Why students want NBE to postpone NEET PG 2023 exam by few weeks
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post-Graduation 2025 ( NEET PG )
Candidates are demanding to postpone NEET PG 2023 exam by few weeks as internship cut off date is not enough for thousands of students. Read the reasons why they demand to postpone the exam. NBE is scheduled to held NEET PG 2023 exam on March 5.
Students are demanding to postpone NEET PG 2023 exam date. It is nearly difficult to manage both internship and take time out for exam preparation, they believe. The exam is scheduled to be held on March 5. The registration process has already started for NEET PG 2023 exam. January 27 is the last date to submit online NET PG 2023 application form.
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Though the National Board of Examinations (NBE) has extended the cut off date for internship to June 30, the exam date remains same. With no official word regarding NEET PG 2023 postponement, a state of confusion prevails especially for those students who will be completing their internship in June. Various social media platforms are flooded with the messages where students have requested the authority to postpone the exam by few weeks. Various medical counsellors and experts have also supported their demand. Read the article to know why candidates are vociferously demanding to defer the exam date. Before that, let's have a look how last three session of NEET PG have been affected.
Yes. NBE postponed NEET PG 2024 exam as precautionary measure in the wake of recent allegations with NEET exam. The exam wil be held on August 11 in two shifts. NBE may issue fresh admit cards for NEET PG 2024. Earlier the exam was scheduled to be held on June 23, 2024. Candidates have to register on the official website to submit application form for NEET PG exam.
No marks will be deducted for unanswered questions as per the existing NEET PG pattern. Such questions will not be taken into consideration while calculating marks of a candidate. Candidates are advised to attempt only those questions where they are confident of right answer. If there is iota of doubt of correct answer, candidates are advised to leave that question. Otherwise, negative marking may reduce your total score which will ultimately impact your overall performance.
- Delayed Schedule for NEET PG exam
- Internship Cut off and Counselling
- No time for preparation
- Lesser manpower and delayed patient care
- Double whammy for candidates
Delayed Schedule for NEET PG exam
NEET PG exam used to be held in January before Covid-19. Since last three years, the exam and the whole admission process is getting delayed due to various factors. Last time the exam was held as per the scheduled time in 2020. NEET PG 2021 exam was held in September as doctors were involved in Covid-19 duty. 2022-23 counselling was also delayed due to pending petition against OBC and EWS reservations in Supreme Court.
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NEET PG exam schedule of last 3 years
| Year |
NEET PG exam date |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
05-Jan-2020 |
| 2021 |
11-Sep-20221 |
| 2022 |
21-May-2022 |
| 2023 |
05-Mar-2023 (Scheduled) |
Internship Cut off and Counselling
After several requests, NBE extended the deadline to complete NEET PG 2023 internship from March 31 to June 30. But it is not solving the purpose for them. The reason being they hardly get time to devote for exam preparation as they are on internship duty for more than 12 hours. Moreover when counselling process will be started only in July after the internship why there is hurry to conduct the exam 2-3 months before, students fume. Their logic also gets support from Dr Rohan Krishnan, National Chairman of the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA).
“NEET PG exam should be postponed till May as counselling cannot start before July. Requesting @MoHFW_INDIA to look into this seriously and @NMC_IND should become more students friendly. Also, the NEET MDS extension for the internship cut-off date should be done similarly to NEET PG”, he tweeted recently.
Yes. NBE has released official notification for NEET PG 2025 exam date (revised). The exam will be held on August 3, 2025. The exam will be held in single shift. NEET PG 2025 was earlier scheduled for June 15 but it was postponed after Supreme Court's intervention. SC directed NBE to make arrangements to conduct NEET PG 2025 in single shift.
No. NEET PG 2025 exam was held in online mode on August 3, 2025. NEET PG question paper 2025 had 200 multiple choice questions and candidates were provided 3.5 hours to answer them. Candidates have to score the minimum cut off to qualify for the exam. Qualifying cut off differ for each category. NBE will declare NEET PG 2025 result online.
Yes. NEET PG 2025 will be held on August 3,2025. Earlier there were speculations NEET PG could be replaced by NExT. But NBE has decided to conduct NEET PG exam for 2025-26 for the time being. NEET PG 2025 application form was released online on April 17, 2025. The deadline to submit NEET PG 2025 application form was May 7, 2025.
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No time for preparation
The internship requires doctors to be on their toes. They have a hectic schedule of managing wards and other responsibilities. Medicos have to work for at least 12 hours most of the days during their internship. This leaves a very little scope to manage time for preparation.
