In fresh attack over manifesto, JP Nadda accuses Congress of appeasement politics
Nadda further said that the people of the country have time and again rejected the Congress party.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has reduced by 15 per cent the minimum required percentile for admission to post-graduate and super-speciality medical courses under National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test — NEET PG and NEET SS. The step is likely to benefit nearly 18,000 students.
“The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has reduced the NEET PG and NEET SS cut off percentile by 15 per cent. The decision is likely to benefit about 18,000 students,” the ministry said in a statement.
It said the move would improve the chances of filling up PG seats and minimising wastage of seats.
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Referring to the decision, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda said all efforts were being made to fill up the PG seats.
“This is a significant step towards strengthening medical sector and indicates the priority given by the government to the health sector. We are making sure that there is adequate manpower for providing quality health services,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the NEET (Under Graduate) 2018, on Sunday, 6 May, 2018. The test will be conducted for admission to MBBS/BDS courses in India in medical/dental colleges run with the approval of the Medical Council of India or the Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and also the institutions established through an Act of Parliament i.e. AIIMS and JIPMER, Puducherry.
According to the regulations framed under the Indian Medical Council Act 1956, as amended in 2018, and the Dentists Act 1948, as amended in 2018, the responsibility of CBSE is limited to the conduct of the entrance examination, declaration of result and providing All India Rank to the Directorate General Health Services, Government of India, for the conduct of counselling for 15% All India Quota Seats and for supplying the result to state/other counselling authorities.
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