NEET PG 2021 Counselling Protest: Know Latest News, Pending Court Case and Doctors' Demands
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NEET PG 2021 counselling protest has affected necessary healthcare services across the country. In the national capital, residents doctors at several hospitals have joined the sir over the delay in NEET PG counsleling 2021. Read the article to know the whole issue and demands of doctors.
Delay in NEET PG counselling 2021 has become a boiling issue among doctors across the country. Thousands of residents doctors, several medical associations are holding protest in different parts of the country against the delay in the seat allocation process that they believe may lead to shortage of manpower at health facilities. The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) called off 14-day protest on December 31.
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NEET PG 2021 counselling was supposed to start on October 25 but postponed due to pending case related to reservation in All India Quota seats in the Supreme Court. MCC will announce NEET PG 2021 counselling dates most likely in the second week of January. Read the article to know all about the latest updates, pending quota case, and several related issue.
Commonly asked questions
The counselling of NEET PG is an online process. Thus, candidates need not to go anywhere for the counselling process. However, candidates do need to report to the institute allocated to them for confirmation of their admission. NEET PG 2025 qualified candidates will have to register on the official website, mcc. nic. in to participate in the counselling process. They also have to declare choice for college and course for seat allotment. After seat allotment, candidates will have to report to particular institute for document verification.
No. Candidates need the minimum cut off to qualify for NEET PG. It must be noted only those who qualify the exam with the minimum cut off score will be eligible to participate in the counselling rounds for seat allotment. Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts online counselling for seat allotment. Candidates have to register and declare choice for college and course for seat allotment.
MCC will provide dates and schedule for NEET PG 2025 counselling special stray vacancy round. Special stray vacancy round is held if MCC reduces cut off. Candidates have to login with registration ID and password to declare choices. It must be noted choice could be modified (edit/add/delete) any number of times till the deadline. Choices for NEET PG counselling must have to be saved and locked otherwise it gets automatically locked after the last date.
Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will be conducting NEET PG 2025 counselling for 50% All India Quota Seats. Respective state authorities conduct conselling for rest 50% seats. Candidates will have to register online to participate in NEET PG 2025 counselling. Registration can be done on the official website, mcc. Nic. In. Apart from registration, NEET PG counselling comprises steps such as choice filling, seat processing, seat allotment result, and reporting. Choices have to be saved and locked in the deadline other they get locked automatically.
- NEET PG 2021 Latest News
- NEET PG 2021 Counselling: Why Doctors are Protesting?
- Pending Court Case in NEET PG Counselling
- Demands of Doctors
NEET PG 2021 Latest News
On January 7, the Supreme Court upheld the validy of 27 percent OBC and 10 percent reservation in NEET PG 2021 admission. In a final judgement on reservation issue, the court said that it will review INR 8 lakh income criteria for EWS category in March this year. The Apex Court directed the Centre to go ahead for NEET PG 2021 counselling.
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The government on December 31 filed an affidavit on this issue, informing the Supreme Court that new rule regarding income criteria for EWS will come into effect from next year. Earlier on December 28, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya held a meeting with the delegation of Residents Doctors but that didn’t make any headway. Mandaviya had stated that the counselling process is sub-judice and we have requested the court to expedite the issue so that NEET PG counselling 2021 can be started as soon as possible.
On December 27, several residents doctors were allegedly manhandled by the Police in the national capital while they were protesting peaceful. The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) expressed shock over the incident. “However the lathi-charge on our resident doctors and manhandling of many female residents by the male police personnel during their peaceful demonstration is a pathetic display of the shameless attitude of the authorities, who we could believe would stoop so low,” the statement released by FAIMA said.
Commonly asked questions
MCC announced revised dates and schedule for NEET PG 2025 counselling. Round-2 counselling started on December 5, 2025. Registration had to be done on the official website, mcc.nic.in. Choice had to be declared till December 14, 2025. Round-2 result was announced on December 16, 2025. Seats are allotted based on declared choices, availablity of seats, NEET PG rank, reservation factor etc.
Candidates who qualify NEET PG exam with minimum cutoff marks as decided by NBE will be eligible to participate in the counselling. The qualifying cut off varies as per the category. To participate in NEET PG 2025 counselling, candidates will have to register on the official website, mcc. Nic. In. They also have to fill choice for college and course and lock them in the given deadline. Seat allotment is done based on different factors such as choice declared, availability of seats in particular college and course, NEET PG rank etc.
A total of 4 rounds of NEET PG counselling will be held for 50% All India Quota seats by MCC. Candidates will have to register on the official website, mcc. nic.in to participate in the counselling rounds for NEET PG. Registration will be followed by choice declaration for the counselling. Seats will be allotted based on NEET PG rank, choice declared by candidates, availability of seats in particular college and course, reservation factor etc. Candidates must note, respective state authorities will conduct the counselling for rest 50% seats.
No, up-gradation is not allowed once a candidate accepts the seat allotted in round 2 NEET PG counselling and joins the institute. Upgradation is only allowed in round-1 when candidates who have opted for upgradation after participation in the next round of NEET PG counselling. Candidates have to register on the official website and declare choices for seat allotment. A total of 4 rounds of NEET PG counselling will be held for seat allotment.
NEET PG 2021 Counselling: Why Doctors are Protesting?
Doctors are angry as NEET PG 2021 counselling process is yet to start. They believe that the delay is leading to staff crunch in different departments. As COVID-19 cases are on the rise once again, hospitals could face series issue in providing necessary healthcare services to people due to shortage of manpower. NEET PG exam is usually held in January but it has been a delay of around one year which has affected the whole academic cycle. There is huge pressure on junior doctors as third year batch has passed out and new batch has yet to join. In November 2020, NBE had postponed NEET PG 2021 exam to April 2021 amid Corona outbreak. The exam further delayed to September 2021. NEET PG 2021 result was announced on September 20. Residents Doctors are fuming as they have no idea when will the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) announce dates for the NEET PG counselling 2021. Government is putting onus on the Supreme Court for the delay in the admission process.
Pending Court Case in NEET PG Counselling
A clutch of petitions were filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the government decision for providing quota to OBC and EWS category students. On July 29, the Centre had announced that OBC and EWS category students would be provided 27 and 10 percent reservation respectively in All India Quota seats. The Supreme Court had raised objection against the income criteria set for EWS category. The Apex Court had directed the centre to explain how it came to INR 8 lakh income criteria to EWS category. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said the similar criteria is for OBC category as well. “You can’t just pull out Rs 8 lakh from anywhere. There must be some data. Sociological, demographic,” the court had said in a hearing dated October 21.
In November, the government told the court that it would revisit INR 8 lakh income criteria for EWS and a final decision will take at least four-week. The Centre had provided assurance that the counselling will not be held before the final decision over the reservation issue.
Demands of Doctors
Doctors want the issue to get resolved and counselling to start soon. As per them, government should submit reports and court must expedite the hearing process. Meanwhile, FORDA has given a list of demands to end the stir. The Association says that till all the three demands are met, the residents doctors will not join duty. They want a date for the counselling after next court hearing on January 6, apology from concerned authority for manhandling doctors, and withdrawal of FIRs against protesting doctors.
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