The 2024 National Eligibility and Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG 2024) will be held on July 7, and MBBS doctors who complete their necessary internships by August 15 will be eligible to take it, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) stated on Tuesday.

The board has postponed its November 9 notification saying that the PG medical admission test will be held on March 3.

“...the conduct of NEET-PG 2024 examination which was earlier notified to be tentatively held on 3rd March 2024 stands rescheduled. The NEET-PG 2024 shall now be conducted on 7th July 2024,” the notice read.

“The candidates are advised to check the exact dates of examinations from the Information Bulletins/NBEMS website as the above dates are purely tentative and subject to approvals & confirmations,” it added.

Application forms, information bulletin and other details related to the exam will be hosted on natboard.edu.in.

The NEET-PG is the national-level examination for admission to MD/MS and PG Diploma programs in the country.

According to the newly issued "Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023", there will be no National Exit Test (NExT) this year. The present NEET-PG test would continue until the proposed National Exit Test (NExT) for PG admission is operational, according to the statement.

The proposed NExT exam will replace the NEET PG and FMGE exams and serve as a common qualifying final-year MBBS exam, a licentiate exam for practicing modern medicine in the country, a merit-based admission to postgraduate courses, and a screening exam for foreign medical graduates seeking to practice in India.