Students taking admission under the 15% All India Quota for MBBS have been asked to sign a bond by Medical counselling committee (MCC) which carries 5 years mandatory rural service requirement. The candidate on the governments demand within 2 years of registration must serve for not less than 5 years in the rural areas. Each state has formulated their own guidelines and submitted to MCC. Candidates failing to comply this norm shall have to pay as sum of ₹5 lakh, as penalty for breach of contract.
10 government colleges from Andhra Pradesh and 4 in Telangana state have a silence over this five-year rural service requirement. When the head of the departments were contacted for the same, they said that they were unaware of any such bond status till now. They said that they did not have any bond or agreement with any of the candidates qualified for UG-NEET under AIQ. Source: Deccan…
