Telangana junks 15 percent non-reserved Quota in 36 medical colleges

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has done away with the 15% unreserved quota for admissions in 36 medical colleges in the State, which were established after the formation of the new State of Telangana.

Earlier, these seats were open for the admission of students from the neighbouring State of Andhra Pradesh as well. Now the State Government has issued orders and made 100% of seats available only for the State domicile students.

In the government order issued by the Secretary of Medical and Health, Sam Rizvi, the State Government has amended the rules in the rules of admission to the State medical colleges in Telangana.

The order stated, “These amendments have been made in accordance with the AP Reorganization Act and Article 371D of the Constitution.”

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According to the amended rules, all the medical seats in the competitive authority quota in medical colleges constituted after June 2, 2014, will be filled up exclusively by the students from the State, adds Hindustan Times.

Referring to this decision, the State Medical and Health Minister T Harish Rao said that the students of Telangana will now have a greater chance of securing MBBS seats.

However, the unreserved quota will continue at the medical colleges that existed before the formation of the State of Telangana on June 2, 2014. There are 20 such colleges in the State and the provision of 15% unreserved quota will continue to operate there, enabling the students from Andhra Pradesh also compete for admission.

In this regard, the Health Minister of the State said, “Before the formation of Telangana, there were a total of 20 medical colleges, including both government and private institutions. However, this number has now increased to 56, significantly expanding the availability of medical education opportunities. Previously, Telangana had 2,850 MBBS seats, but this number has now risen to 8,340 seats.”

Before the formation of Telangana State, there were altogether 2,850 MBBS seats available in these 20 medical colleges. Among these, 1,895 seats were allocated under the Competent Authority quota and the rest under the management quota. Among the seats available under the Competent Authority quota, 15 percent i..e. 280 seats were unreserved seats. Students of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh had the opportunity to compete for these seats.

Health Minister Harish Rao said, “Unfortunately, this often resulted in Telangana students losing their rightful seats. To address this issue, the state has amended the rules by restricting the unreserved quota to only 20 old medical colleges, while exempting the 36 new medical colleges from this provision. As a result, 520 medical seats have been exclusively allocated for Telangana students.”

He further mentioned how the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao took the initiative for setting up government medical colleges in each districts of the State, with the aim of providing quality healthcare services and medical education to local students.

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