Delay in NEET-PG admissions 'unacceptable': Congress to govt

The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the government over admissions for NEET-PG having still not been completed despite results being declared in August last year, and said the delay was “unacceptable”.

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The opposition party questioned Union Health Minister JP Nadda over the issue.

“Results of the NEET-PG exams were announced on August 23, 2024. Today is March 11, 2025 and admissions have still NOT been completed. 80,000 aspiring medical post-graduates are suffering,” Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.

“This delay is unacceptable @JPNadda. Why is this happening?” the Congress leader said.

The National Medical Council had previously announced that the NEET-PG 2025 exam would be held on June 16. However, the counselling process for the 2024 postgraduate medical examination is still ongoing, leading to speculation that the exam date could be pushed back.

After the declaration of the NEET-PG 2024 results, the examination became mired in legal complications.

In September 2024, a group of 19 candidates filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the use of the normalisation method for calculating results, following complaints about the lack of clarity in the scoring process.

The NEET-PG 2024 exam was conducted in two shifts, a decision that faced widespread criticism from postgraduate medical aspirants.