NEET medical admissions: Are states defying rules to sell seats on the sly?

Students claim harassment by counselling authorities, claim seats are being given to those willing to pay handsome amounts

Ahead of the last leg of admissions at medical institutions, some government-designated state counselling authorities have allegedly defied norms for enrolments based on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), according to a media report.

State such as Bihar, Karnataka, Punjab and Puducherry have allegedly misused and deliberately misinterpreted the guidelines set by the Supreme Court, Medical Council of India and the health ministry, reported Hindustan Times. 

With the objective of weeding out corruption in admissions to medical courses, NEET was introduced in 2016 to enable merit-based entry for more than 60,000 MBBS