarma

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Answered a week ago

Yes, this is a decent rank in NEET PG. Candidates have a high chance of getting admission to the clinical seat in medical colleges. 

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Answered 2 weeks ago

Yes, NEET PG city intimation slip was released on August 11, 2026. Candidates can check the city intimation slip through login portal. They can know the exam city name through the NEET PG city intimation slip.

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Vikash Kumar Vishwakarma

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Answered 2 weeks ago

Yes, NBEMS released the NEET PG admit card on August 26.  They will have to provide the login details to access the admit card online.

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Vikash Kumar Vishwakarma

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Answered 3 weeks ago

According to the past year data, the last round NEET PG closing rank for MD/MS admission at IUL Lucknow ranged between 4097 and 7174 in the year 2025. The most difficult branch to get admission to was MS Ophthalmology and the most-the easiest one was MS in ENT.

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Yash Mittal

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Answered 4 weeks ago

Yes, for postgraduate medical courses like MD and MS, colleges accept NEET PG scores. For super-specialty courses, NEET SS is required. MBBS admission, however, is based only on NEET UG.

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Tasbiya Khan

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Answered a month ago

No. NEET-PG is mandatory for all MD admissions in India across all colleges, government, private, deemed, and central institutions. There is no alternative entrance exam or direct admission route for MD. Even foreign nationals of Indian origin need to qualify in the relevant entrance process. 

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