In an incentive to doctors serving in rural areas, the Supreme Court granted them benefits of additional marks in admission to various Post-Graduate (PG) courses. A bench headed by Chief Justice held that incentive marks of up to 30 percent of total marks would be awarded to eligible in-service doctors in admission tests for PG Medical courses if they served in rural areas. The court upheld the Allahabad High Court judgment which had quashed the Uttar Pradesh government order that sought to provide 30 percent quota in admissions to post-graduate medical courses to doctors who have served in rural areas.
The judgment came on a batch of petitions including those filed against the HC verdict. The apex court said quota for admissions in medical PG courses was not allowed under any Act or regulation. However, incentive marking could be given to those government doctors to promote care in…
