Health Ministry postpones NEET PG 2022 medical entrance exam by 6-8 weeks

The Union Health Ministry has asked the National Board of Examinations to postpone NEET PG 2022 by six to eight weeks since it clashes with the NEET PG 2021 counselling.

The NEET PG 2022 exam was scheduled to be held on March 12.

On January 25, six MBBS graduates had filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking postponement of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admissions in postgraduate medical courses. The students had claimed that many MBBS graduates would not be able to take up the examination due to non-completion of the mandatory internship period.

The Health Ministry has said that a lot of representations were being received from medical doctors requesting to postpone the NEET-PG 2022 examination as it was clashing with the NEET PG 2021 counselling.

Also, many of the interns would not be able to participate in the PG counselling 2022 in May-June, the order stated. said.