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NEET PG 2023: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya told the Lok Sabha that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test postgraduate (NEET PG) 2023 will be conducted as per schedule on March 5.
Upon being asked a question by Congress MP, Gaurav Gogoi, if the exam will be postponed as demanded by various groups of doctors, Mandaviya replied, “The exam date is March 5 and it was announced five months ago, students who had to appear for exam have been preparing for it already.”
He also stated that in order to ensure that no student is left out of the exam, the government has extended the internship deadline to August 11.
Mandaviya explained that this is being done to get the academic schedule back on track after being thrown off by the Covid-19 pandemic. The minister stated that if the exam is postponed, subsequent schedules will be postponed as well.
The NEET PG internship cut-off date was recently extended to August 11, allowing 13,000 more students to take the exam. Following that, a doctor’s association protested the exam date. The union minister stated that he met with the doctor’s association delegation and explained the situation to them.
The NEET PG registration window was recently reopened by NBE and candidates can fill the application form till February 12.
Source:IE
