SC Directs MCC to Fill Vacant NEET UG Seats, Reallocate NRI Seats to General Category
SC Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan directed MCC to fill NEET UG seats highlighting the shortage of doctors in India and directed to convert NRI seats into general category for state quota seats.
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to fill vacant Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) seats
across India and conduct a special round of counselling for admission through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate courses. The verdict was announced following a series of petitions filed by private medical colleges highlighting the monetary hardship due to vacant NEET UG seats for session 2024-25.
Convert NRI Seats to General Seats
Following this, the SC bench comprises of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan, directed MCC to fill vacant UG medical seats through NEET UG addressing the acute shortage of doctors in India. Besides, the bench also directed that the vacant NRI seats shall also be converted into the general category seats and must be addressed during the state quota admissions, as reported by The Hindu.
"Taking into consideration the peculiar facts and circumstances and further that the precious medical seats should not go to waste when the country is facing acute shortage of Doctors, we are inclined to extend the period by way of a last chance," the SC bench said. "The Admission Authorities are, therefore, directed to hold a fresh stray/special counselling for the seats remaining vacant and complete the admission process before December 30, 2024, in any eventuality," The Supreme Court order stated.
No Medical Seats Should Go Wasted
The SC further directed that in order to achieve optimum utilisation of UG medical seats, the admission process must be completed by December 30, 2024. Further, students who have already been allotted a seat will not be eligible to participate in the counselling process. Besides, no direct admissions will be allowed and only waitlisted candidates will be considered for the special round of counselling.
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Some of the chapters of Biology, which are given a high weightage, are listed below:
The table below brings the chapter-wise weightage of NEET Biology section.
Name of the chapter
Number of questions asked (Approx.)
Weightage in Per Cent
Anatomy of Flowering Plants
0-1
2
Animal Kingdom
2
7
Biodiversity and Conservation
1
3
Biological Classification
0-1
2
Biomolecules
1
4
Biotechnology and its Applications
1
3
Biotechnology: Principles and Processes
1
3
Body Fluids and Circulation
0-1
1
Breathing and Exchange of Gases
0-1
2
Cell Cycle and Cell Division
0-1
2
Cell: The Unit of Life, Biomolecules
0-1
2
Chemical Coordination and Integration
1
4
Digestion and Absorption
1
3
Ecosystem
0-1
2
Environmental Issues
0-1
2
Evolution
0-1
2
Excretory Products and their Elimination
0-1
2
Human Health and Disease
1
3
Human Reproduction
1
3
Locomotion and Movement
0-1
2
Microbes in Human Welfare
0-1
2
Mineral Nutrition
0-1
1
Molecular Basis of Inheritance
2
6
Morphology of Flowering Plants
1
5
Neural Control and Coordination
0-1
2
Organisms and Populations
0-1
2
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
0-1
2
Plant Growth and Development
0-1
1
Plant Kingdom
1
4
Principles and Inheritance and Variation
1
5
Reproduction in Organisms
0-1
1
Reproductive Health
0-1
2
Respiration in Plants
0-1
1
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
1
5
Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
0-1
2
Structural Organisation in Animals
0-1
2
The Living World
0-1
2
Transport in Plants
0-1
1
Total
90
100