Medical aspirants to lose up to ₹2 lakh for blocking seats
Yogita.Rao@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: From next year, medical aspirants blocking seats in the centralised NEET counselling in the country may have to pay a penalty of up to ₹2 lakh. They may even be debarred from participating in counselling further if a Union health ministry proposal is accepted by the Supreme Court. The idea is to reduce the vacancies created due to blocking of multiple seats by students.
The ministry, with the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI), has proposed a “refundable” registration fee of up to ₹2 lakh for medical and dental admissions conducted by the central government. The fee for private and deemed colleges is ₹2 lakh and for government seats is ₹25,000.
It will be adjusted against the tuition fees if a student accepts the seats allotted, or will be forfeited, a senior ministry official said.
The ministry is yet to decide at what stage of the admission process such students will be penalised or debarred. In the first round, students are likely to be allowed free exit without any penalty to let them join a better college/ course.
The proposal is now with the oversight committee, set up to supervise the MCI’s functioning, which may suggest changes. The medical counselling committee (MCC) of the directorate general of health services (DGHS) conducts admissions to the all-India quota seats for MBBS/BDS courses in state government colleges and all seats in deemed colleges. In case of MD/MS courses, MCC fills 50% of all-India seats in state government colleges and 100% in deemed colleges and in superspecialty it fills 100% seats in all types of colleges.
The apex court has to approve the proposal to avoid multiple litigations, which delayed some of the medical admissions last year, the official said. “Students with higher ranks are the ones who usually block seats at multiple places. The second and third rungs of students in the merit list are usually affected. This problem can be eliminated only if there is a combined counselling for all colleges at undergraduate and postgraduate levels,” said agovernment official.
TO REDUCE VACANCIES
Yogita.Rao@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: From next year, medical aspirants blocking seats in the centralised NEET counselling in the country may have to pay a penalty of up to ₹2 lakh. They may even be debarred from participating in counselling further if a Union health ministry proposal is accepted by the Supreme Court. The idea is to reduce the vacancies created due to blocking of multiple seats by students.
The ministry, with the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI), has proposed a “refundable” registration fee of up to ₹2 lakh for medical and dental admissions conducted by the central government. The fee for private and deemed colleges is ₹2 lakh and for government seats is ₹25,000.
It will be adjusted against the tuition fees if a student accepts the seats allotted, or will be forfeited, a senior ministry official said.
The ministry is yet to decide at what stage of the admission process such students will be penalised or debarred. In the first round, students are likely to be allowed free exit without any penalty to let them join a better college/ course.
The proposal is now with the oversight committee, set up to supervise the MCI’s functioning, which may suggest changes. The medical counselling committee (MCC) of the directorate general of health services (DGHS) conducts admissions to the all-India quota seats for MBBS/BDS courses in state government colleges and all seats in deemed colleges. In case of MD/MS courses, MCC fills 50% of all-India seats in state government colleges and 100% in deemed colleges and in superspecialty it fills 100% seats in all types of colleges.
The apex court has to approve the proposal to avoid multiple litigations, which delayed some of the medical admissions last year, the official said. “Students with higher ranks are the ones who usually block seats at multiple places. The second and third rungs of students in the merit list are usually affected. This problem can be eliminated only if there is a combined counselling for all colleges at undergraduate and postgraduate levels,” said agovernment official.
TO REDUCE VACANCIES
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