lok sabha: 1,456 seats vacant from NEET-PG 2021 counselling: Govt to Lok Sabha

NEET-PG 2021: Over 1,456 seats for the NEET-PG 2021 remained vacant despite five rounds of conselling including special round of conselling, centre told Lok Sabha.

“The vacant seats in respect of deemed universities were reverted to respective universities,” Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply as reported by news agency PTI. The response came when Pawas was addressing a question on whether the seats had remained vacant even after the several round of counselling.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of Directorate General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health has been entrusted by the Supreme Court to conduct counselling process for NEET.

“The MCC conducted five rounds of counselling for PG seats for the academic year 2021 including a Special Round of counselling. 1456 seats remained vacant.The vacant seats in respect of Deemed universities were reverted back to respective universities,” Pawar was quoted as telling.