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Maharashtra Extends Caste Certificate Deadline for Medical Admissions
Maharashtra has given some medical students more time to submit their caste certificates.
The extra time is for students from certain reserved categories.
These include SC, VJ, NT, OBC and SBC groups.
Students must have shown proof that they applied for the certificate when they registered.
They must still submit the actual certificate within the new period.
The government will now update the medical admission merit list.
The list covers MBBS and BDS courses.
Students can choose or change their Round 2 preferences until 3 pm on September 11.
Students who already made choices can change them after the updated list is published.
Maharashtra granted reserved-category medical aspirants three additional months to submit Caste Validity Certificates.
The relaxation covers SC, VJ, NT, OBC and SBC candidates who provided proof of applying for a certificate during registration.
The State Common Entrance Test Cell will revise the MBBS and BDS final merit list published on August 28.
CAP Round 2 preference-filling has been extended until 3 pm on September 11.
Candidates who already submitted preferences may unlock and modify them after the revised merit list is released.
- Who
- Reserved-category MBBS and BDS aspirants in Maharashtra, along with the State Common Entrance Test Cell.
- What
- The government granted three additional months for eligible candidates to submit Caste Validity Certificates and extended the CAP Round 2 preference deadline.
- Where
- Maharashtra medical admissions.
- When
- The government circular was issued on September 4; preference-filling is open until 3 pm on September 11.
- Why
- Some reserved-category candidates had been shifted to the Open category or excluded from admission because they had not submitted their certificates by the earlier deadline.
Key facts
- Affected courses
- MBBS and BDS
- Covered categories
- SC, VJ, NT, OBC and SBC
- Additional certificate time
- Three months
- Government circular
- Issued September 4
- Earlier merit list
- Published August 28
- CAP Round 2 deadline
- 3 pm on September 11
- Eligibility condition
- Candidates must have submitted proof of applying for the Caste Validity Certificate during registration and meet other requirements.
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