Supreme Court on Friday approved the Centre's proposal for online counselling of medical students for admissions to post graduate medical courses against all India quota in government colleges. The move would benefit nearly 25,000 students vying for over 5000 post graduate medical and 168 Master of Dental Surgery seats in the present 2012-13 academic year.

The proposed online counselling will not make it imperative for the students to rush to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkota and they can opt their choice through the internet even while sitting at their homes. Government medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh have not been included in the proposed online counselling scheme.

The online counselling would enable the students to save time, efforts and money which they otherwise had to utilise earlier for visiting the four metros where it is conducted every year.