MBBS seats increased to 4,000 in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that the number of seats in the MBBS courses has been increased to 4,000 in the state with the addition of 250 seats in two medical colleges.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that the number of seats in the MBBS courses has been increased to 4,000 in the state with the addition of 250 seats in two medical colleges. Banerjee had earlier underscored the need for increasing the number of medical seats in the state.
“I am pleased to announce that we now have 4,000 MBBS seats for Bengal’s vibrant medical students with the initiation of the first MBBS batch in Purulia Govt MCH consisting of 100 seats and the addition of 150 MBBS seats in Gouri Devi Medical College,” Banerjee said on Twitter.
Last year, minister of state for health Chandrima Bhattacharya had informed the assembly that the number of MBBS seats in West Bengal was 1,355 when the Trinamool Congress government came to power in the state in 2011.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) had announced the NEET Result 2020 on October 16. The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG is conducted by the NTA from 2019 onwards. This Test was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) until 2018. Candidates must note that NTA has released the result for only those candidates who had appeared for NEET 2020 on either test date. Candidates who had filled the application forms but were unable to take the test were not considered while preparing the NEET 2020 result.
Candidates who have qualified NEET 2020 are eligible for admission to MBBS/BDS/AYUSH courses in India. Such candidates will have to participate in the NEET 2020 counselling, which will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for admissions to MBBS/BDS course. For AYUSH course, candidates will have to participate in the AYUSH NEET counselling 2020. Schedule for both these counselling is awaited.
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