Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: National Eligibility and Entrance Test
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*433 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  MARCH 2018

National Eligibility and Entrance Test.

- *433.  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  students  are  facing  problems  in attending  the  National  Eligibility  and  Entrance  Test  (NEET)  due  to  shortage  of centres as well as the locations of centres at far away places;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along  with the steps taken/being  taken  by  the Government to increase NEET centres in the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  also  plans  to  conduct  NEET  and  Joint  Entrance Examination  (JEE) twice a year to give an opportunity to the students to bring out their best performance; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*433  FOR  ANSWER  ON  26.03.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI GAJANAN  KIRTIKAR AND SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY, MP, LOK SABHA

REGARDING NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRANCE TEST. *****

(a)  and   (b):     The  Central  Board  of  Secondary  Examination  (CBSE),  which  conducts the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET), has not received any such information.  The  CBSE  has,  however,  increased  the  number  of  NEET  Examination centres  from  107  in  2017  to  150  in  2018.   All  the  District  Headquarters,  where  there were more than 4000 candidates in NEET-UG, 2017, Examination centres have been given for NEET-UG 2018. List of such centres is placed at Annexure-I . (c) and (d) The Government has decided to setup a National Testing Agency (NTA) as a Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct all entrance examinations for higher  education  institutions  in  the  country.  The  NTA  would  initially  conduct  those entrance  examinations  which  are  currently  being  conducted  by  the  CBSE.  Other examinations  will  be  taken  up  gradually  after  NTA  is  fully  geared  up.   It  will  conduct examination in the online mode twice a year in order to give adequate opportunity to candidates to bring out their best, and develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for handling any glitches that may arise in the course of conducting online examinations. In order to serve the requirements of the rural students, it would locate the Centres at Sub-District/District level and as far as possible would undertake hands-on training to the students. NAT would conduct first set of examinations from the year 2019 onward.

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## Annexure-I

List referred to in reply to the part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 433 for answer on 26.03.2018 asked by Shri Gajanan Kirtikar and Shri Ch. Malla Reddy, MP, Lok Sabha regarding National Eligibility and Entrance Test.

| State Name     | District Name   |   Candidate Count as per NEET-UG, 2017 | Exam City for NEET- UG, 2018         |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor        |                                   4374 | TIRUPATI (District HQ for Chittur)   |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur          |                                   5448 | Guntur                               |
| Andhra Pradesh | Krishna         |                                   4261 | VIJAYAWADA (District HQ for Krishna) |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool         |                                   5541 | Kurnool                              |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam   |                                   4441 | Visakhapatnam                        |
| Bihar          | Patna           |                                   9175 | Patna                                |
| Delhi          | North West      |                                   4154 | North Delhi                          |
| Delhi          | South           |                                   4275 | South                                |
| Delhi          | South West      |                                   4283 | South Delhi                          |
| Gujarat        | Ahmadabad       |                                   7349 | Ahmadabad                            |
| Gujarat        | Rajkot          |                                   4677 | Rajkot                               |
| Gujarat        | Surat           |                                   7230 | Surat                                |
| Karnataka      | Bangalore       |                                  14902 | Bangalore                            |
| Karnataka      | Belgaum         |                                   4307 | Belgaum                              |
| Karnataka      | Mysore          |                                   4043 | Mysore                               |
| Kerala         | Alappuzha       |                                   7111 | Alappuzha                            |
| Kerala         | Ernakulam       |                                   9411 | Ernakulam                            |
| Kerala         | Kannur          |                                   7152 | Kannur                               |
| Kerala         | Kollam          |                                  11090 | Kollam                               |
| Kerala         | Kottayam        |                                   6126 | Kottayam                             |
| Kerala         | Kozhikode       |                                  11893 | Kozhikode                            |

| Kerala      | Malappuram         |   12454 | Malappuram                            |
|-------------|--------------------|---------|---------------------------------------|
| Kerala      | Palakkad           |    5590 | Palakkad                              |
| Kerala      | Thiruvananthapuram |   13789 | Thiruvananthapuram                    |
| Kerala      | Thrissur           |    8641 | Thrissur                              |
| Maharashtra | Ahmadnagar         |    6210 | Ahmadnagar                            |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad         |    6942 | Aurangabad                            |
| Maharashtra | Bid                |    6810 | Bid                                   |
| Maharashtra | Buldana            |    5388 | Buldana                               |
| Maharashtra | Latur              |    4833 | Latur                                 |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai             |    7357 | Mumbai                                |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai Suburban    |    7011 | Mumbai Suburban                       |
| Maharashtra | Nagpur             |    8389 | Nagpur                                |
| Maharashtra | Nanded             |    7997 | Nanded                                |
| Maharashtra | Nashik             |    6402 | Nashik                                |
| Maharashtra | Pune               |   12506 | Pune                                  |
| Maharashtra | Solapur            |    5197 | Solapur                               |
| Maharashtra | Thane              |   13294 | Thane                                 |
| Odisha      | Khordha            |    4609 | BHUBANESHWAR (District HQ for Khurda) |
| Rajasthan   | Jaipur             |   13139 | Jaipur                                |
| Rajasthan   | Jodhpur            |    4060 | Jodhpur                               |
| Rajasthan   | Sikar              |    5159 | Sikar                                 |
| Tamil Nadu  | Chennai            |    8961 | Chennai                               |
| Tamil Nadu  | Kancheepuram       |    4906 | Kancheepuram                          |
| Tamil Nadu  | Madurai            |    4046 | Madurai                               |
| Tamil Nadu  | Salem              |    5131 | Salem                                 |

| Tamil Nadu    | Thiruvallur                |   5170 | Thiruvallur                                  |
|---------------|----------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu    | Vellore                    |   4917 | Vellore                                      |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad                  |   8230 | Hyderabad                                    |
| Telangana     | Ranga Reddy                |   8098 | Ranga Reddy                                  |
| Telangana     | Warangal                   |   4860 | Warangal                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad                  |   5358 | Allahabad                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad                  |   4496 | Ghaziabad                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur                  |   4381 | Gorakhpur                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow                    |   7414 | Lucknow                                      |
| Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi                   |   4757 | Varanasi                                     |
| West Bengal   | Barddhaman                 |   5588 | Barddhaman                                   |
| West Bengal   | Kolkata                    |   6001 | Kolkata                                      |
| West Bengal   | North Twenty Four Parganas |   7960 | North Twenty Four Parganas                   |
| West Bengal   | Paschim Medinipur          |   4001 | Kharagpur (District HQ for Pashim Medinapur) |
| West Bengal   | South Twenty Four Parganas |   4271 | South Twenty Four Parganas                   |

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