Tamil Nadu Governor gives his nod to the bill providing 7.5 % quota for NEET qualified Govt. school students - watsupptoday.com
Tamil Nadu Governor gives his nod to the bill providing 7.5 % quota for NEET qualified Govt. school students
Posted 30 Oct 2020 03:16 PM

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Tamil Nadu Governor gives his nod to the bill providing 7.5 % quota for NEET qualified Govt. school students

30-Oct-2020

A day after Tamil Nadu govt passed an executive order to implement the 7.5% NEET quota bill, TN governor gives his assent to the bill passed by the assembly. The state�s governor Banwarilal Purohit took over 40 days to give his assent to the bill due to which the Government of the state released a GO. As per the official release in the Gazette, � the Honourable Governor has given his assent to the Bill titled Tamil Nadu admission to undergraduate courses in medicine, dentistry, Indian medicine and homoeopathy on preferential basis to the students of the Government schools Bill 2020.� The 7.5 per cent reservation would be applicable to state government quota seats to all government medical and dental colleges. It is also applicable to the seats allotted by the state government in the self-financing medical/dental colleges, minority and non-minority and under all disciplines. It was also informed that the governor had sought the opinion of the solicitor general of India through a letter on September 29, 2020, and received its response on October 29, 2020, after which he gave his assent. A per the earlier updates, the state government had already passed the government order which granted admissions under quota to the students. According to the government order, since the NEET undergraduate results have been declared and the admission process started, there is an urgency to decide on this issue. The government also said the power to issue executive directions under Article 162 of the Constitution is co-extensive with legislative powers.

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