No student is required to deposit the bond amount of Rs 10 lakh at the time of admission for MBBS in government colleges, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday.
The announcement came a day when MBBS students from Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak protested the policy that required the students to pay the deposit during admission.
The decision to give the relaxation to government colleges was taken during an evaluation meeting.
“The prime minister, giving great relief to the students, decided that no student needs to pay the bond amount which is about Rs 10 lakh at the time of admission to MBBS courses in state medical schools,” an official said. statement said.
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They will instead have to sign a bond-cum-loan agreement of the amount with the college and the bank involved, it said.
“If the MBBS/MD passouts want to join the state government and serve for seven years, the government will fund the bond amount.
“But candidates who do not want to join the government services in Haryana will have to pay the amount themselves,” the statement said.
The undergraduate degrees of such students are only awarded after the candidates have fulfilled all financial obligations, it said.
The government said it has taken such a measure to encourage students to work in government hospitals after graduation.
Earlier, the Khattar-led government had said that only those candidates who deposit the bail according to the policy introduced in November 2020 will be eligible for admission into the MBBS course at government medical colleges from the upcoming academic session.
During the meeting, the prime minister also said that the government has increased MBBS seats and will continue to do so to make up for the shortage of doctors.
The government is aiming to achieve the goal of one doctor per 1,000 people set by the World Health Organization, he said.
About development in the medical sector, Khattar said, “In 2014, there were only seven medical colleges in the state and there were only 700 MBBS seats. During our tenure, six colleges have opened and the number of MBBS seats has increased to 1,735.”
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