Union minister: 90% Indians who study MBBS abroad fail to clear qualifiers in India

New Delhi: Every year thousands of students from India go abroad for medical studies. One of the main reasons for this is that in some countries an MBBS degree can be obtained at a lower cost than in India. However, there is also a fact that getting admission in medical colleges abroad is also easier than in India where there is a lot of competition for limited seats.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi said that 90% of medical students going abroad are those who do not clear NEET. However, he said that now is not the right time to debate it.

On rumours that Indians are being targeted in the war-torn country after India abstained from voting at the United Nations Security Council, Joshi said the government is yet to verify the viral videos being shared all over the internet.

However, he admitted that the students are



facing trouble and are unable to get food and water in Kharkiv and Kyiv. “We are in touch with the Russian and Ukrainian government on daily basis and soon we will get back all the students”, he said.

For months, President Vladimir Putin denied he would invade his neighbour, but then he tore up a peace deal, sending forces across borders in Ukraine’s north, east and south.

Russian troops are closing in on Ukraine’s capital, days after Russia’s leader ordered a full-scale invasion from the north, east and south. In a pre-dawn TV address on 24 February, he declared Russia could not feel “safe, develop and exist” because of what he claimed was a constant threat from modern Ukraine.

Airports and military headquarters were hit first then tanks and troops rolled into Ukraine from Russia, Russia-annexed Crimea and ally Belarus.