NEET PG 2024 in March? NMC shares tentative exam, admission dates in draft PGMER regulations

NEET PG 2024 Tentative Date: NMC has drafted counselling schedule for PG courses in Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2024.

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Vagisha Kaushik | September 7, 2023 | 09:25 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has invited comments on draft Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations (PGMER) 2023. The regulations are under wide speculation as NMC has mentioned the National Eligibility Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2024 tentative date. As per the NMC regulations, NEET PG 2024, if held, will be scheduled for March 2024.

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The National Exit Test (NExT) is supposed to replace the NEET PG exam and was initially announced to be held next year for the current MBBS batch by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS Delhi. However, NMC postponed the exam till further notice on the advice of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The fourth chapter of the draft PGMER 2023 talks about admission and counselling for medical courses. NMC has prepared an admission schedule for postgraduate broad specialty courses according to which, “As per NExT Regulation or in case admission is to be based on NEET-PG, then Exam will be conducted in the month of March.” The NEET PG counselling process will begin in May and the new academic session 2024-25 will commence in July.

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The complete PG admission schedule is as follows:

Schedule for admission	Central counselling	State counselling
Conduct of exam	March
Declaration of result	First week of April
First round of counselling	May 10 to May 20	May 20 to May 31
Last date of joining	May 31	June 5
Second round of counselling	June 1 to June 10	June 11 to June 20
Last date of joining	June 20	June 30
Mop up/third round	July 1 to July 10	July 10 to July 20
Last date of joining	July 20	July 31
Online stray vacancy round for All India Quota/Central and Deemed Universities	July 21 to July 31, 2023	August 1 to August 5
Last date of joining	August 10
Commencement of academic session	July 1

Some medical students and doctors observed the dates and took to Twitter to share the news. Others demanded clarification on the dates.

A doctor said in a tweet, “Conduct of NEET PG Exam in March 2024 According to this notification by NMC…”

Conduct of NEET PG Exam in March 2024 According to this notification by NMC...#neetpg #neetpgaspirants #medtwitter #medico #neetpg2024 pic.twitter.com/LS3THMkskt
— Dr.Jatin Patel (@iDrJ3_) September 6, 2023

A student asked about the authenticity of NMC circular and tweeted, “Can someone please confirm about the authenticity of the circular saying NEET PG 2024 will be held in March???

Can someone please confirm about the authenticity of the circular saying NEET PG 2024 will be held in March??? #NEETPG @NMC_IND
— Normal Indian Guy (@NormalIndianGu1) September 6, 2023

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