Lok Sabha Question No. 440 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Common Counseling for Admission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAJESH VERMA, VIJAY KUMAR S.R.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 440 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST MARCH, 2017 COMMON COUNSELING FO R ADMISSION

## †*440. SHRI RAJESH VERMA: SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received complaints that some Government/Private Medical Colleges have given admissions in Under Graduate Courses illegally and fr audulently ignoring the National Eligibility -cum - Entrance Test in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  number  of  such  priva Government Medical Colleges along with the action taken by the Governmen in this regard;
- (c) whethe r the Government has made provision for common counseling at the State level for admission in UG/PG medical courses after the introducti single  medical  entrance  exam  and  if  so,  the  details  including  the  aim objectives thereof;
- (d) the details o f languages allowed in the common medical entrance test in th country; and
- (e)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  bring  m transparency in the admission process and curb the practice of capitati charged by private colleges?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a) to ( e):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 440* FOR 31 ST MARCH , 2017

(a) & (b) Medical Council of India has taken note that Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Medical Sciences, Manamai -Nellur, Tamil Nadu has given  admission  to  36  students  who  have  not  given  NEET  Examination  and accordingly issued discharge notice of these students ad mitted in the college.

(c)        Yes. With the amendment in Graduate Medical Education Regulati 1997  and  Postgraduate  Medical  Education  Regulations,  2000,  a  common counseling  for  admission  to  all  Undergraduate  and  Postgraduate  Cours (Diploma/MD/ MS/DM/M.Ch.) in all Medical Educational Institutions on the basis  of  merit  list  of  the  National  Eligibility - cum - Entrance  Test  has  been introduced. Counseling for all UG and PG courses in all medical educati institutions shall be conducted by State Governm ents/UTs. However, counseling for the 15% All India Quota seats at UG level and 50% All In Quota seats at PG level shall be conducted by Directorate General of He Services.    The  Common  Counseling  seeks  to  curb  malpractices  in  medica admissions.

(d) Section 10D of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 prescribes conductin of a uniform entrance examination i.e. National Eligibility cum Entrance (NEET)  in  Hindi  and  English  and  such  other  languages.  Accordingly Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannad , Marathi, Oriya, Tamil and Telgu apart from Hindi and English have been allowed in NEET - UG 2017 .

(e) Introduction  of  NEET  and  Combined  Counseling  for  admission  to  all UG/PG  medical  courses  across  the  country  will  bring  transparency  and  cu malpractices in  the  admission  process.  Further,  in  the  case  of  Governme medical colleges, the respective State Governments are responsible for fi of fees and in the case of private unaided medical colleges, the fee str decided by the Committee set up by the respective State Government under the Chairmanship of a retired High Court Judge in pursuance of the direction the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. It is for the Committee to decide whether the fee proposed by an Institute is justified and the fe e fixed by the Committee is binding on the Institute.

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