Centre allocates 4 MBBS seats for civilian victims of terrorism, seeks nomination before Sept 17
New Delhi: For the spouses and children of civilian victims of terrorism, the Central government has earmarked four MBBS seats for the academic year 2024-25 in various medical colleges and institutes. The govt has sought nominations before September 17.
According to ANI report, of the four MBBS seats, one each will be allocated to Bihar's Gaya-based AN Magadh Medical College and Maharashtra's Mumbai-based Grant Medical College, while two seats will be allocated to Chhattisgarh's Raipur-based Pt. JNM Medical College.
These four MBBS seats will be allocated to the spouse and children of the victims of terrorism from the Central pool. The candidate must either be spouse or children of the deceased or disabled civilian victim of terrorism.
As per the eligibility criteria, the candidate must have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before December 31 of the year of his or her admission to the first year of the Undergraduate Medical Course and is an Indian National.
Ministry Home Home Affairs (MHA) conveyed the decision taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to the chief secretaries of all states and the Union Territories asking them for the wide publicity of the move.
The MHA's written communication, issued on August 23, urges that the state governments and the UT administrations should give wide publicity while inviting applications from eligible candidates for allocation of MBBS seats for civilian victims of terrorism.
Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation (CTCR) division of the MHA issued the letter referring to the health ministry's August 13 decision, conveying that "during the academic year 2024-25, four MBBS seats from the Central Pool has been earmarked in the various medical colleges and institutes for nomination of candidates by the Ministry of Home Affairs from the category of civilian victims of terrorism."
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