Two rounds of counselling for All-India quota seats in medical colleges - NEET 2017

The counselling rounds for admission to medical colleges under the All-India quota has limited by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Common counselling to all-India quota and state quota seats is to be conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and, the state government (or designated authority), respectively.

After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declares results of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the health ministry conducts counselling for 15% seats under the all-India quota and state government for the remaining 85% seats. However, following the new directions, an applicant who has taken admission under the all-India quota in the second counselling will not be allowed to vacate the seat for a better college. Earlier, students had an option to wait till the third counselling.

Giving reasons for scrapping the third counselling, the directions read: “This will ensure that a few seats are reverted to the state quota and also all-India quota seats are filed by students from the all-India merit list only. The students who take admission in deemed universities pursuant to the second round of counselling conducted by the DGHS will not be eligible to participate in any other counselling. Disallowing students who take admission under the all-India quota after the second counselling to vacate seats will stop the practice of blocking seats. However, the real effect will be seen only after its implementation. Not having a third round of counselling by the DGHS for the all-India quota seats may prove to be counterproductive,” said a Chandigarh-based NEET trainer.

The directions also state that 15% of MBBS/BDS seats of all private deemed medical universities will now be filled through the central counseling to be conducted by the DGHS. Earlier, all deemed universities used to conduct the counseling at their own level for 15% seats. From now on, their admissions will also be done under the all-India quota.

A student who secures admission in the MBBS course pursuant to the common counselling conducted by the state government should be made to deposit a demand draft towards the fees payable to the institution. The admission/counselling committee will forward the demand draft to the institution. This has been done to stop the practice of denying admission to students after counselling.

Manual counselling in case of vacant seats

To ascertain the number of seats that still remain vacant after the counselling, the state government will conduct manual counselling. The government will then forward a list of students in order of merit, equalling to 10 times the number of vacant seats to the medical college so that in case of any stray vacancy in any college, the seat may be filled from the list.

More News
GATE 2025 Topper List: IIT Roorkee announces subject-wise AIR 1 list
GATE 2025 Subject-Wise AIR Toppers List: The all India rank (AIR) list indicating the toppers in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 has been released. Candidates can now check the subject-wise top rank holders in GATE 2025 at ...
JEE Advanced 2025: SC asks Centre, JAB, others to respond to plea
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking a direction to allow students, who had passed Class 12 exams in 2023, to participate in JEE Advanced 2025 for securing admissions in the Indian Institutes of ...
Rajasthan REET 2024 answer key out at reet2024.co.in
REET Answer Key 2025 Released at reet2024.co.in: The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) has released the Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test (REET) answer key 2025 on March 25. Candidates who had appeared in the exam can now download t...
GATE 2025 Topper List: IIT Delhi announces subject-wise AIR toppers list
GATE 2025 Subject-Wise AIR Toppers List: The all India rank (AIR) list indicating the toppers in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 has been released. Candidates can now check the subject-wise top rank holders in GATE 2025 at ...
MAH CET 2025: Normalistion process for MBA, MCA scores | Explained
MAH CET 2025 Normalisation: The Common Entrance Test (CET) cell, Maharashtra, has released the normalisation method for MAH CET 2025 for MBA and MCA programmes to ensure fairness in score calculation, as the exams are conducted in multiple shift...
Bihar Board 12th Result 2025 (Out) Direct Link: Check roll-number wise result on education.indianexpress.com
BSEB Inter Result 2025: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) released the Class 12 intermediate results today, March 25. The BSEB official websites—interresult2025.com and https://www.vidyavision.com/—will make th...
APSC CCE 2025 Notification Released: Applications to start from March 28 - Eligibility, fees, exam process
APSC CCE Prelims 2025 Notification Released: The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) has released the notification for the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination 2025. Eligible candidates can apply online through the official website,...
Bihar Board 12th Result 2025: BSEB Inter scorecards expected date and time
Bihar Board Class 12th Result 2025 Date: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), Patna, has completed the Class 10 and 12 examinations. The results for the BSEB Class 12 (Intermediate) exams will likely be released on March 27, as reported by...
GATE 2025 ECE (AIR 1): ‘I prepared during my 3-hour commute to Jadavpur University
Swarnava Biswas from West Bengal has achieved a score of 82.67 out of 100 in Electronics and Communication Engineering in the GATE 2025 exam. Coming from a unique background, his father is a chess coach, while his mother is a professional photographe...
Assam Board Paper Leak: Class 11th Maths exam cancelled, new date later
The Class 11 Mathematics paper of the Assam state board was allegedly leaked, forcing the authorities to cancel the examinations on Thursday and lodge police complaints, officials said. The new date and further updates will be notified soon, the mini...