Today, October 29, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce that the counselling for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Exam for postgraduate 2024 (NEET PG) will start ”latest” by November 11. While the medical entrance exam was conducted two months ago, the delay in counselling has led to uncertainty and anxiety among the candidates.

The candidates had even launched two Twitter storms urging the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to begin the counselling soon.

The latest from FORDA is that the counselling mostly likely will begin from November 11.

It's tweet read, "🚨#NEETPG2024Counselling to begin latest by 11th of November.

The 4 month delay makes the timeline for #2025 challenging.

The vicious cycle continues for the 3rd year straight. Will this ever end?

#NEETPG2024 #neetpgcounselling"

Having said that, Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) President Dr Suvrankar Datta announced on October 26 that the medical boards will start the counselling soon without waiting for the Supreme Court hearing.

It may be recalled that several petitions filed by 19 NEET PG candidates have been deferred to November 19 by the apex court.

"NEET PG Counselling schedule will be put up soon, and recent issues preventing release of schedule have been resolved. They are not waiting for the next Supreme Court hearing….Hope this offers some relief! The confirmation is from a very reliable source. Few of you may already be aware," Datta's tweet read.