NEET PG Exam

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has started the online application process for the Post Graduate (NEET-PG) 2021. Candidates can apply online through the official website at nbe.edu.in till March 15, 2021. 

NEET PG 2021 will be held across the country on April 18 for admission to 10,821 Master of Surgery (MS) seats, 19,953 Doctor of Medicine (MD) seats, and 1,979 PG Diploma seats offered by 6,102 government, private, deemed and central universities.

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) will be conducting the NEET PG 2021 exam on April 18. One can access the application form on the official site - nbe.edu.in.

Candidates who are aspiring for the entrance exam can start filling the application form on the official site. NBE has decided that only candidates who will complete their internship on or before June 30, 2021, are eligible to register for NEET PG 2021.

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has announced the NEET PG 2021 exam date. The entrance exam will be held in computer-based mode on April 18, 2021.

Candidates who are aspiring for the NEET PG 2021 exam seeking admission to the postgraduate medical courses must complete their internship on or before June 30, 2021.

The duration of the exam is 3 hours and the type of question is multiple-choice. It is conducted for admission to MS, MD and diploma seats. 

The NBE has postponed the NEET PG 2021 exam until further notice. The sources suggest that the decision to postpone NEET 2021 comes after the decision regarding the matter of conduct is being considered by the UG & PG boards. 

The official notice reads, "National Medical Commission (NMC) has informed that the matter of conduct of NEET-PG 2021 is being considered by the UG & PG Boards of the Commission in consultation with the stakeholders. In view of the aforementioned communication from NMC, the provisional schedule for conduct of NEET PG 2021 as announced by NBE on September 16, 2020 stands deferred till further notice."

Earlier, the NEET PG 2021 was scheduled to be conducted on January 10, 2021.

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has released the provisional exam dates of various exams. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post-Graduation (NEET PG) 2021 will be held on January 10, 2021. Interested candidates who are aspiring for the exams can access the information bulletin available on the official website - nbe.edu.in.  

The NBE has also released the exam dates for other exams. Check the exam dates.  

• Master of Dental Surgery (NEET MDS) 2021 - December 16, 2020
• National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post-Graduation (NEET PG) 2021 - January 10, 2021
• Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) 2020 - December 4, 2020
• DNB Post Diploma Centralised Entrance Test (PDCET) 2021 - January 28, 2021

Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced re-opening of fresh registrations for Deemed Universities. Here are some interesting points.

• The last date to report to the allotted colleges after NEET PG counselling for stray vacancy round is extended till August 14, 2020.
• NEET PG/MDS counselling 2020 registration facility for Deemed Universities will re-open on August 4 and close on August 7, 2020.
• One can pay for the facility till 11:59 PM on August 7, 2020.
• The allotted candidates list will be directly sent to the respective colleges.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on behalf of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced the NEET PG 2020 counselling mop-up round result. 

The notice reads, "It is for the information to all the candidates that the provisional result for Mop UP Round of Medical/Dental NEET PG Counselling 2020 is now available. Final result will be displayed after 2.00 PM on July 21, 2020. Any discrepancy in the result in terms o merit violation may be immediately informed to MCC of DGHS till 2 PM of July 21 through email on the Email ID - mccresultquery@gmail.com" 

The sources suggest that a total of 1,166 candidates have been selected in the provisional mop-up round result. A total of 117 candidates are selected for deemed, and central MDS institutes.

Dr K Sudhakar, Karnataka Medical Education Minister, has announced that 5 marks will be awarded to all medical students who have been actively involved in COVID-19 work. Candidates who are aspiring for the NEET PG will help them to increase their score. 

He said, "About 2,000 medical students who are appearing for PG exams will be utilised for COVID related work. Apart from this final year nursing students and MBBS students will be deployed at COVID care centres. Government is also considering to award 5 marks in NEET exam for medical students involved in COVID related work."

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the allotment letter for the 2nd round of NEET PG counselling 2020. The counselling process has begun from June 16, 2020. 

Candidates who have been allotted seats in the NEET counselling would be required to be present physical along with their documents. It has extended the reporting to June 30.  

Candidates who have participated in the second round but could not get upgraded for Round one seats can exit without forfeiture of security deposits from June 16 to June 18, 2020.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the NEET PG round 2 counselling dates. Candidates can visit the official website to check the dates. The registration process for the round two counselling would begin from June 3, 2020.

NEET PG Counselling was recently in the news as the Supreme Court of India has asked NBE to consider only one round of counselling to be conducted for the admissions through NEET PG. Check the dates here. 

• New Registrations beginning date- June 3, 2020
• Last date to register for the second round counselling - June 9, 2020 – Till 10:am
• Choice filling dates- June 4- June 9, 2020
• Result for the second round dates- June 12, 2020
• The last date for joining institute allotted- June 18, 2020

The NEET PG counselling is being done for 50 per cent seats of All India Quota for the Deemed/ Central Universities, ESIC and AFMC institute.