NEET PG 2024: Authorise enough exam centres in every state for NEET-PG- Shashi Tharoor to J.P. Nadda
The HinduCongress MP Shashi Tharoor urged Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda on Thursday, August 8, 2024, to authorise enough exam centres in every State for the NEET-PG 2024 on August 11 so that students do not have to travel thousands of kilometres and would be able to avoid the hassle of arranging affordable and safe accommodation. If we are to have national exams, we ought to be able to authorise enough centres in every state, especially given the manageable number of aspirants, allowing candidates to take the exam from centres easily accessible from their places of education or residence," he added. The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences will be conducting the exam in two shifts across the country for 2,28,542 candidates at 416 examination centres in 170 cities. Dr. Sheth said 90 per cent students have been allotted exam centres within the State of their correspondence address and the remaining have been allotted centres in nearby states due to limitations of testing seats in their own correspondence States.