NEET 2021 Counselling Update: What do we know so far?

NEW DELHI: For the academic year 2021-22, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released an important notice regarding the process of counselling of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 . The MCC has revealed that NEET counselling 2021 for All India Quota (AIQ) seats will comprise four rounds, including first, second, mop-up and stray vacancy round. The Supreme Court has approved the new counselling policy of the MCC.

The AYUSH Admissions Central Counselling Committee (AACCC) launched their official website www.aaccc.gov.in. The NEET qualified candidates can register for AYUSH NEET counselling 2021 at the official website of AACCC.

NEET 2021 counselling is eagerly awaited by thousands of candidates. Due to the ongoing Supreme Court case on EWS, OBC reservations in AIQ, NEET counselling 2021 for UG, PG courses are delayed. As per the notice released, the hearing of the matter will be done on January 6, 2022.

Further details are available on the official website mcc.nic.in..The new policy would apply to 50 percent of postgraduate seats and 15 percent of undergraduate seats that are under the central pool.

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NEET Counselling 2021: What happened so far

Check the latest updates on NEET counselling for admission to undergraduate medical, dental and AYUSH courses.

NEET AIQ counselling process changed

Registration for the AIQ NEET counselling process has not yet begun, but it is expected to get underway soon. As outlined in the affidavit MCC filed in Kerala High Court, AIQ counselling is as follows:

• There will be four rounds of All India Quota of counselling by MCC: round 1, round 2, mop-up round, and stray vacancy round.

• Seats remaining after round 2 will be filled by MCC through mop-up and stray vacancy rounds conducted in online mode.

• The four rounds will be held only for AIQ seats having an All India character that are contributed by the states for 15% undergraduate seats and 50% postgraduate seats.

• Fresh registration will be done in the first three rounds, and not in the round for stray vacancies.

• Candidates will only be able to upgrade and do free exit in Round 1

• Participants who accept the allotted seats in Round 1 will not be permitted to resign and will not be permitted to participate in subsequent rounds of counseling.

• For candidates who do not join the allotted seat in Round 2, further counselling rounds will be held only through a security deposit and a fresh registration in mop-up round.

AYUSH NEET counselling 2021 website launched

The AACCC conducts NEET counseling on behalf of the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, for seats available at government and government-aided medical colleges, deemed universities, central universities, and national institutes.The candidates can register for AACCC-UG counselling 2021 at the official website of AACCC - aaccc.gov.in and must pay non-refundable registration fees and refundable security deposits at the time of registration.

After the registration process, students need to provide their choices of colleges and courses in which they wish to get admission into. Based on the choices filled, seats available, NEET rank, reservation criteria and other factors, the admission to AYUSH courses will be done.

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Latest changes to EWS seat reservations

As of the current academic year, medical colleges will start offering reservations for the OBC and EWS categories within the AIQ seats. In July, the government and MCC announced a 10 percent reservation for the EWS category in AIQ NEET 2021 admissions, which was challenged before the apex court. Several petitions are before the Supreme Court challenging the government and the MCC's notice providing a quota for those from the EWS category in NEET 2021 AIQ seat admissions.

According to the petitions, numerous issues of concern were raised, including the violation of a 1992 Supreme Court ruling on 50 percent quotas, the lack of study and justification on the EWS reservation criteria, and the government's decision on EWS reservation in NEET admission.