Centre earmarks four MBBS seats for 2024-25 for civilian victims of terrorism; seeks nomination before September 17

By Rajnish Singh
New Delhi [India], August 30 : The Central government has earmarked four MBBS seats for the academic year 2024-25 in various medical colleges and institutes for the spouse and children of civilian victims of terrorism, seeking nomination before September 17.
Ministry Home Home Affairs (MHA) conveyed the decision taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to the chief secretaries of all states and the Union Territories asking them for the wide publicity of the move.
The MHA's written communication, issued on August 23, urges that the state governments and the UT administrations should give wide publicity while inviting applications from eligible candidates for allocation of MBBS seats for civilian victims of terrorism.
Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation (CTCR) division of the MHA issued the letter referring to the health ministry's August 13 decision, conveying that "during the academic year 2024-25, four MBBS seats from the Central Pool has been earmarked in the various medical colleges and institutes for nomination of candidates by the Ministry of Home Affairs from the category of civilian victims of terrorism."
Of the four MBBS seats, one each will be allocated to Bihar's Gaya-based AN Magadh Medical College and Maharashtra's Mumbai-based Grant Medical College, while two seats will be allocated to Chhattisgarh's Raipur-based Pt. JNM Medical College.
These four MBBS seats will be allocated to the spouse and children of the victims of terrorism from the Central pool. The candidate must either be spouse or children of the deceased or disabled civilian victim of terrorism.
As per the eligibility criteria, the candidate must have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before December 31 of the year of his or her admission to the first year of the Undergraduate Medical Course and is an Indian National.
As per Graduate Medical Education Regulation of National Medical Commission, the candidate must have passed in subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Bio-Technology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50 per cent marks (40 per cent for SC/ST /OBC and 45 per cent for Gen-PH and 40 per cent for SC-PWD/ST-PWD/OBC-PWD (persons with disability) category candidates) taken together in Physics, Chemistry, Biology at the qualifying examination of 12th class.
As per Graduate Medical Education Regulations of Nationa Medical Commission, it shall be necessary for the candidates to obtain minimum marks at 50th percentile at NEET (UG)- 2024
However, in respect of candidates belonging to Schedule Castes Schedule Tribes and Other Backward Classes the minimum marks shall be at 40th percentile. In respect of candidates with special disability, the minimum marks shall be at 45th percentile. The percentile shall be determined on the basis of highest marks secured in the All India common merit list in National eligibility Cum Entrance Test for admission to MBBS/BDS courses.
Priority will be given to the Children whose both parents have been killed by terrorists; children of families whose sole bread earners has been killed by terrorists; and wards of victims with permanent disability and serious injury caused by terrorist operations.
It is requested that applications alongwith all documents, duly attested by Home Department of the concerned state and UT of eligible candidates under the category of civilian terrorist victims, be sent latest by September 17, 2024, by speed post or registered post to the CTCR diviaion of the MHA.
It is clarified that only the application received by September 17, 2024 in the MHA will be considered for allotment of the MBBS seats.
The MHA pointed out that "no extension of the last date and no reminder will be issued."