NEET PG Exam 2022 Postponed: Health Ministry Postpones Medical Entrance Exam By 6-8 Weeks

NEET PG Exam that was supposed to take place on March 12 has been postponed!

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The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) PG Exam for 2022 has been postponed by six to eight weeks, informed the Union Health Ministry.

The exam has been postponed as it was clashing with the NEET PG Counselling 2021. The exam was supposed to be held on March 12, 2022.

The Supreme Court was supposed to hear this matter today, but the health ministry's announcement came before SC's hearing.

 

Union Health Ministry postpones NEET PG exam 2022 by 6-8 weeks

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"I am directed to say that lot of representations were being received from medical doctors regarding request to delay NEET-PG-2022 examination date i.e. 12.03.22 as published in Information Bulletin by NBE since it is clashing with the NEET PG 2021 counselling. Also, many of the interns would not be able to participate in the PG Counselling 2022 by the month of May/2022," the order read.

A plea was filed in the Supreme Court seeking deferment of NEET PG 2022 was listed for hearing before the bench of justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant on February 4, i.e, today. 

Earlier, the matter was to be heard on February 7. The plea was filed on January 25, 2022. 

The Supreme Court in its interim order on January 7 allowed the resumption of medical counselling for NEET-PG admissions for 2021-2022. The court had also upheld the validity of 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) students and 10 per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).