Lok Sabha Question No. 3883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: NEET
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: APARUPA PODDAR, SAUGATA ROY, R.P. MARUTHARAJAA, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, S. RAJENDRAN, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3883 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th MARCH, 2017

NEET

## 3883. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA:

SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to conduct a single Entrance Test as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission in Government/self financed/private medical colleges across the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has received requests from various State Governments including Tamil Nadu to exempt students from appearing in NEET for UG/P G medical admissions and if so, the reaction of the Government ther to;
- (c) whether the Government has carried out any study and collected data on the performance of rural students in medical education and the effe ct of NEET like exams on their career prospects in medical field, if so, the details and findings thereof;
- (d) whether a number of States including Andhra Pradesh have requested for reduction of cut - off marks of NEET for UG/PG medical education, if so, th e details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereon; and
- (e) the details of students appeared/ assed and got admission through NEET during 2015 - 16 and the number of students likely to appeared in 2017, State/ UT - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a): Section 10D of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 prescribes conducting of a unifo entrance  examination  namely  National  Eligibility  cum  Entrance  Test  (NEE T)  to all  medical educational institutions at undergraduate and post -graduate level.
- (b): The Central Government has received request from State Government of Puducherry and Tamil  Nadu  to  exempt  students  from  appearing  in  NEET  for  UG/PG  medical  admissio ns. However, the provisions of the IMC Act for conducting NEET apply across the country with any exemption.
- (c): No such study has been taken place.

(d): Yes. The request has been received from the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh an Maharashtra for reducing of cut - off marks of NEET PG and the same are under consideration.

(e): As informed by National Board of Examinations, the number of candidates ap peared and qualified  in  NEET -PG - 2017  held  in  December,  2016  are  1,16,388  and  64,139  respectively. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) informed that 7,31,223 candidates appeared NEET - UG - 2016 and 4,09,477 qualified the exam. The State wise list i s enclosed at Annexure -I. It is also informed that 11,35,104 candidates registered for NEET - UG -2017. State wise list is enclosed at Annexure -II.

## STATE WISE STATATICS NEET - UG -2016

| STATE NAME           |   REGISTERED |   APPEARED |   QUALIFIED |
|----------------------|--------------|------------|-------------|
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR    |         6264 |       5413 |        3095 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     |        12591 |      11562 |        6163 |
| PUNJAB               |        16880 |      15426 |        9198 |
| CHANDIGARH           |          882 |        840 |         561 |
| UTTARAKHAND          |        11531 |      10773 |        5506 |
| HARYANA              |        30113 |      28090 |       17926 |
| DELHI                |        24733 |      23367 |       15328 |
| RAJASTHAN            |        75259 |      70467 |       44142 |
| UTTAR PRADESH        |       122572 |     115098 |       57506 |
| BIHAR                |        57184 |      52666 |       26604 |
| SIKKIM               |          504 |        412 |         186 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |         2857 |       2394 |         878 |
| NAGALAND             |         1792 |       1471 |         427 |
| MANIPUR              |         7774 |       7186 |        3468 |
| MIZORAM              |          739 |        616 |         291 |
| TRIPURA              |         2257 |       1998 |         773 |
| MEGHALAYA            |         2196 |       1932 |         538 |
| ASSAM                |        16368 |      14436 |        6424 |
| WEST BANGAL          |        37377 |      34639 |       19072 |
| JHARKHAND            |        12931 |      12089 |        6364 |
| ODISHA               |        32410 |      30334 |       16135 |
| CHHATTISGARH         |        15518 |      13749 |        6267 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |        47190 |      43183 |       18183 |
| GUJARAT              |        16471 |      15145 |        7122 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |          187 |        166 |          54 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |          350 |        312 |          84 |
| MAHARASHTRA          |        70878 |      63258 |       31106 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |        17552 |      14969 |       10917 |
| KARNATAKA            |        29382 |      25517 |       18344 |
| GOA                  |         1000 |        917 |         595 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |          262 |        224 |         108 |
| KERALA               |        71889 |      65447 |       52208 |
| TAMIL NADU           |        39951 |      33204 |       13916 |
| PUDUCHERRY           |         1988 |       1743 |         800 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR IS |          808 |        747 |         375 |
| TELANGANA            |        13954 |      11433 |        8813 |
| TOTAL                |       802594 |     731223 |      409477 |

STATE WISE TOTAL REGISTERED CANDIDATE NEET - UG - 2017

| S.NO   | STATE                |   Total No. Of Candidate State Wise |
|--------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.     | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |                                 462 |
| 2.     | ANDHRA PRADESH       |                               38250 |
| 3.     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |                                2733 |
| 4.     | ASSAM                |                               23021 |
| 5.     | BIHAR                |                               38523 |
| 6.     | CHANDIGARH           |                               17685 |
| 7.     | CHHATTISGARH         |                               19608 |
| 8.     | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |                                1226 |
| 9.     | DAMAN & DIU          |                                1053 |
| 10.    | DELHI                |                               51841 |
| 11.    | GOA                  |                                3550 |
| 12.    | GUJARAT              |                               60581 |
| 13.    | HARYANA              |                               11559 |
| 14.    | HIMACHAL PRADESH     |                                8405 |
| 15.    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    |                               22243 |
| 16.    | JHARKHAND            |                               13624 |
| 17.    | KARNATAKA            |                               82375 |
| 18.    | KERALA               |                              104181 |
| 19.    | LAKSHADWEEP          |                                 176 |
| 20.    | MADHYA PRADESH       |                               40426 |
| 21.    | MAHARASHTRA          |                              151104 |
| 22.    | MANIPUR              |                                5651 |
| 23.    | MEGHALAYA            |                                2468 |
| 24.    | MIZORAM              |                                1277 |
| 25.    | NAGALAND             |                                1731 |
| 26.    | ODISHA               |                               28725 |
| 27.    | PUDUCHERRY           |                                9228 |
| 28.    | PUNJAB               |                               11444 |
| 29.    | RAJASTHAN            |                               88767 |
| 30.    | SIKKIM               |                                 631 |
| 31.    | TAMIL NADU           |                               88478 |
| 32.    | TELANGANA            |                               45902 |
| 33.    | TRIPURA              |                                3199 |
| 34.    | UTTAR PRADESH        |                               84471 |
| 35.    | UTTARAKHAND          |                               13537 |
| 36.    | WEST BANGAL          |                               56669 |
|        | Total                |                             1135104 |