(a) whether it is a fact that there was a total of 1456 vacant seats from NEET-PG 2021;
(b) whether the seats had remained vacant even after exhausting all the permissible rounds of counseling and if so, the details thereof;
(c) Whether these vacant seats had been allocated to private and Government medical colleges;
(d) if so the details thereof; and
(e) whether the allocated seats were filled by the said private and Government medical colleges and if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a) to (e): Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has been entrusted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to conduct counselling for 50% All India Quota/ 100% Deemed/ 100% Central Universities and 100% PG DNB seats of Post Graduate courses (MD/ MS/ Diploma/ PG DNB) as per the scheme devised by the Hon’ble Court.
According to the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the MCC of DGHS was directed to conduct 4 rounds online counseling. MCC conducted 05 rounds of counselling for PG seats for the academic year 2021 including a Special Round of counselling. 1456 seats remained vacant. The vacant seats in respect of Deemed Universities were reverted back to respective universities.
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