Incentive Marks for Inservice PG Medical Candidates: Tamil Nadu issues amendment orders

Tamil Nadu: Through a recent Notification, Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department (TN Health) has informed about the amendment for awarding of incentive marks to the in-service candidates for their service rendered in the remote/difficult/ rural areas for admission to PG Medical Courses by considering their working places.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the working places were classified into five categories, based on the recommendation of the Committee headed by the Madras High Court.

The details of incentive marks earmarked to the in-service Medical Officers are as follows:-
1. Difficult Areas in Hills: 10 % of marks per year
2. Difficult Areas in Plains: 9 % of marks per year
3. Remote Area: 8 % of marks per year
4. Rural Areas: 5 % of marks per year
5. Urban Areas (Municipal /Corporation Areas): No incentive marks

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As mentioned in the recently issued notice notifying about the said amendment on PG Medical admissions, 2 health facilities: 1 government hospital and 1 primary health centre have been added to the classified areas including Difficult Area (Hills), Difficult Area (Plains), Remote Areas, Rural Areas and Urban Areas.

On the orders of the Madras High Court, the DME Tamil Nadu had called for representations from the stakeholders and accordingly 292 representations have been received from them.

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Out of 292 representations, the Committee has considered all the representation and recommended only two representations and request the Government to issue appropriate amendment on the following:

1	Subramaniyapuram Government Hospital, Pudukottai District to be reclassified from Difficult Areas in Plains 9% of marks per year) to Rural Areas (5% of marks per year).
2	Aravatla Primary Health Centres in Tirupathi Health Unit District to be reclassified from Rural Areas (5% of marks per year) to Remote Areas (8% of marks per year).

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AMENDMENTS

Following are the additions and deletions in the list of designated areas as per the orders of the Hon'ble High Court of Madras and recommendation of the Selection Committee

i. the following Government Hospital, shall be added in "List of ESI Dispensaries in Rural Areas" to G.0,(Ms).No.114, Health and Family Welfare (MCA1) Department, dated 29.03.2019, after serial number 1205:-

SI. No.	District	Name of the Hospital
1206	Pudukkottai District	Subramaniyapuram

ii. the following Primary Health Centre shall be added with Annexure III to 0.(Ms).No.86, Health and Family Welfare (MCA1) Department, dated 06.03.2019, after serial number 23:-

SI. No.	District	Name of the Primary Health Centre
23A	Thirupathur District	Aravatla

III. the following Government Hospital shall be deleted with Annexure 11 to G.O. (Ms).No.86, Health and Family Welfare (MCA1) Department, dated 03.2019;

SI. No.	District	Name of the Hospital and Type
699	Pudukkottai District	Subramaniyapuram G.H. Non-Taluk

IV. the following Government Hospital shall be deleted with Annexure IV to G.O. (Ms).No.86, Health and Family Welfare (MCA1) Department, dated 03.2019;

SI. No.	District	Name of the Primary Health Centre
922	Thirupathur District	Aravatla

The notification further mentions:

The Government also direct that the places identified for awarding incentive marks in the said Government Orders read above, including the places recommended by the committee now should be continued for a period of three years from 2020-2021 in compliance with the orders of the Hon'ble High Court.

for more details click on the link mentioned below:

http://www.tnhealth.org/