The Union Government has informed the Supreme Court of India that the NEET MDS 2021 counselling will be carried out virtually within four weeks for admission to MDS course in dental colleges in India. The counselling for MDS courses will be held as per the existing reservation policies. The delay in announcing the NEET MDS counselling date was due to the clarification which was sought from the top court regarding reservation for OBC candidates in All India Quota (AIQ) seats which are contributed by the state medical colleges under the AIQ scheme.

The Supreme Court has criticized the Centre over delay in the release of NEET MDS 2021 counselling dates. A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah, which had issued notices to the Centre and others including the MCC on July 2 on the plea of nine BDS doctors, granted one week's time to the government for filing an affidavit.

The Supreme Court also said that the government is wasting the lives of doctors and it is a loss to the country. 

The doctors, having BDS degree, had appeared in NEET-MDS conducted on December 16 last year by the National Board of Examination (NBE) for admission to the MDS course.

Source: NDTV