ESI beneficiaries’ kids can avail quota in MBBS admission

BHUBANESWAR: Not many are aware that there is a quota for children of insured persons under the employees state insurance (ESI) scheme willing to take admission in medical colleges run by the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and other government medical colleges across the country.
ESIC regional office in Odisha has appealed to the children of ESI beneficiaries to apply for the quota while taking admission in these medical colleges. “They need to qualify in NEET-UG-2021 to become eligible to apply,” said an official.
ESIC regional office Odisha director Parthasarathy Panda said they have six ESIC medical colleges and a dental college across the country. “Besides, three other government medical colleges are offering insured person (IP) quota to children of ESI beneficiaries,” Panda said.
He said a total of 382 MBBS seats and 28 BDS seats are there in these colleges in the country. Number of seats may change according to the state and Centre’s guidelines, he added.
Officials said candidates under IP quota are allotted seats based on their merit-cum-preference through a centralised online counselling conducted by the directorate general of health services. Admission fee (for a MBBS/BDS seat) is only Rs 24,000 per year for a candidate under IP quota.
“It is a good provision which can help many students in the state. ESI beneficiaries or their children are not aware about this. We request them to visit our website or our office to know about this and get its benefit,” said Panda.
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