The Nadu Anti NEET bill was passed by the state assembly in September 2021. The bill seeks to discard the requirement of NEET for medical courses in the state. The central government had made the National Eligibility cum Entrance test mandatory for all the students in the country. The bill was passed opposing this requirement.
The Tamil Nadu Governor recently returned the bill to the assembly speaker saying the bill is against the interest of the students. According to the governor the bill will affect the interests of the students from rural areas. He has also cited The Supreme Court judgement in favour of his argument. According to the SC judgement in the Christian Medical College case, cancellation of NEET in Tamil Nadu will lead to economic exploitation of poor students.
The Tamil Nadu Government wants to do away with NEET admissions. Instead it wants to provide medical and dental admissions based on the marks obtained in Class 12 examination. The admissions are provided through normalisation. Earlier, medical admissions in the state happened in this way and TN government wants to continue this.