Medical seats for only Top 1,000 in WB Joint Entrance Examination
Those who are seeking MBBS admission in the state medical colleges through West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or WBJEE are in hot soup. Only top 1,000 rank holders are likely to get medical seats. WBJEE merit list 2014 will be published today on the official website.
Last year, the Centre had approved additional seats in top medical colleges in India  on the condition that they would meet the criteria specified by the Medical Council of India or the MCI within a year.
Since many of the West Bengal medical colleges failed to meet the specified criteria, MCI scrapped 900 out of the 2,400 medical seats that were available last year. 250 more seats are still under scrutiny.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may discuss the issue with the Centre before July 31, the deadline for granting Letters of Permission to medical colleges. If Centre agrees to relax the MCI rules, seat crunch may be handled effectively.
Across India, MCI has received 105 applications to open medical colleges in 2014-15. Only 43 have been considered till now and advised the Union Health Ministry to cancel them.
MCI team is visiting medical colleges across the country to check whether they are following the stated guidelines in terms of land, infrastructure and faculty position. As a result, 90% of seats that had been approved in the last three years have been pulled back.
Number of medical seats other states have lost due to strict MCI norms are:
- 1,000 in Andhra Pradesh,
- 920 in Karnataka,
- 1,120 in Tamil Nadu, and
-  450 in Maharashtra.
Top medical colleges in India such as Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, Banaras Hindu University and SSKM Hospital are facing seat crunch too. AK Maity, Director of the Dr Maity Educational & Medical Research Institute, has requested the Prime Minister to intervene (and offer minimum infrastructure specifications that do not compromise on standard of medical education) to handle the situation.
state govt should immediately seek permission to make at least 1700 seats available.
If the seat wont come bact then future of lots of students will be spoiled. MCI should have took this decision before fill up of forms.. Now those students who have dropped a year or two are bewildered though getting rank in range of 1000-1600 in wbjeem which was considered to be good rank for getting MBBS..!! MCI should give states a 1 year time atleast…!
i prepared for this exam through two yrs without admission to any college.now i have get a seat but the recent activities of mci making me puzzled.i cant admit to any good clg for honours.2yrs loss !i dont know what i do.totally depressed.what the time to decide to crack seats!! now i feel the pain for those who are suicide for fail.
i am also agree with you……i am also wbjeem rank holder…and drop 1 year….
I have dropped for 2 years, now i am getting a rank 1174, unfortunately if the seats would not come back ,i have to leave the earth.
This is really disheartening.
Students are trying hard,working day and night just to get a seat in a medical college and suddenly MCI cancels the seats. This is not fair with the students. I scored 1500 rank yet i amin threat wheras last year it would be very good rank.
They change the system and now the seats. This is not fair for the students who prepare hard.
I would request the concerned authorities to take charge of things as soon as possible and before the counselling. Its the matter of the future of india.
the mci is playing with us ..they must not have to do this..please increase the seats as before wb have.the mci activity is not fair ..we are too nervous. please do somethig quickly..
bachpan se mera sapna tha ki me ek doctor banuga lekin aaj jakar pata chal raha hai ki india ko doctoro ki jarurat hi nahi haito batao govt ham medical nlovers ka kya hoga
thik kaha. n may b india ko bas sc ya st doctoro ki jarurat hai.. meriteroius doctors ki jaroorat nahi hai
Its a nasty decession of mci. No have right to play a game with the fate of prmiseing medical aspirants.Now new committee new Govt. should reconsider the matter to overcome the situation without any seat crunch but to maintain the standard…of course allow some time to wb govt.
i am a wbjeem 2014 rank holder candidate.bt my rank is eligible for centralized pharmacy councilling.pls.kindly tell me my councilling all process and date,how can i participate for councilling..??
