1445 PG Medical Seats Vacant After Counselling: NMC And Govt to Form Panel for Discussion

1445 PG Medical Seats Vacant: Gone are those days when students would wait for their lifetime to get a medical seat. As per the latest statistics from the National Medical Commission (NMC), over 1445 seats are vacant after the conclusion of the NEET PG Counselling 2023. After the NEET PG stray vacancy round counselling 2023 concluded, 862 MS, MD, and DNB seats are still vacant under the all-India quota, while 583 remain under the state quota. 

The 1445 PG medical seats vacant concern the central government as it made all the NEET PG 2023 medical aspirants eligible for admissions by reducing the qualifying percentile to zero. 

To Know the reason why PG Medical Seats are Vacant after Counselling, the central government has formed a committee. The committee is answerable for why students are not interested in admission to the leftover broad specialty seat.

A senior official in the medical education division stated, "In view of 1445 PG Medical seats vacant, a panel has been set up under the Director General of Health Services to look at the reasons for vacant seats and suggest remedies for the same".

To tackle the issue, the National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory body for Medical Education and Medical professionals, plans to make NEET PG Counselling student-friendly to ensure no seats go vacant in coming years.

The repeated delay in the counseling process, the pandemic, and litigations about the EWS quota are some of the primary reasons for students losing interest in Medical PG courses. Regarding the issue, NMC chairman Dr. BN Gangadhar stated, "Our mission at NMC is to raise the standard of medical education in India, and a transparent and smooth counselling process adds to that goal."

Will Central continue zero percentile admission criteria in the coming years, or will NMC and Central find a way out of this situation? Answers are awaited.

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