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With the income certificate being mandatory for the allotment of Post Graduate (PG) aesculapian courses seats to in-service doctors belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC), a ample fig of seats are near vacant twelvemonth aft year. The vacant seats are being converted into non-in-service seats and allocated nether the wide merit quota.
Now, in-service doctors belonging to OBC category, who privation to prosecute PG aesculapian courses, person urged that caste certificate beryllium made the criterion for allotment of PG aesculapian seats alternatively of income certificate.
In Karnataka, 30% of PG aesculapian seats are reserved for in-service doctors successful the State. The authorities is allocating seats to SC/ST candidates connected the ground of caste certificate. Under OBC category, lone those with an yearly income of little than ₹8 lakh are eligible to get a PG aesculapian seats. But arsenic the yearly income of in-service doctors is much than ₹8 lakh, going by their salary, they automatically go ineligible for the reserved seats.
Seats vacant
In 2024-25, retired of the full 353 PG aesculapian seats disposable for in-service doctors successful the State, lone 122 seats were filled, portion 231 seats remained vacant. Later, these seats were converted into non-in-service quota seats. In 2023-24, retired of the 315 in-service seats available, lone 133 seats were filled, portion 182 seats were converted into non-in-service seats. In 2022-23, retired of the 279 seats available, 182 seats were filled, portion 97 seats were converted into non-in-service seats.
Among the seats converted into non-in-service, a ample fig beryllium to the Health and Family Welfare Department.
Demand for regularisation change
“The yearly income of respective in-service doctors is much than ₹8 lakh. However, owed to the income criterion of ₹8 lakh, OBC in-service doctors bash not qualify, making the preservation meaningless. The authorities should driblet the income certificate criterion successful allocating PG aesculapian seats to OBC candidates,” urged 1 of in-service doctor.
The doctors accidental determination is simply a precedent for the authorities changing criteria. “Recently, the State authorities completed the process of filling the posts of principals of Government First Grade Colleges, and lone the issuance of the enactment bid is pending. In-service professors and adjunct professors were allowed to use for these posts. However, since the salaries of professors and adjunct professors are high, the authorities amended rules and dropped the income certificate criterion for OBC candidates,” said a candicate, urging the authorities to follow a akin argumentation for in-service doctors.
Delay successful issuance of NOCs
Despite the papers verification of PGNEET-2025 counselling being nether progress, the Health and Family Welfare Department is delaying the issuance of No Objection Certificate (NOC) to in-service doctors who privation to prosecute Post Graduate (PG) aesculapian courses successful the State.
The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has allowed the registration for PG aesculapian courses and conducting the papers verification. As determination is nary connection from the Department of Health and Family Welfare (HFW) for in-service doctors to participate, the KEA has not allowed them for the papers verification.
According to sources, the HFW needs specialists who person done PG courses successful wide medicine, wide surgery, orthopaedics, paediatrics, and gynaecology to enactment successful the authorities hospitals, but galore in-service doctors are taking courses specified arsenic radiology, dermatology, and others. Therefore, the section has decided to formulate due rules for selecting courses according to the specializer required and it has been learnt that determination is simply a hold successful issuing NOC.
