MBBS, BDS Admissions 2024: WBMCC Notifies On NEET 2024 Counselling, Check quota-wise eligibility criteria

West Bengal- West Bengal Main Computerised Counselling (WBMCC) has released an information bulletin for National Eligibility and Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 counselling in the state for Undergraduate MBBS and BDS State Quota, Private College Management Quota and NRI Quota seats 2024.

As per the information bulletin, the candidates who have qualified through NEET UG 2024 conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and want to participate in the counselling in West Bengal Under Graduate Medical and Dental State Quota and Private College Management Quota and NRI Quota seats 2024, have to follow certain steps as listed below-

STATE QUOTA

The qualified candidate through NEET UG 2024 who wants to participate in WB State Quota UG seats must note that either the candidate or his/her parents must be domiciled in the State of West Bengal. They have to download the domicile certificate proforma from the counselling official website and have to fill appropriate form and get it signed and stamped by the appropriate authority.

The types of domicile certificate proforma that need to be uploaded to the website are described below-

1 Residential/Domicile Certificate for candidates residing in the State of West Bengal continuously for at least the last 10 years as on 31st December of 2023 Candidate must have passed class 10 or equivalent and class 12 or equivalent from the State of West Bengal.

2 Residential/Domicile Certificates for candidates residing in the State of West Bengal continuously for at least the last 10 years as on 31st December of 2023 where the candidate has passed the 10+2 Examination in the year 2024 from West Bengal.

3 Residential/Domicile Certificate for candidates not residing in the State of WB continuously for at least the last 10 years as on 31.12.2023 [that is candidates who have passed either class 10 or class 12 or both from outside West Bengal] but whose parents are permanent resident/s of West Bengal having their permanent home address within West Bengal and living continuously for at least last 10 years in West Bengal as on 31st December of 2023.

During document verification, such certificate in the original has to be produced by the candidate before the verifying authority of the college. Only after successful verification of such certificate, the candidate will be considered for Online Choice filling and Allotment for State Quota seat provided the other required documents are properly in place. A valid Domicile Certificate as applicable which is obtained from the West Bengal e-district portal will also be accepted as proof of domicile.

MANAGEMENT QUOTA

Management quotas in the Private Medical or Dental Colleges in West Bengal in 2024 are also going to be filled up by online counselling which is to be conducted by WBMCC. The UR/EWS candidates with the cut-off of 50 percentile, UR PwD/EWS PwD with the cut-off of 45 percentile and SC/ST/OBC/OBC A/OBC B/SC PwD/ST PwD/OBC PwD/OBC A PwD/OBC B PwD with the cut off 40 percentile are eligible for management quota seats.

Along with this, the candidates who are not domiciled in the State of West Bengal (and not opting for NRI Quota) are also eligible for Management Quota seats in Private Medical/Dental Colleges In West Bengal. For admission in Management Quota seats the domicile certificate is not required for the allotted candidate. However, they are required to produce other essential original documents for verification before online choice filling and allotment and securing admission in the allotted seat. It is to be noted that the allotment In the Management Quota is based purely on the combined merit rank of NEET UG 2024 as there is no caste or PwD reservation in such seats.

NRI QUOTA

NRI Quota in the Private Medical colleges in West Bengal in 2024 is also going to be filled up by online counselling which is to be conducted by WBMCC. The candidates who opt for the NRI Quota cannot opt for the State Quota/Management Quota.

The candidates who opt to change the status of Indian to NRI have to email the designated email ID of the Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) of DGHS, Govt. of India within the stipulated time to be considered for NRI quota seats. The candidates, who claim for NRI Quota seats under eligible NRI sponsorship, will have to submit the Embassy (Consulate) Certificate of the NRI sponsor. Given the short time frame of document verification, they may submit the proof of application for the Embassy Certificate of the Sponsor at the time of document verification along with recent valid utility bills as applicable In support of such claim. However, in such case, the verification of documents, allotment if any in the NRf Quota seats and subsequent admission shall be purely provisional. If at any stage it is found that the candidate has provided false/forged documents or has provided misinformation regarding the NRI status of self/sponsor, then the candidature shall be summarily rejected.

The OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) cardholders may also apply for NRI Quota seats or else they may also apply as Indian candidates as per their sweet wishes in the counselling process. However, once registered for NRI quota seats they cannot claim back for State Quota/Management Quota seats or vice versa.