its really a very hard decision take by mci.if its really happen then it would be very sad and hopeless moment for medical aspirants who seeking a mbbs seat in govt colleges…councilling eligible rank holders have to take private mbbs colleges with lots of money spending….its quite hard for middle class family…. or have to loose the hope for become a doctor…..although many survey its said that in India not having enough doctors..and it promising by govt that manny mbbs colleges would be introduced in India……but this tough decision by mci…is very hpeless….mci should permit the reduced seats in their respective colleges…..
pls mci don’t do this to us, we are panic.our pm should concern about our future and india’s future which is in threat.
if mci spoil my hard labour tn i’ll destroy the whole mci team. so be safe
i want 2 thing s to happen
first- inc the no. of seats
2nd- remove the reservation or atleast dec. it to a fair level.. only we the general candidates can feel the pain. of not being selected after getting a BETTER rank than sc/st just coz we r UNRESERVED
SC/ ST Students dun feel any competition… isn’t it unfair!! to US!?
Hell those people who dont evn realize how much damage they’re causing to d future of so many med. aspirants..if only u had to cancel dese seats why didnt u look into d infrastructure at the time of granting permisn to dese seats..was it okay at that time.????
mci is NOW showing its presence..what was it doing then at tht time.????
nothing to say..
hope mci n our govt will do everything in favour of all us medical aspirants.
i’m a rank holder in wbjee med.2014 (818.gen) n ths is imtiaz ali..
guys just relax….write a petion to mci.i m myself a dropper bt my
state haryana has only 3 medical clgs cz if v dun stand up dey won’t hear us n rather than cutting the no of seats they should disturb those clgs who take admission by asking donation n conduct enterance test for the heck of it.MCI itself is very corrupt so don’t worry many petitons will force them to review their decision let’s each write one and send them
I am a drop candidate since 2009, I secured medical rank last 3 years but didn’t get any mbbs seat as I am a general candidate. Now I just want to suicide.
I earnestly request to my DIDI and MCI to increase mbbs seats by 2000 atleast.
Every time getting tne rank of eligibility in medical and can’t find the mbbs seat.
due to this decision of MCI , future of many students gets spoiled………… and there are about 1 doctor behind 5000 peoples………..
I got 983 rank in wbjeem. can I per sue MBBS. otherwise c.m wiill be responsible for my whole future.
Round1 result is very hopeless.
I have secured a 486 rank and have been placed at Burdwan Medical College.Last year my seniors gained seats in NRS with this rank.We are a middle class family and it is tough for my father to pay for my hostel-all for MCI’s lack of perception of the real scenario.
Are the hostel charges more in burdwan medical college parvati??btwn very good rank..this is really unfair..bt dont be depressed..hopefully atlst more 500 seats will be increased..Seats should always increase and never decrease..i wish central govt would do something to barrier the whims of mci..!!best of luck !!
My home is in Kolkata,so a seat in Kolkata would mean 0 hostel expenses.Also,it is difficult to get a hostel allotment-the political unions have a lot of say in it.My father has only 4 years of job left,I have a little brother in class VII,and so my mother wont be able to come and stay at Burdwan with me.
What is really sad is how MCI is granting permission to the private colleges’ management quota seats-seats which are filled by students who fail in their WBJEE,and pass their Higher Secondary with gross marks about 50%-60%.Students who qualify through WBJEE and get good ranks are often forced to study for long hours daily-and even then they,by some turn of luck may be placed in WBJEE seats in private colleges-meaning an extra load of money on their parents.At the same time,super rich daddies find nothing wrong in placing their pampered kids in management seats in MBBS-a degree that offers not just a job but a duty.
Management quota in medicine must be stopped-for the sake of betterment of medical services in India.Tell me people-do you really think that kids getting such low marks in boards and practically failing their entrances can become good doctors?Can they be trusted to put in those efforts that is needed to just pass MBBS?
definitely parvati ….
dese privte coleges shud have their own xams .. higher donation – more top rank.!!
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mci is disturbing the future of students.i got 1600+ rank,if it would have been last year i would be able to study mbbs.this year cm is not even looking at the condition instead helping gundabaazi.i may have to loss a year for cm &mci