Lesser manpower and delayed patient care
As per the report, the extended deadline will also not be enough for around 10,000 doctors from Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand who will be completing their one-year mandatory internship after due date. They will not be able to write the exam which will lead many PG seats to go vacant in many colleges. As very few residents doctors would be joining from fresh batches, this will affect whole patient care.
Double whammy for candidates
Recently MCC announced the NEET PG 2022 counselling result for special Stray Vacancy Round. Candidates participating in the special stray vacancy round have to give in writing that after seat allotment, they will be taking admission. If they fail to do so, they will not be allowed to write for NEET PG 2023 exam. This means candidates who don’t get seat of their choice won’t be able to appear for NEET PG 2023 exam. Such candidates will have closed door at both places, I.e they neither will be getting seat of their choice in NEET PG 2022 counselling nor be able to appear for next year exam.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
MCC has yet not announced counselling dates and schedule for NEET PG for academic session 2025-26. Dates will be uploaded online. Registration is expected to start in the third week of September 2025. Those who qualified NEET PG 2025 with minimum cutoff mark can participate in seat allocation proces
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Beginner-Level 5
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Yes. Candidates will have to declare preferences of choices for each round of NEET PG counselling after registration. It must be noted registration and choices can be declared online. At the same time, choices must be locked in the given deadline otherwise it gets locked automatically. Based on decl
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
Yes. If you will be allotted seat in round-2 NEET PG counselling, your round-1 allotted seat will be automatically get cancelled. In case you don't get allotted seat in round-2, then round-1 seat will not be cancelled. Candidates have to register online and declare preferences of choice for NEET PG
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Beginner-Level 5
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The merit list for Tripura NEET PG 2025 will be released online tentatively by the second week of October 2025. DMER Tripura will release separate merit lists for each round. Candidates have to download the merit list from the official website or from Shiksha.com. The merit list will include informa
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Beginner-Level 5
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Yes. NBE uploaded NEET PG 2025 scorecards on August 29, 2025. candidates who qualified NEET PG 2025 exam can download scorecards from official website, nbe.edu.in. They will have to enter login details in registration page to download scorecards for NEET PG 2025. The scorecard PDF comprises details
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Yes. NBE released NEET PG 2025 merit list for 50% All India quota seats on August 27, 2025. the merit list was uplaoded online in PDF format, comprising deatials such as NEET PG 2025 rank, AIR rank, AIR category etc. NBE has already released NEET PG 2025 result on August 19, 2025.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
Neet PG SCORE 455, AIQ, general category
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Beginner-Level 1
Answered a month ago
Yes, there are many government Medical colleges accepting NEET PG in India. Some of them are mentioned below along with their tuition fees:
Public/Govt. Colleges | Tuition Fee |
|---|---|
KGMU Admission | INR 1.64 lakh |
Madras Medical College, Chennai Admission | INR 97,970 – INR 1.5 lakh |
SGPGI Lucknow Admission | INR 1.05 lakh |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College Admission | INR 1.53 lakh |
Maulana Azad Medical College Admission | INR 480 – INR 39,000 |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Yes, there are about 150+ affordable Medical colleges accepting NEET PG in India. Some of them are mentioned below having tuition fees of less than INR 1 lakh:
Low-cost Colleges | Tuition Fee |
|---|---|
CMC Vellore | INR 600 – INR 3,600 |
Madras Medical College Chennai | INR 97,970 |
Maulana Azad Medical College | INR 480 – INR 39,000 |
Lady Hardinge Medical College | INR 26,000 – INR 39,000 |
Armed Forces Medical College | INR 68,000 |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Joining the top NEET PG accepting Medical colleges in India can be worthwhile for you. For that, you need to check its ROI. Listed below are some colleges along with their tuition fees and average placement package:
Top Colleges | Tuition Fee | Average Placement Package |
|---|---|---|
CMC Vellore Courses | INR 600 – INR 2.67 lakh | INR 6.41 LPA – INR 12.09 LPA |
KGMU Courses | INR 1.64 lakh | INR 15 LPA |
KMC Manipal Courses | INR 10.95 Lacs – INR 63.21 lakh | INR 15.8 LPA |
Madras Medical College Chennai Courses | INR 97,970 – INR 1.5 lakh | INR 7.8 LPA – INR 13.92 LPA |
SGPGI Lucknow Courses | INR 1.05 lakh | INR 28 LPA |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.
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Contributor-Level 10
NEET PG 2024 exam was held on August 11 in two shifts. The exam was conducted in computer-based mode. The question paper of NEET PG 2024 comprised 200 multiple choice questions and candidates were given 3.5 hours to answer them. NBE declared NEET PG 2024 result on August 23, 2024.