Tamil Nadu mulls raising 7.5% quota for NEET-qualified govt. school students in medical admissions: Health Minister
The Tamil Nadu government is reviewing a proposal to increase the 7.5% reservation for government school students in medical admissions to 10%. The Health Minister announced that a new committee will be formed to evaluate the recommendation made by a previous commission.
Why it matters
This highlights the tension between merit-based entrance exams like NEET and state-level efforts to ensure equitable access for students from public school backgrounds.
The Tamil Nadu government is set to explore the possibility of increasing the existing 7.5% horizontal reservation for NEET-qualified State government school students in medical admissions, Health Minister K.G. Arunraj said on Monday (August 10, 2026).
Responding to a question on whether the 7.5% quota would be increased to 10%, as per the earlier recommendation of a commission headed by Justice P. Kalaiyarasan, Mr. Arunraj told journalists in Chennai that the government will be reviewing the same on Monday, and another committee headed by a judge will be constituted.
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