CASTE STATUS OF CANDIDATES

If the candidate, who is domiciled in the State of West Bengal, selects OBC A or OBC B while filling up of category in the Online Application form, then the candidate will have to produce a valid certificate issued by the authority in West Bengal only at the Physical Document Verification venue (both in pre and post allotment verification process), otherwise the candidate is treated as Unreserved for allotment of seats in State Quota Counseling provided the candidate has obtained 50 percentile marks (that is the cut off marks for UR (Unreserved) candidate in NEET UG 2024 exam). The OBC A or OBC B candidates if belong to the creamy layer, will not be considered as reserved category candidates. If the OBC A or OBC B certificate is issued before 01.04,2024, then the candidate has to provide the income certificate issued by the same authority who issued earlier caste certificate WB Domicile OBC A or OBC B candidate, who belong to creamy layer or who do not provide proper income certificate in support of being non-creamy layer, will be considered as Unreserved for allotment of seats in State Quota counselling provided the candidate has obtained 50th percentile marks that is the cut-off marks for UR (Unreserved) candidate in NEET UG 2024 exam). Hence the non-creamy layer certificate must be issued by the competent authority on or after 01.04.2024.

If the candidate is not domiciled to the State of West Bengal then he/she will not be considered for State Quota seats irrespective of caste status or PwD status. Such candidates are however eligible to fill up choke for Private college management quota seats.

Candidates who belong to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) of West Bengal (with or without PwD status) and are domiciled in the State of West Bengal, will be considered as reserved category candidates for West Bengal State Quota seats provided their EWS certificate is successfully verified at the time of document verification process before online choice filling and allotment, otherwise the candidate is treated as Unreserved for allotment of seats in State Quota Counseling provided the candidate has obtained 50 percentile marks [that is the cut-off marks for UR (Unreserved) candidate in NEET UG 2024 exam). Such certificate must be issued by the appropriate authority in the appropriate format on or after 01.04.2024 to be considered a valid document.

PwD STATUS

The candidates who are eligible as per cut-off limits of the 21 benchmark disabilities as envisaged under the Regulations of "The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016" will only be considered in PwD (Person with Disability). Such candidates have verified their PwD status from the Medical Board of IPGME&R Kolkata during the stipulated days. Verification is through the online link provided by the Medical Counseling Committee, DGH5, Govt. of India to the designated centres for issuance of PwD certificate. Certificates from any institute other than IPGMER Kolkata or designated centre as specified by MCC will not be considered for eligibility as a PwD candidate for WB NEET UG 2024 counselling.

MARK SHEET OF 10+2 EXAMINATION

In Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the 10+2 Examination, UR/EWS candidates, UR-PwD/EW5-PwD category candidates, and SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B (with or without PwD status) candidates must obtain 50%, 45% and 40% marks respectively to be eligible for taking part in counselling. They must also pass Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English individually in the 10+2 examination. This is an essential criterion to become eligible for counselling.

AGE

Age should be at least 27 years by 31.12.2024. Date of birth must be on or before 01.01.2008 to become eligible. This is an essential criterion to become eligible for counselling.

MEDICAL FITNESS CERTIFICATE

The format is provided on the counselling official website and the candidate has to obtain fitness in the same format from a Registered Medical Practitioner to become eligible for admission to the seat allotted through counselling. The medical fitness is an essential criterion.

After the above information is furnished by the candidate, if the candidate is eligible for fee payment then he/she will be directed to the online payment gateway where he/she can pay the non-refundable counselling fee online only through credit card/debit card/net banking/UPI payment facilities Online Counseling fees is Rs 2000/• for Unreserved candidates and Rs 1500/- for SC/ST/DBC/OBC A /0BC B/PwD/EWS candidates. Bank transaction cost if any is to be borne by the candidate concerned in addition. Payment receipts may be downloaded and printed from the candidate's login.

If the payment is successful the candidate profile letter is generated which can be downloaded from the candidate log-in, where all the transaction details are there. It is hereby further mentioned that the generation of a candidate profile letter is mandatory for the Physical Document verification of candidates, as the venue/date/time everything will be mentioned in that candidate profile letter only.

Candidates have to bring the hard copy of that candidate's profile letter and payment receipt during Physical document verification otherwise no verification will be done.

DOCUMENTS

The candidates also have to produce certain documents such as NEET UG 2024 Admit card, rank card age proof, etc. in original with self-attested photocopy for Physical Document Verification at the allotted college.

To view the information bulletin, click the link below