CM directs to fill NRI vacant seats

Chandigarh, September 12, 2012: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Medical Education & Research Department to immediately ensure the filling of vacant NRI Quota MBBS and BDS seats in all the Medical and Dental Colleges in the state on the basis of PMET merit under the guidelines issued by Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India (DCI) in a transparent manner.

Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that presently there were 63 seats of MBBS and 175 seats of BDS lying vacant under the NRI quota in various Medical and Dental Colleges in the state, where as Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot would conduct NRI quota seats counseling for MBBS on 14^th and for BDS on 15^th September. He also mentioned that only 14 application under NRI quota were being received till date.

The spokesperson said that in the view of these orders of Chief Minister, all seats of NRI quota remained vacant after 15^th must be filled as per the PMET merit list under the guidelines issued by Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India (DCI).