NEET PG Counselling: MCC tells PwD certification centres to use new option to specify disabilities

New Delhi : Through a recent notice, Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) under the DGHS, has informed all the PwD certification centres which are issuing disability certificates to the NEET PG counselling candidates, about the new option that has been included so the problem in describing the specified disability in correct terms can be resolved.

In its notice, the counselling body mentioned that MCC is receiving emails from designated centres regarding non availability of sufficient options under Specified Disability column while generating the certificate online through portal, which is important to be mentioned on Disability certificate.

Hence, centres are facing problem in describing the specified disability in correct terms and also they cannot proceed further without clicking on some option even when it was not appropriate in reference to the type of disability, it said adding that a new option has been added to solve the problem.

Therefore, MCC has included an option of 'OTHERS' in drop down menu of specified disability so that the centres can proceed by clicking on it and mention the particulars of specified disability in Remarks column.

Earlier, the MCC had informed about the online generation of PwD certificates by the NEET Disability Certification Centers for the upcoming NEET PG Counselling 2022.

The candidates who have registered themselves as PwD on the website and want to avail the benefit of a PwD reservation should get the disability certificate issued from any one of the designated NEET Disability Certification Centres (as per the list attached below) through online mode only before the start of Round-1 of PG Counselling 2022 which is likely to start from 1st September 2022, the MCC had stated.

List of Disability Certification Centres that will issue Disability Certificates as per NMC norms to PwD candidates in support of their claim to avail of 5% PwD reservation in UG/ Broad Speciality PG Courses