PTI
NEW DELHI
As the parties addressed concerns by several State governments, which wanted their exams to be the basis for admission for their 85 per cent quota seats for this year too, Union Health Minister J P Nadda made it clear private medical colleges and deemed universities cannot have their entrance exams and will have to take students through the NEET route.
After separate meetings with State Health Ministers and political several parties on the order issued by the Supreme Court order, the government said it was in favour of implementing NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) but it has to take on board the issues being raised by the States on holding a common gateway test from this year itself.
Separately, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while referring to protests by many States over the Supreme Court order asserted that what should be the manner of holding the examination across the country is essentially an executive matter as it is in policy
domain.
