Lok Sabha Question No. 3517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: NEET Exams
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vaithilingam Ve., M. Selvaraj, Andimuthu Raja, Manickam Tagore B, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3517 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## NEET Exams

3517. SHRI VE VAITHILINGAM: SHRI M. SELVARAJ: SHRI A. RAJA: SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

(a) whether the Government has received any proposals from State Governments  regarding  NEET exam  and  if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu; (b) whether Joint Entrance Exam for admission to engineering/NEET would be held twice a year and if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of students appeared/ passed NEET exam during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu; (d) whether  a  large  number  of  medical  aspirant  students  ended  their  lives after failing to clear the NEET exam for admission in MBBS course across the country and if so, the details thereof for the last three years, State/UTwise including Tamil Nadu; (e) whether the Government has any proposal to stop NEET exam; (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and (g) the  steps  taken/being  by  the  Government  to  protect  interest  of  the students in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to  (d):  Medical  Education  comes  under  the  purview  of  the  Ministry  of Health & Family Welfare, which has informed that requests have been received from the State Governments of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu to exempt students from appearing in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate and postgraduate medical admissions.  However, Section 10D of the   Indian   Medical   Council  Act,  1956   prescribes  conducting of  a uniform entrance examination, namely NEET  for medical admissions. Since the provisions  of  the  above  Act  apply  across  the  country  without  exemption,  no relaxation was given to the States.  NEET is conducted once a year in pen and paper mode  whereas Joint Entrance Examination (Main)  is  conducted  twice  a year as Computer Based Test (CBT).  NEET was conducted by the Central Board of  Secondary  Education  (CBSE)  during  the  last  three  years.  State/UT-wise information of students appeared/passed during the last three years is annexed. With regard to students ending their lives due to failure to clear NEET, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has informed that they have no information in this regard.

(e) to (g): Do not arise in view of reply given in (a) to (d) above. ****

State Wise details of the candidates NEET (UG) 2018

| S.No.   | State Name               |   Registered |   Appeared |   Qualified |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------|------------|-------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Island |          942 |        912 |         453 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           |        51229 |      49253 |       35732 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        |         3763 |       3475 |        1402 |
| 4       | Assam                    |        24622 |      23108 |        9931 |
| 5       | Bihar                    |        66071 |      63003 |       37899 |
| 6       | Chandigarh               |         1344 |       1309 |         940 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             |        25148 |      23773 |       10919 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     |          466 |        454 |         187 |
| 9       | Daman & Diu              |          301 |        294 |         100 |
| 10      | Delhi                    |        28463 |      27666 |       20397 |
| 11      | Goa                      |         3611 |       3338 |        1526 |
| 12      | Gujarat                  |        74115 |      72351 |       32625 |
| 13      | Haryana                  |        30542 |      29476 |       21398 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh         |        12954 |      12295 |        7528 |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir        |        24103 |      23085 |       12515 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                |        15337 |      14838 |        9039 |
| 17      | Karnataka                |        94808 |      85288 |       54163 |
| 18      | Kerala                   |       114214 |     108907 |       72682 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep              |          342 |        313 |         155 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh           |        48774 |      46406 |       23638 |
| 21      | Maharashtra              |       182218 |     177353 |       70184 |
| 22      | Manipur                  |         6070 |       5780 |        3651 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                |         2760 |       2515 |        1049 |
| 24      | Mizoram                  |         1398 |       1292 |         526 |
| 25      | Nagaland                 |         2171 |       2045 |         600 |
| 26      | Odisha                   |        33658 |      32301 |       19600 |
| 27      | Puducherry               |         4573 |       4462 |        1768 |
| 28      | Punjab                   |        15606 |      14825 |        9774 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                |        82000 |      79057 |       58738 |
| 30      | Sikkim                   |          820 |        785 |         383 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu               |       120000 |     114602 |       45336 |
| 32      | Telangana                |        46245 |      44877 |       30912 |
| 33      | Tripura                  |         3283 |       3150 |        1496 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh            |       132835 |     128329 |       76778 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand              |        12570 |      12075 |        7070 |
| 36      | West Bengal              |        58159 |      55888 |       32741 |
| 37      | Others                   |         1210 |       1042 |         727 |
|         | TOTAL                    |      1326725 |    1269922 |      714562 |

Details of candidates for NEET (UG) 2016 and 2017

| Year        |   Registered |   Appeared |   Qualified |
|-------------|--------------|------------|-------------|
| NEET - 2016 |      1143422 |    1064259 |      409477 |
| NEET - 2017 |      1138890 |    1090085 |      611539 |

CBSE has informed that the State-wise data of students appeared in NEET for 2016 and 2017 was not prepared.

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