Monday, March 13, 2017

MCI nod for common counselling

The Medical Council of India has decided to have a common counselling for all postgraduate seats in all medical education institutions in the country. This includes State and Central government-run colleges, private medical colleges, deemed and private universities. The admission would be based on the merit list of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.

Through a gazette notification, the council has added another clause to Regulation 9. By Regulation 9A, “There shall be a common counselling for admission to all postgraduate courses (Diploma/MD/MS/DM/M.Ch) in all medical educational institutions on the basis of merit list” of NEET.

Also, the designated authority for counselling for the 50% All India Quota seats of the contributing States shall be conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services, reads the notification, signed by Reena Nayyar, secretary in-charge of MCI. The notification, dated March 10, has made additions to Regulation 9 of the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000. The amended regulation will henceforth be called Postgraduate Medical Education (amendment) Regulations 2017, and comes into force from Sunday.

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