Govt issues directions on NRI seats
Thursday, 13/09/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120913/punjab.htm#12
Chandigarh : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Medical Education and Research Department to ensure that MBBS and BDS seats in the NRI quota were filled in a transparent manner in all medical and dental colleges in the state on the basis of the PMET merit under the guidelines issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Dental Council of India (DCI).
The government decision allowing shifting of vacant seats in the NRI quota for medical and dental colleges in the state to the management quota had come as a shock to students. A spokesperson in the Chief Minister’s office said there were 63 MBBS seats and 175 BDS seats lying vacant under the NRI quota in 10 medical and 14 dental colleges in the state.
He said all NRI quota seats that remained vacant after September 15 must be filled as per the PMET merit list.
“Private colleges have made a mockery of the admission process by ignoring meritorious students in the open category who should have got the vacant seats. Instead, the government has allowed black-marketing of seats,” said a senior official, pleading anonymity.
