Lok Sabha Question No. 3381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Compensatory Time in NEET
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3381 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## COMPENSATORY TIME IN NEET

## 3381:  SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes for allocating compensatory time in NEET (UG & PG) Examination;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  number of disabled medical aspirants  appeared and qualified for NEET (UG &PG) during the last three years; State/UT-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  regarding  the  last  minute  changes  in  examination pattern for NEET (PG) by NAT; and
- (e) if so, measures taken by the Government to prevent the repetition thereof?

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

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (e): In pursuance of the Guidelines of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the National Testing  Agency (NTA) for NEET (UG) and the National Board of Examinations (NBE) for NEET (PG) provides compensatory/ additional time as per provisions of the Right of Persons with Disability Act, 1916 to eligible PwD candidates. The State/ UT-wise details of disabled medical aspirants appeared and qualified for NEET (UG) and NEET (PG) during last three years have been placed at Annexure-I & II. Further, as informed by NBE, change of pattern  in  NEET  PG  was  notified  as  part  of  information  bulletin  in  January  2021  and  the examination was conducted on 11.09.2021.

Annexure-I State /UT-wise details of PwD category appeared and qualified in NEET (UG) during the last

three years:

Dadra

| State/UT                          | 2019     | 2019      | 2020     | 2020      | 2021     | 2021      |
|-----------------------------------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| State/UT                          | Appeared | Qualified | Appeared | Qualified | Appeared | Qualified |
| A&N Island                        | 1        | 1         | 2        | 1         | 4        | 3         |
| Andhra Pradesh                    | 124      | 77        | 156      | 73        | 149      | 74        |
| Arunachal Pradesh                 | 7        | 3         | 3        | 0         | 7        | 1         |
| Assam                             | 68       | 21        | 84       | 28        | 124      | 45        |
| Bihar                             | 467      | 214       | 467      | 194       | 550      | 250       |
| Chandigarh                        | 3        | 2         | 6        | 3         | 8        | 6         |
| Chhattisgarh                      | 92       | 41        | 88       | 41        | 111      | 39        |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu | 5        | 2         | 0        | 0         | 2        | 2         |
| Delhi                             | 70       | 41        | 70       | 37        | 97       | 63        |
| Goa                               | 3        | 2         | 3        | 1         | 3        | 1         |
| Gujarat                           | 173      | 60        | 138      | 70        | 139      | 80        |
| Haryana                           | 75       | 49        | 73       | 47        | 90       | 50        |
| Himachal Pradesh                  | 33       | 23        | 33       | 13        | 38       | 22        |
| J&K                               | 104      | 44        | 143      | 58        | 158      | 93        |
| Jharkhand                         | 62       | 24        | 75       | 33        | 96       | 51        |
| Karnataka                         | 415      | 219       | 348      | 184       | 422      | 215       |
| Kerala                            | 232      | 119       | 175      | 87        | 227      | 111       |
| Ladakh                            | 0        | 0         | 4        | 2         | 1        | 0         |
| Madhya Pradesh                    | 206      | 99        | 217      | 73        | 318      | 117       |
| Maharashtra                       | 779      | 231       | 774      | 278       | 892      | 390       |
| Manipur                           | 9        | 3         | 11       | 5         | 12       | 5         |
| Meghalaya                         | 1        | 0         | 0        | 0         | 2        | 0         |
| Mizoram                           | 0        | 0         | 0        | 0         | 1        | 0         |
| Nagaland                          | 0        | 0         | 3        | 1         | 4        | 3         |
| Odisha                            | 218      | 92        | 221      | 114       | 258      | 117       |
| Other                             | 4        | 2         | 0        | 0         | 1        | 0         |
| Puducherry                        | 5        | 0         | 6        | 3         | 10       | 7         |
| Punjab                            | 42       | 25        | 33       | 16        | 53       | 24        |
| Rajasthan                         | 227      | 125       | 261      | 132       | 326      | 165       |
| Sikkim                            | 1        | 0         | 0        | 0         | 0        | 0         |
| Tamil Nadu                        | 202      | 64        | 213      | 85        | 267      | 108       |
| Telangana                         | 143      | 82        | 152      | 67        | 136      | 64        |
| Tripura                           | 7        | 2         | 5        | 3         | 14       | 8         |
| Uttar Pradesh                     | 854      | 370       | 856      | 348       | 1024     | 407       |
| Uttarakhand                       | 55       | 22        | 49       | 20        | 46       | 18        |
| West Bengal                       | 266      | 127       | 253      | 120       | 303      | 145       |
| TOTAL                             | 4953     | 2186      | 4922     | 2137      | 5893     | 2684      |

Annexure-II State /UT-wise details of PwD category appeared and qualified in NEET (PG) during the last three years:

| State/UT          | 2019     | 2019      | 2020     | 2020      | 2021     | 2021      |
|-------------------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| State/UT          | Appeared | Qualified | Appeared | Qualified | Appeared | Qualified |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 57       | 18        | 53       | 27        | 53       | 9         |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1        | --        | 1        | --        | 1        | --        |
| Assam             | 9        | 3         | 9        | 2         | 8        | 2         |
| Bihar             | 61       | 17        | 84       | 42        | 85       | 17        |
| Chhattisgarh      | 13       | 3         | 15       | 4         | 16       | 2         |
| Delhi             | 9        | 3         | 13       | 12        | 12       | 3         |
| Goa               | 2        | --        | 2        | --        | 2        | --        |
| Gujarat           | 25       | 6         | 33       | 12        | 37       | 8         |
| Haryana           | 17       | 6         | 17       | 6         | 18       | 5         |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 4        | 1         | 6        | 2         | 6        | --        |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | 3        | 2         | 3        | 1         | 4        | 3         |
| Jharkhand         | 8        | 2         | 6        | 2         | 6        | 1         |
| Karnataka         | 45       | 27        | 35       | 24        | 52       | 25        |
| Kerala            | 27       | 14        | 40       | 34        | 27       | 14        |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 41       | 8         | 43       | 16        | 39       | 5         |
| Maharashtra       | 59       | 22        | 61       | 34        | 68       | 19        |
| Manipur           | 3        | --        | 4        | --        | 3        | 1         |
| Meghalaya         | 1        | --        | --       | --        | --       | --        |
| Mizoram           | 4        | 1         | --       | --        | --       | --        |
| Nagaland          | 2        | 2         | 1        | 1         | --       | --        |
| Odisha            | 15       | 3         | 27       | 14        | 24       | 6         |
| Puducherry        | 5        | 1         | 5        | 4         | 5        | --        |
| Punjab            | 20       | 3         | 24       | 12        | 27       | 6         |
| Rajasthan         | 38       | 10        | 61       | 37        | 56       | 16        |
| Sikkim            | 1        | 1         | 1        | 1         | 1        | 1         |
| Tamil Nadu        | 109      | 47        | 113      | 61        | 114      | 37        |
| Telangana         | 54       | 12        | 59       | 26        | 43       | 11        |
| Tripura           | 1        | --        | --       | --        | 2        | 1         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 134      | 40        | 140      | 73        | 168      | 37        |
| Uttarakhand       | 11       | 1         | 12       | 7         | 14       | 2         |
| West Bengal       | 29       | 9         | 28       | 16        | 30       | 9         |
| Total             | 808      | 262       | 896      | 470       | 921      | 240       |

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