Ranjit Reddy raises issue of centralised medical admissions in Lok Sabha
The Hindu
Union Health Minister Manusukh Mandavia clarified that the centralised approach was not being carried out for the academic year 2023-24 and admissions will be done as per Supreme Court guidelines.
Chevella MP G. Ranjith Reddy raised the issue of centralised counselling admissions for medical courses in Lok Sabha and said the States were losing rights over medical seats in their respective States.
He said it was inappropriate to centralise the counseling process of medical UG and PG seats across the country.
Union Health Minister Manusukh Mandavia clarified that the centralised approach was not being carried out for the academic year 2023-24 and admissions will be done as per Supreme Court guidelines. He said only 15% of, and not all, the seats ,will be under the all-India quota.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists