NEET PG Counselling 2023: Online stray vacancy round for 100% seats in deemed universities

NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission said that the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will conduct online counselling for the stray vacancy round of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) PG counselling 2023 for 100 percent seats in deemed universities. The commission also asked states and union territories to make arrangements for conducting online counselling for all rounds for the private medical colleges from the academic year 2023-24.

“As per the orders of the Supreme Court, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare shall conduct the online counselling for stray vacancy round for 100% seats in deemed universities in UG and PG courses,” said NMC in an official notice.

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NMC added, “All the state counselling agencies are requested to make necessary arrangement for conducting the counselling in online mode, for all rounds including stray vacancy round in private medical colleges, from the academic year 2023-24. No college/ institute should conduct the counselling, including the stray vacancy round, in physical mode.”

The commission reasoned that this will help tackle the issue of seat blocking and complaints or court cases related to NEET counselling.

Recently, MCC released the NEET PG counselling 2023 schedule and accordingly the registration process is set to begin on July 27. Various states including Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Punjab have commenced the NEET PG counselling process for state medical colleges.