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Apart from this being a shocking move in itself, what also raises an eyebrow is that this has been done midway during the counselling. Up until the ministry's direction came, the
cut-off percentile for the NEET PG this year was: Now, the cut-off percentile across all categories will become ZERO. The NMC has also been directed to allow the candidates to edit their
choices before another round of counselling begins. What completely defies the logic is that the same government which has now, by this notice, reduced the NEET PG qualifying percentile to
zero, had strongly opposed reducing the qualifying percentile in the Delhi High Court on July 29, 2022. The argument that reduction of the qualifying percentile to zero does not in any way
change the ranks on the list does not hold water because not only the new eligible candidates would compete for the vacant seats in various disciplines, but the old registrants have also
been given the option of editing their choice, thus cornering the seats in coveted specialities by paying much higher fees because most of these vacant seats are in the private medical
colleges. The message is that if you can pay, marks do not matter. There is also another argument that most of the vacant seats are only in the non-clinical or paraclinical disciplines where
the career options are very limited and mostly in teaching. Even if that be so, these students with evidently low merit would become the teachers who are then likely to teach the basic
subjects on which the foundation of a doctor rests. The outcome can be well imagined. As per another recent gazette notification published by the NMC on 16 August, the departments of
Respiratory Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Emergency Medicine have been deleted from the mandatory list for the undergraduate MBBS course curriculum. Three years ago as
per the “Minimum Requirements for Annual MBBS Admissions Regulations, 2020” issued by the NMC on 28 October 2020, these three departments formed a part of the list of 24 DEPARTMENTS REQUIRED
MANDATORILY IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE IMPARTING UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING. Now sample this. The NMC has published a draft “Minimum Standard of Requirements for Post-Graduate
Courses-2023 (MSR-2023)” and has invited comments from public at large. There are 703 medical colleges currently operative in India. Out of these, They are producing 1,07,583 doctors every
year, THE LARGEST NUMBER IN THE WORLD. And this number does not include AYUSH doctors. As can be seen, a large number of incompetent and unemployable doctors, including specialists, are
going to be produced in this country, not only because of the dismal quality of students themselves, but also because of the poor quality of medical teachers – because teachers would also be
eventually coming out of the same lot.