Who is eligible to apply for the Central Pool Quota seats in NEET?
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For the central pool quota seats in NEET, only those candidates are eligible who are childrens of -
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Permanent residents of state/UT
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Employees of the state/UT government concerned
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The employees of the central/ other state/ UT government on deputation to the state/UT concerned
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The employees of the central/ other state/ UT government posted in and having their headquarters within the state/ UT concerned are eligible.
Hello , well it's a question with long answer.
And first of all.. central pool quota does exist.
It does have a lots of categories under it and quite complicated but I'll try my best to explain.
According to my information ,
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is receiving a large number of requests from various sources either for allotment of MBBS/BDS seats from the Central Pool or recommending their names under the scheme of All India Entrance Examinations for MBBS/BDS and MD/MS/MDS seats conducted by CBSE and AIIMS respectively.
The selection of candidates in All India Entrance Examinations conducted by CBSE and AIIMS on the basis of scheme devised and approved by the Hon’ble Supreme Court is made purely on merit basis and as such, no nomination under the scheme is feasible.
So what the government did is,
The seats from Central Pool of MBBS/BDS seats, maintained by seeking voluntary contribution from State Govts/Medical institutions are allocated to States/UTs which do not have any Medical/Dental colleges of their own and other categories mentioned below. The actual nomination of the candidates is made by the respective State Govts. or the concerned Departments as mentioned against each. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has no discretionary quota against which any candidate could be nominated. As such, the candidates are advised to approach the following concerned authorities for nomination against MBBS/BDS seats under the Central Pool.
Categories and Authorities to whom the applications are to be sent
1.Students belonging to States/
Union Territories with no Medical/Dental College
Health Secretary, State/Union Territory Government
2.Wards of Defence Personnel
Liaison Officer,
Kendriya Sainik Board, Ministry of Defence West Block – Ivm Wing No.5, R.K. Puram, New Delhi – 110066
3.Children of para-military personnel :
i)For CRPF/BSF/SSB etc. personnel
ii)For R&AW/SFF/ARC personnel
Ministry of Home
Affairs, FR-I Section, North Block,New Delhi-110001
Cabinet Secretariat,
EA-II Section,
Bikaner House (Annexe)
Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi – 110 011
4.Children of Indian staff serving in Indian Missions abroad
Ministry of External Affairs,
Welfare Cell, Akbar Bhawan,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021
5.For meeting diplomatic/ bilateral commitments
Ministry of External Affairs,
Students Cell, Akbar Bhawan,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021
6. Tibetan Refugees
Ministry of Human Resources
Development, Deptt. of Education,
UT-2 Section,
A-2/W-4, Curzon Road Barracks,
New Delhi-110 001
7. National Bravery Award Winning Children
Indian Council for Child Welfare,
4 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg,
New Delhi – 110 001
Hope it helps ;)
Hi,
The Central Pool Quota seats in NEET are basically those seats which have been obtained through voluntary contributions from various State Governments or colleges. These seats are allocated to States or Union Territories which have insufficient or no medical or dental institutions of their own. The seats are also reserved for wards of individuals working with certain Government Departments.
The beneficiary states/Union Territories are:
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Manipur
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Meghalaya
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Mizoram
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Nagaland
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Sikkim
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Tripura
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Andaman and Nicobar
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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Daman and Diu
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Lakshadweep
The beneficiary Government Departments are:
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Ministry of Defence – For wards of Defence Personnel
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Ministry of Home Affairs – For wards of Paramilitary Personnel and for wards of Civil Terrorism victims
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Ministry of External Affairs – For wards of Mission Staff posted outside India
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Ministry of Human Resource Development – For Tibetan Refugees
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For Cabinet Secretariat – for wards of personnel working at RAW, SSF, SPG and others
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For Indian Council of Child Welfare – for National Bravery Award winners
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