Board of Governors of MCI(Medical Council of India ) approved for increasing the Postgraduate medical intakes in MD and MS courses by 4800 taking the total available MD/MS seats to 36,192 for the academic session 2020-21. This trend of increasing the number of seats is expected to continue for this year as well taking the total counselling seat count to more than 40,000 for the 2021-22 academic sessions. It must be noted that this step is taken in keeping with the aim to double the number of intakes for PG and UG medical courses by the year 2024. Check NEET PG 2021 College Predictor

NEET PG 2021 has been successfully conducted on September 11, 2021. NEET PG 2021 Result has been declared on September 29, 2021. Candidates who have cleared NEET PG 2021 will be required to go through NEET PG Counselling process to confirm their seat based on NEET PG score. Also Check NEET PG 2021 Cutoff

Increase in NEET PG Seats: Key Points 

• NEET PG 2021 seat increment is aimed at increasing tertiary health care in the country.
• A total of 44000 PG seats(36,192 MD/MS seats and 8000 DNB/FNB seats) will be allocated for 54000 undergraduates passing out in the preceding session. MS stands for Master in General Surgery and MS stands for Masters in General Surgery.
• Previously in 2014, there were 23000 seats in Postgraduate medical courses including all the Government and Private Medical institutes across the country. A top official of MCI and a member of NITI Ayog cited that the present process of increasing the seats will lead to more than double the number of seats added since the year 2014. 
• The officials also stated that NITI Ayog is working closely with the Ministry of Health in promoting bigger hospitals to offer resident doctor diplomat or Fellow of National Board (DNB/FNB)courses under the National Board of Examination

To encounter the shortage of qualified doctors and manage a gap in medical education, the Niti Aayog decided to workout with the public-private partnership (PPP) model that will link private medical colleges with operational district hospitals to increase medical seats. With this new scheme, every PG student will have to serve in the district hospital for a term of three months to be able to be eligible for the Degree. The sole objective of the scheme is to justify the cost of medical education.

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NEET PG 2021 Cut off (Out)

Scoring qualifying cut off is a must to become eligible for the admission process. The qualifying percentile along with NEET PG Cut off 2021 has been updated in the table below: 

NEET PG 2021 Counselling Highlights

 MCC has brought some changes in the counselling process of NEET PG. The candidates will be required to register again if they are participating in the second round of counselling. Last year, registration for the second round of counselling was not required. 

NEET PG Counselling 2021

Candidates will be called for NEET PG 2021 Counselling as per their ranks (All India Rank, All India 50 % Quota Category Rank, All India 50 % Quota Rank, and State Quota Rank). Candidates will be required to fill the choice of courses and colleges in the counselling process. Candidates will get admission depending on their rank, filled preferences and availability of seats.

Documents Required at the time of Counselling are:

• NEET PG 2021 Admit Card 
• NEET PG 2021 Rank Card
• Class 10th mark sheet and passing certificate
• Class12th mark sheet and passing certificate
• Graduation certificate
• Category Certificate (if applicable)
• Transfer Certificate
• Counselling call letter
• Recent passport size photographs

The counselling process will be controlled by MCC (Medical Counselling Committee) and DGHS (Directorate General of Health Services) in the online mode. Counselling will be conducted for giving admission to 50% All India Quota Seats. The State Government will take care of the seat allotment for the rest 50% of seats.

NEET PG 2021 Admission Eligibility

The admission to postgraduate medical courses is subjected to the following eligibility

• Only Indian citizens can apply for the examination.
• Candidates having an MBBS degree or a Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate recognized by Medical Council of India (MCI).
• A minimum of one year of internship is required. In case anyone has not completed a year of internship, they should ensure that his internship will be complete on or before March 31, 2020.

The step taken to increase the number of seats for PG medical courses will increase the overall standard in healthcare in India and also bring the justification to the cost of pursuing higher studies in medicine and surgery.