NEET stands for the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test proposed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Medical Council of India to create a single entrance exam for MBBS and MS/MD programs across India. Currently, there are over 25 different medical entrance exams students must take. NEET aims to reduce student stress by replacing all national and state level medical entrance exams with one common exam, saving students time and parents money. Benefits include appearing in only one exam, reduced stress, and financial savings for parents.

1. National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2013
NEET stands for National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test.
NEET has been proposed by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government
of India and Medical Council of India (MCI).
NEET has been proposed for:
1. Undergraduate (NEET-UG) Medical Courses like MBBS, BDS etc.
2. Post Graduate (NEET-PG) Medical Courses like M.S.M.D. etc.
NEET-UG will be the common entrance test for MBBS course across the country for
almost all government and private medical Colleges/Universities.
Reason for NEET exam:
NEET exam is
1. To create an umbrella or single entrance exam for all medical aspirants in India.
2. Currently, India has 271 Medical Colleges (138 Govt. Colleges + 133 Private Colleges),
offering a total of over 31000 MBBS seat.
3. Till now admission to these seats was done through national level and state level
entrance exams. There were over 25 such different Medical Entrance Examinations
in India for admission into various Govt. & Pvt. Medical colleges.
4. On an average a student appears in 7-9 entrance exams thereby causing unnecessary
stress on them as well as on parents.
5. Additionally giving so many exams creates lot of financial burden for the parents
since each examination involves expenses like Application Fee & commuting to
appear for the entrance test in various cities/at various test centers. So NEET will
avoid unnecessary wastage of time effort & money.
6. Moreover multiple exams also pose the challenge of preparing for different syllabi
and patterns for students. This further increases the stress among students.
Impact of NEET
NEET shall replace:
1. All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT – the national level medical entrance test for
MBBS courses) which till 2012 will be used for admissions into 15% seats of all
government medical colleges except that of in the states of Andhra Pradesh and
Jammu & Kashmir.
2. All individual MBBS entrance exams which are being organized individually by state
or colleges themselves
3. The government is yet to take a decision on adopting NEET for admission to other
allied medical courses like veterinary, agriculture, horticulture, nursing courses etc.
4. NEET Merit List & Rankings Proposed

2. 5. National as well as State level ranking or merit list will be prepared for all the
appearing candidates.
6. Rank Usage for NEET exam qualified students:
7. National Rank: A student can use National Rank to take admission in any of the NEET
affiliated MBBS colleges in India.
8. State Rank: A student can use State Rank to take admission in any of the affiliated
colleges in the state from here he/she has done class XI & XII or holds a domicile.
9. The NEET guidelines require that 85 per cent of the MBBS seats in the medical
colleges across the state be reserved under the state quota. The remaining 15 per
cent remain open to candidates from other states.
Benefits of NEET
1. One common examination for admission into almost all of the MBBS colleges in
India.
2. No need to apply for several entrance examinations.
3. The students will be free and relaxed after appearing in only one exam.
4. Stress-level will be considerably reduced which otherwise used to be there due to
various entrance examinations spread over a period of three months (April-May-
June).
5. Substantial financial savings for parents.