Lok Sabha Question No. 2901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: NEET Entrance Exam
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2901 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## NEET Entrance Exam

## 2901.  SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the number of students who wrote the NEET exam from 2013 onwards to till date, year-wise;
- (b)  the number of the State Boards, CBSE, ICSE, and other Education board students who have written the NEET Exam from the year 2013, year-wise;
- (c) the board-wise categorisation of the number of students who have received admissions in the top 10 NIRF-ranked medical colleges classified, year-wise;
- (d)  whether the Government has any plans to conduct NEET exam twice a year; and
- (e) if so, the reasons therefor and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a)  The National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting NEET (UG) on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare since May 2019, as a uniform entrance - cum - eligibility test for admission to  undergraduate  medical  courses  (MBBS,  BDS,  etc.)  in  all  medical  institutions  across  the country, as per the norms set out in relevant Graduate Medical Regulations of MCI (which has been replaced by NMC w.e.f. 24.09.2020). Prior to 2019, the NEET (UG) was conducted by the Central  Board  of  Education  (CBSE).  The  details  of  number  of  students  who  wrote  the examination from 2013 onwards to till date, is attached as Annexure-I.
- (b)  The Board wise Data from the year 2019 onwards as provided by NTA is attached as AnnexureII. Before 2019, the examination was conducted by CBSE who have informed that such data was not maintained.
- (c)  The  information  on  admission  for  various  courses/programmes  is  compiled  by  the  respective institutions themselves. Board-wise categorisation in respect of finally admitted candidates is not maintained centrally.
- (d)  and (e) No Sir. National Medical Commission has informed that there is no such proposal under consideration.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PART (A) OF THE REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2901 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023 ASKED BY SHRI JAYADEV GALLA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'NEET ENTRANCE EXAM'

Details of students who wrote the NEET Examination from 2013 onwards to till date

|   Sl.No. |   Year | No. of Candidates (Appeared)   |
|----------|--------|--------------------------------|
|        1 |   2013 | 6,58,040                       |
|        2 |   2014 | 5,23,701                       |
|        3 |   2015 | 3,74,386                       |
|        4 |   2016 | 7,31,223                       |
|        5 |   2017 | 10,90,085                      |
|        6 |   2018 | 12,69,922                      |
|        7 |   2019 | 14,10,755                      |
|        8 |   2020 | 13,66,945                      |
|        9 |   2021 | 15,44,275                      |
|       10 |   2022 | 17,64,616                      |
|       11 |   2023 | 20,38,597                      |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PART (B) OF THE REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2901 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023 ASKED BY SHRI JAYADEV GALLA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'NEET ENTRANCE EXAM'

## Board-wise Data from the year 2019 who have written the NEET Exam

| Sl.No.   | Board                 |    2019 |    2020 |    2021 | 2022    |    2023 |
|----------|-----------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 1.       | ANDHRA PRADESH BOARD  |   53607 |   56026 |   54586 | 61124   |   63929 |
| 2.       | ASSAM BOARD           |   18806 |   18581 |   22584 | 25229   |   28711 |
| 3.       | BIHAR BOARD           |   28770 |   28807 |   53100 | 58666   |   71567 |
| 4.       | CBSE                  |  329441 |  337115 |  394404 | 454116  |  551937 |
| 5.       | CHATTISGARH BOARD     |   15351 |   15225 |   20319 | 19506   |   23979 |
| 6.       | CISCE                 |   20602 |   20884 |   24907 | 27548   |   32288 |
| 7.       | GOA BOARD             |    3331 |    2987 |    2789 | 3405    |    3834 |
| 8.       | GUJARAT BOARD         |   70689 |   60013 |   60568 | 57337   |   64342 |
| 9.       | HARYANA BOARD         |    8287 |    8101 |    9527 | 11616   |   12327 |
| 10.      | HIMACHAL BOARD        |    7528 |    7654 |    9247 | 10981   |   11949 |
| 11.      | JAMMU & KASHMIR BOARD |   21563 |   28821 |   27556 | 32921   |   32100 |
| 12.      | JHARKHAND BOARD       |    5839 |    6108 |    7445 | 8530    |   10839 |
| 13.      | KARNATAKA BOARD       |   96148 |   83841 |   99413 | 114758  |  122197 |
| 14.      | KERALA BOARD          |   69930 |   55994 |   83926 | 93079   |  107602 |
| 15.      | MADHYA PRADESH BOARD  |   36055 |   38687 |   52582 | 65690   |   72428 |
| 16.      | MAHARASHTRA BOARD     |  197991 |  187193 |  197792 | 231226  |  257388 |
| 17.      | MANIPUR BOARD         |    3902 |    4238 |    5270 | 6134    |    5903 |
| 18.      | MEGHALAYA BOARD       |    2143 |    1410 |    1887 | 1936    |    2300 |
| 19.      | MIZORAM BOARD         |    1505 |    1214 |    1300 | 1501    |    1844 |
| 20.      | NAGALAND BOARD        |    1778 |    1538 |    1826 | 1987    |    2422 |
| 21.      | ODISHA BOARD          |   19483 |   20313 |   24553 | 26055   |   33900 |
| 22.      | PUNJAB BOARD          |    4612 |    4592 |    5044 | 5202    |    6770 |
| 23.      | RAJASTHAN BOARD       |   74110 |   75965 |   82365 | 83906   |  105603 |
| 24.      | TAMIL NADU BOARD      |  108599 |   82538 |   88933 | 106769  |  113912 |
| 25.      | TIRUPURA BOARD        |    2003 |    1771 |    1844 | 1940    |    1683 |
| 26.      | UATTAR PRADESH BOARD  |   70251 |   75829 |   91783 | 91498   |  111775 |
| 27.      | UTTARAKHAND BOARD     |    2573 |    2261 |    3831 | 4414    |    4423 |
| 28.      | WEST BENGAL BOARD     |   45068 |   44537 |   52590 | 63882   |   74927 |
| 29.      | NIOS                  |    2844 |    3614 |    6207 | 8456    |    5333 |
| 30.      | AMU                   |    2872 |    2859 |    3121 | -       |    3502 |
| 31.      | TELANGANA BOARD       |   47733 |   49496 |   47460 | 57124   |   70359 |
| 32.      | OTHERS                |   37341 |   38733 |    5516 | 28080   |   26524 |
|          | TOTAL                 | 1410755 | 1366945 | 1544275 | 1764616 | 2038597 |