The picture that has emerged this time in the medical NEET-PT (NEET PG) admission has raised questions on the entire reservation system. More than 140 candidates from the Economically Weaker Section i.e. EWS quota have selected seats for postgraduate medical courses from the management and NRI quota, whose fees range from Rs 25 lakh to more than Rs 1 crore annually. In such a situation, a big question is arising that the students who consider themselves economically weak and apply for medical examination under poverty quota on this basis, how are they paying Rs 1 crore each for degrees like MD and MS?
The matter is such that many candidates fill the form for NEET PG exam by declaring themselves as EWS and because of this benefit they get reservation. But when the rank is very poor and there is no possibility of getting a government seat, then at the same time these same candidates suddenly take admission in management or NRI quota, where the fees are in crores. Medical students say that if someone was really poor, how could he pay such huge fees? They allege that this entire game is being played with the help of fake EWS certificates.
Someone paid one crore fees, someone is doing PG for Rs 55 lakhs
According to the report of Times of India, the NEET PG rank of a student of EWS category in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka was less than one lakh ten thousand, but he chose the NRI quota seat for MD Dermatology, whose annual fee is more than one crore rupees. Similarly, another candidate, whose rank was below 84 thousand, took the seat for MD General Medicine in Vinayak Missions Medical College, Puducherry, whose fee is Rs 55 lakh per annum.
Whereas in Santosh Medical College, three EWS candidates chose PG seats in Radiology, General Medicine and Gynecology, whose fees range from Rs 50 to Rs 76 lakh per year. Of the 16 management seats in General Medicine in Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Medical College, 4 seats have been taken by EWS category students, where the fees is Rs 48.5 lakh per annum. In the same college, another EWS candidate took the Orthopedics seat, whose fee is Rs 62.5 lakh per annum.
1.3 lakh candidates passed NEET PG exam
Report: Around 27,000 students have got seats in the first round of seat allotment, while more than 52,000 postgraduate medical seats are available across the country. More than 2.4 lakh candidates appeared for the NEET PG examination held in August this year, out of which about 1.3 lakh passed. But now the biggest debate is on whether the reservation given in the name of EWS is reaching the right people or not.
Medical students say that those who are really economically weak, their rights are being snatched away. They allege that some candidates are taking advantage by getting fake EWS certificates just to get admission even in lower ranks and later buy seats by paying crores of rupees. Last year also the same issue came to light, but no investigation was done by the government. This time again the same sequence is being repeated and this question is echoing in the minds of common people… If someone belongs to EWS category, then where is so much money coming from?
