NTA announces schedule for NEET PG amid protests

Amid rising concerns about the transparency of the NEET issues PG ranking system that have recently garnered the attention of the Supreme Court - the National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the long-awaited counselling schedule for NEET PG 2024.

- Vikrant Jha

While this development has brought a measure of relief to anxious about candidates their future in postgraduate medical education, experts question the timing of it when the case is ongoing in the SC.

"The Centre has cleverly timed the schedule around the SC hearing and JR3's graduation, which is expected to happen by end January or early February," Brijesh Sutaria, a Mumbai-based medical activist, told the Free Press Journal. His comments highlight the perception that government decisions may be influenced by ongoing legal scrutiny, raising questions about the integrity of the counselling process.