Rajasthan NEET PG Candidates Urge Medical Council to Issue Merit List, Reconsider Security Deposit Hike
Jaipur: Opposing the hike in the security deposit amount, the National Eligibility-and-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2024 candidates in Rajasthan have urged the State Medical Council to revise the amount. Further, the PG medical aspirants in Rajasthan are also urging the Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC) to release the State merit list so that they can complete the choice-filling process.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that after several controversies, the NEET PG 2024 exam was finally held on August 11 and consequently the results were announced on August 23. However, the counselling process was delayed. Even though the registration for Round 1 of the NEET-PG 2024 counselling for the All India Quota (AIQ) seats commenced on September 30, 2024, the choice filling started only on November 8.
Even though the other States have already initiated the counselling process and issued merit lists, the process is yet to commence in Rajasthan. As per the official schedule in Rajasthan, the provisional merit list and seat matrix were released on November 18 and November 19 respectively and the deadline for submitting the security deposit and choice filling and locking is between November 19 to November 23.
Therefore, the last date for choice filling is today, November 23, and the deadline for submitting the security deposit also ends today. Meanwhile, the council has announced a hike in the security deposit for all the seats.
As per the latest media report by Edex Live, RMC has announced a Rs 1,00,000, Rs 2,00,000 and Rs 5,00,000 hike in the security deposit amount for the government, management quota and private seats respectively. This amount will be forfeited if a candidate who has been allotted a seat in Round 2 or subsequent rounds does not join the respective institute.
Last year, the council charged the students Rs 12,500 to Rs 30,000 for government and management quota seats. The security deposit amount for the private quota seats was Rs 2,00,000 last year.
Opposing this, the medicos have urged the RMC to issue the merit list and reconsider the security deposit amount. Regarding the merit list not being released, the concern is that if they fail to fill the department and college choices, they may lose their seats.
Commenting on the matter, an in-service doctor, Dr. Suresh Bhati told Edex Live, "November 23 is the last date. We are still not aware of the merit list. How can we fill our choices?" pointed out an in-service doctor. I aspire to join the medicine department at SMS Medical College, but if my merit doesn't comply with it, I would prefer medical colleges in Jodhpur or Bikaner."
Dr. Bhati questioned, "Without knowing our merit, how will we understand which quota we need to opt for?"
Similarly, Dr. Rakesh Dhari told the Daily, "Usually, the first prospectus is released followed by state merit list, state matrix, and choice filling. Contrarily, the state has not issued any merit list and asked us to fill in our choices."
"In the absence of the merit list, no one can even think about choice filling. We are totally confused. How will we reason which branch we can opt for?" questioned Dr. Dhari, further adding, "How can we predict which college or branch we are supposed to get?" He also criticised the four-time increase in the security deposit amount.
Raising these issues, the All Rajasthan MBBS Doctors Association (ARMDA) President Dr. Vinod Sharma Badga recently wrote to the Chairman of the NEET PG Counselling Committee, Medical Education Department, Medical and Health Family Welfare Department, Government of Rajasthan
In the letter dated November 19, 2024, it was mentioned, "...it is requested that on 18-11-2024, in the instruction booklet uploaded on the website of Rajasthan NEET PG 2024 by NEET PG Admission Counseling Board 2024, the security deposit for participating in the counseling process has been fixed at one lakh, two lakh and five lakh rupees respectively. Sir, which is not fair, whereas last year in NEET PG 2023 this amount was very less and only Rs 25000 is being charged for participating in the counseling of All India NEET PG 2024."
Reactions on Social Media:
Referring to the issue of merit list not being released and hike in the security deposit amount, an X (formerly Twitter) user wrote, "Rajasthan neet pg 2024 is full of corruption and mismanagement, nobody care it."
A doctor urged the authorities to bring down the security amount and wrote, "Petition to bring down the security amount from 1 lac to 25k, like before for Rajasthan neet pg counseling Who's with me?"
Mentioning the Chief Minister's Office, a doctor wrote on X, "I’m a doctor. I am currently participating in Rajasthan Neet pg counselling. Firstly the security deposit is 5 lakh which itself is atrocious. Secondly Initially i could opt for management seats of Jhalawar medical college , GMC PALI , GMC BHILWARA."
Protesting against these issues, the medicos from Rajasthan organised an X storm on Friday and requested everyone to join it against the delay in State Merit List Disclosure for Rajasthan State NEET PG 2024 counselling and increase in security deposit fees.
