The Tamil Nadu government has been asked for explanation over a bill that aims to do away with the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions in medical colleges in the State, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

The Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021, which the Governor of Tamil Nadu reserved for consideration and the President of India's assent, was received by the ministry on May 2, according to a written response from the Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra in response to a question from S. Venkatesan.

According to his response, the nodal Central Ministries and Departments and the Ministry work together to process bills that governors of states have reserved. Accordingly, the process of consulting the nodal Central Ministries/Departments affected by the Bill was started.

The government of Tamil Nadu received the "comments" from the Ministries of Health & Family Welfare and AYUSH on the Bill on June 21 and June 27, respectively, for their comments and explanations.
“The consultation process in such cases takes time and hence no fixed time can be prescribed for such approval,” the reply said.  The Bill was re-adopted "unanimously" by the Tamil Nadu Assembly on February 8 at a special session. Governor R.N. Ravi recently reintroduced the Bill, which was earlier adopted in September.

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