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A NEET STRATEGY

Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin is finding it daunting to keep at least one pre-poll promise: getting exemption for his state from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to medical and dental colleges. On February 1, Governor R.N. Ravi returned the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Courses Bill, 2021, that proposes this change. Swiftly, the DMK government, at a special session of the legislative assembly on February 8, adopted the bill afresh to put the ball back in the governor’s court.

As per the Constitution, the governor now needs to reserve the bill for consideration of the President of India, who is the assenting authority. There is no prescribed time limit, though,

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