With the income certificate being mandatory for the allotment of Post Graduate (PG) medical courses seats to in-service doctors belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC), a large number of seats are left vacant year after year. The vacant seats are being converted into non-in-service seats and allocated under the general merit quota.
Now, in-service doctors belonging to OBC category, who want to pursue PG medical courses, have urged that caste certificate be made the criterion for allotment of PG medical seats instead of income certificate.
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