The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is India's standardized entrance examination for admission to undergraduate medical, dental and other health science courses, conducted by the National Testing Agency. Introduced nationally in 2016 to replace a patchwork of separate state and institutional entrance examinations, it is taken by more than a million candidates each year competing for a comparatively small number of available seats.
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Who runs the NEET examination?
The National Testing Agency has run NEET (UG) since 2019.
The National Testing Agency has been conducting NEET (UG) since 2019. Its own notice says it does so with the approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Education, in pursuance of the direction of the Supreme Court of India. The notice adds that section 14 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 provides for a common and uniform NEET for admission to undergraduate medical courses.
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1. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (Wikipedia)
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The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG) (pronunciation: "neat"), formerly known as the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), is an Indian nationwide entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission in undergraduate medical programs.
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