The Health Ministry clarified that Indian candidates intending to obtain medical qualifications from abroad on or after May 2018 would have to mandatory qualify the national eligibility-cum-entrance test, NEET.
Thus, students who have already taken admission under current regulations to pursue the primary medical course by taking Eligibility Certificate from MCI are exempted from qualifying NEET. The Official statement informed that the regulations prescribe that the Indian citizens or Overseas Citizen of India intending to obtain the primary medical qualification from any medical institution outside India, on or after May 2018, shall have to mandatory qualify the NEET for admission to MBBS course abroad.
The decision will be implemented prospectively from May-2018. The clarification came after the ministry received grievances urging it to exempt students who have already gone abroad from the requirement of qualifying the NEET.