In an official notice by the NBEMS, “In supersession of NBEMS notice dated 09.11.2023 and pursuant to the receipt of NMC letter dated January 3, 2024, the conduct of NEET-PG 2024 examination, which was earlier notified to be tentatively held on March 3, 2024, stands rescheduled.”

According to the recently notified “Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023”, the existing NEET-PG examination will continue till the proposed National Exit Test (NExT) becomes operational for the purpose of PG admission.

Earlier, the news agency PTI citing sources had said, “The NEET-PG examination is likely to be held in the first week of July. The counselling is likely to begin in the first week of August.”

The NEET-PG is a single entrance examination for admission to various MD/MS and PG Diploma Courses. This eligibility-cum-ranking examination takes place under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019.

Meanwhile, The National Medical Commission (NMC) came out with new regulations which stipulate all post-graduate students to work as full-time resident doctors and for “reasonable working hours”. In a recent notification “Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023″, the students will be provided “reasonable time for rest” in a day. They will be permitted a minimum of 20 days of casual leave per year and five days of academic per year.

“Subject to exigencies of work, post-graduate students will be allowed one weekly holiday,” the new regulations which have replaced the Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, stated. “All these will reduce stress on students. Earlier there was no written provision of leaves,” Dr Vijay Oza, president of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board of NMC, explained. Besides, the regulations stipulate that it will be mandatory for the college to provide appropriate residential accommodation to post-graduate students. However, it will not be mandatory for the post-graduate students to stay in the hostel.

According to the new regulations, once a medical college is granted permission to start PG courses or seats, the course will be treated as recognised for the purpose of registration of qualification for students.

(With inputs from PTI)

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Published: 09 Jan 2024, 02:00 PM IST