Are EWS candidates paying crores to secure NEET PG seats?
India Today
An online educational guidance platform claimed that around 145 EWS-listed seats in deemed universities were reportedly taken by candidates who paid fee in crores. The claim prompted misuse of the EWS reservation quota and gave a hint at a possible scam in NEET PG seats.
The recent NEET PG counselling outcomes have stirred widespread concern about possible misuse of the Economically Weaker Section quota.
Reports that some candidates listed under EWS later paid very high fees to secure postgraduate seats in private and deemed universities have put the reservation mechanism under scrutiny.
An online educational guidance platform had claimed that about 145 EWS-listed seats in deemed universities were taken by candidates who paid fees running into crores, with one reported case of a candidate paying 4.23 crore for an MD seat.
The findings named several clinical specialities and private institutes where such admissions were recorded.
The Economically Weaker Section category was created to provide reservations to financially disadvantaged persons not covered by SC/ST/OBC quotas. The government has set both income and asset conditions for EWS eligibility.
To qualify as an EWS, the applicant’s family must satisfy all the following:
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