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Mgmt quota MBBS: Top SC students to get ₹50L incentive

Mgmt quota MBBS: Top SC students to get ₹50L incentive 

TIMES OF INDIA  BENGALURU 08.11.2024



Bengaluru : The social welfare dept has announced an incentive of Rs 50 lakh for meritorious Scheduled Caste (SC) students from families with annual income up to Rs 8 lakh, who are forced to seek admission under management quota in private medical colleges for having missed out on govt quota seats. This new provision has come into force from the current academic year itself, reports Sruthy Susan Ullas. 

In Karnataka, MBBS seats under management quota in private colleges bear an annual fee ranging from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 40 lakh. According to a circular issued by the department on Oct 24, SC students who had more than 95% marks in their II PUC, but were unable to secure a govt quota seat through NEET and had to get admitted to private colleges under management quota, would henceforth be eligible for Rs 25 lakh towards payment of their college fees.

Just 1 student has applied for ₹25L incentive Additionally, those who avail of this benefit will be eligible for another Rs 25 lakh as a further incentive if they clear their first year of MBBS with 60% marks. This amount will also come in handy for students to pay off their loans, in case they have already completed their admission formalities. However, though the social welfare department expects around 25 students to avail of this  scheme every year, in the 2024-25 academic year, only one student has applied for it until now. “It came to our notice that there are meritorious SC students who miss out on a good NEET score as it is a very coaching-oriented exam. This initiative aims to incentivise those students,” said an official from the social welfare department. “We need more doctors from the SC community. We have made strict norms like 95% PU marks and 60% MBBS score to avoid this provision from being misused,” the official reasoned. A total of 1.2 lakh SC students wrote the II PU exam in the last academic year in all streams

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