NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister J P Nadda today met President Pranab Mukherjee and briefed him on the Ordinance on the uniform medical entrance examination NEET that seeks to keep state boards out of its ambit.
The meeting lasted for more than half-an-hour and the minister is learnt to have briefed the President on three set of issues — different exams of state boards, syllabi and regional languages.
The President had asked Nadda’s ministry to explain the reason for taking the Ordinance route to keep state boards out of the ambit of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
The meeting between the President and the Health Minister was satisfactory, sources said.
The Ordinance was on Saturday sent to the President, who is to leave for China on Tuesday. Nadda was to attend a health summit in Geneva but had to cancel the trip to meet the President.
The Ordinance, cleared by the Union Cabinet earlier on Friday, is aimed at “partially” overturning a Supreme Court order which said all Government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be covered under NEET.
The President has also sought the opinion of in-house legal experts on the Ordinance. The assent of the President is still awaited. (AGENCIES)
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