Govt not planning to put an end to NEET through ordinance: Minister

Health minister JP Nadda said on Friday that the government is not planning to end or change the scheduled of a national common medical test (NEET) through an ordinance.

The government is not planning to bring an ordinance to end or change the scheduled of a national common medical test, health minister JP Nadda told ANI on Friday evening.

Health minister JP Nadda said on Friday that the government is not planning to end or change the scheduled of a national common medical test (NEET) through an ordinance. (Pratham Gokhle/HT Photo)

The comments came after a day of reports that the Union cabinet had cleared a proposal for an ordinance that partially bypassed the Supreme Court-mandated National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and deferred the examination by a year.

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“Let me make it clear, #NEET has been implemented and is in existence, first phase is over & 2nd phase will take place on 24th July: JP Nadda,” news agency ANI tweeted.

Over 650,000 candidates took the first phase of NEET on May 1 for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses.

The second phase – which was to decide admission to around 85% of India’s 40,000-odd medical seats – is scheduled for July 24.

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