NEET: 485 UG, 247 PG medical seats remained vacant in 2023, says Minister in Rajya Sabha

NEET PG 2023 percentile has been dropped to zero for PG admission to fill up the vacant seats, and therefore every candidate who appeared in NEET PG became eligible to participate in counselling, said MoS in Ministry of Health and Family Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar in Rajya Sabha.

In the current academic year, the total number of vacant UG seats is 485 as informed by the National Medical Commission. The percentile has been dropped to zero for PG admission to fill up the vacant seats, and therefore every candidate who appeared in NEET-PG becomes eligible to participate in counselling. Special stray vacancy rounds have been conducted for PG counselling in the current academic year to fill the seats. 247 seats under All India Quota for PGs have been reported to be vacant, she added.

The minister was replying to an unstarred question on the number of UG and PG medical seats lying vacant in the current academic session along with the reasons.

In September 2023, the government reduced the NEET PG 2023 cut-off to Zero across categories to make everyone eligible for the remaining rounds of NEET PG 2023 counselling. The medical fraternity said that it will lower the standard of medical education and Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh had termed it "shocking".

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