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Sep 10, 2026
Tushar GuptaGUEST
In America, on the contrary, you have public schools, which are at a respectable level, which in India you do not have.
Tushar GuptaGUEST
Which is one reason why the NEET protest resonated with a lot of people.
Tushar GuptaGUEST
It wasn't about the examination, it was about the education structure.
Tushar GuptaGUEST
You have a Janashudhi Kendra for medicines, generic medicines available to people for cheap.
Esha SharmaHOST
Today is the 1st of September, and here are today's headlines.
Esha SharmaHOST
[drum roll] Starting with major news as the Supreme Court used special powers to scrap cases against those who participated in protests over the NEET-UG paper leak.
Esha SharmaHOST
The courtroom witnessed an exchange of phrases between Chief Justice of India Suryakant and the Kokrajhar Janta Party, CJP, which came to being as part of a satirical response to a remark by the chief justice.
Esha SharmaHOST
The three-judge bench led by the chief justice scrapped the cases after Delhi Police and four state governments urged the top court to use its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution.
Shivali FulchandCORRESPONDENT
[instrumental music] John has written a really good opinion article on what needs to be done to fix exams, available now on bmj.com. Now, there has been extensive protests from young people in India.
Shivali FulchandCORRESPONDENT
The Cockroach Janta Party has led demonstrations around the country because of cheating in India's NEET exam, the federal test that students who want to study medicine have to take.
Shivali FulchandCORRESPONDENT
Shivali Fulchand, the BMJ's editorial editor, speaks to doctors about the NEETs, why they feel like the situation is unfair, and what they'd like to see changed.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[crowd cheering] For all the children here, for all the people who are going to live in this country after me and who have lived even before me, some form of justice, some form of regulation and education are due.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[rhythmic drumming] [crowd chanting]
Shivali FulchandCORRESPONDENT
You've just heard some of the sounds and speakers from the protest sites at Jantar Mantar, Delhi.
Shivali FulchandCORRESPONDENT
This summer, people flocked to the observatory and garden site, not far from the seat of government in India's capital city.
Shivali FulchandCORRESPONDENT
The protesters, overwhelmingly young people, were moved to action following a wave of leaked exam papers for the country's National Medical Schools Admission Test, called NEET.
Dhanya RajendranHOST
Just after that, no?
Pooja PrasannaHOST
It actually during that, because there was one interview in NDTV which was given by a NEET student who started this Reservation Hatao, or I don't know if the entire thing was orchestrated.
Pooja PrasannaHOST
I, I would like to believe so.
Pooja PrasannaHOST
And that thread is picked up and all these people for, for many years who have been speaking about Reservation Hatao suddenly find a platform and they come together.
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Pooja PrasannaHOST
If that doesn't scare you, I don't know what will.
Pooja PrasannaHOST
Now, because I went through hell, I want to pass on, um, you know, some of the gems that I, I picked up.
Pooja PrasannaHOST
And I think that there is this pla- you know, good cop, bad cop thing happening within the right-wing ecosystem, and somehow both of the, both are the same set of people, right? So this anchor, who is a Modi bhakt otherwise on any given day and is, is abusing people who are for speaking against Modi, is now saying, "What is wrong with BJP and RSS? Why are they not taking a decision on this? Uh, because the Savarna Samaj is, uh, with them, and they have taken us for granted." So he's saying, "Bechare bacche who are sitting here in this protest, unlike the anti-nationals who were there for the anti-NEET protest, are..." They could have also used, uh, gaali galoch, profanity, cuss words, but what are they doing? They're not eating biryani.
Pooja PrasannaHOST
They're not eating burger.
Vivek VarshneyGUEST
So that trajectory comes back to facing an entrance exam after 12th.
Vivek VarshneyGUEST
So there are various exams for engineering, there is JEE, for medical there is NEET, for integrated MBA programs there is IPMAT and for humanities CUET.
Vivek VarshneyGUEST
So there are various competitions, private, government, all of them.
Vivek VarshneyGUEST
So this is one track where the aspirations are more towards career.
Vivek VarshneyGUEST
And we provide the entire curriculum, books, learning app, teacher app, teacher training, national level assessments, working with the schools in this direction.
Vivek VarshneyGUEST
So we provide all of the solutions for the JEE, NEET, IPMET and foundation programs and currently working with 700 other schools.
UtsavHOST
Tremendous scale.
UtsavHOST
I read that 150,000 students as well, you touch lives via your product as well.
Nayana PrakashGUEST
It's quite difficult for us to perhaps relate to in the UK, but the Indian examination system is one of the most challenging in the entire world.
Nayana PrakashGUEST
And the NEET exams, as they're referred to, which is the National Medical Examinations, is one of the most difficult exams in India.
Nayana PrakashGUEST
Every year, around two million students take these exams-
David AaronovitchHOST
Two million?
Nayana PrakashGUEST
So as you can imagine, demand is very, very high, supply is very low, and of course, if you fail the exam one year, you're put in the next batch.
Nayana PrakashGUEST
You're joining an ever-increasing group of people.
Nayana PrakashGUEST
Now, this year, the government voided that national medical exam, the NEETs, because it emerged that some of the questions had leaked in advance.
Nayana PrakashGUEST
This isn't the first time it's happened.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
"Clear JEE.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
Crack NEET." Flyers cover every electricity pole.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
One reads, "AC room only for girls." Another shows smiling toppers next to their ranks, the numbers printed large enough to catch your eye from across the road.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
A young man walks up to me.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
He asks if I'm looking for coaching.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
I say no, but he doesn't leave.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
He steps closer and says, "Just tell them inside that you're looking for NEET coaching.
Kudrat WadhwaHOST
That's all.
Anona DuttGUEST
So, you know, what are the ailments, what are the medicines that you have to give for these ailments under modern medical therapies? So if we talk about the courses in homeopathy or even any of the other, you know, Indian medical systems, first of all, the students now have to undergo a training which is similar to what you would see for a modern medicine.
Anona DuttGUEST
So everybody has to appear for NEET, which is the national level selection test.
Shashank BhargavaHOST
So even if you want to practice homeopathy, you have to give NEET now?
Anona DuttGUEST
Yes.
Anona DuttGUEST
So like any MBBS doctor or even people who study dental, uh, specialties, or, uh, if you want to do Ayurveda, Unani, whatever, you have to undergo the national level NEET test.
Anona DuttGUEST
And with those scores, you can actually register in one of the colleges offering these courses.
Anona DuttGUEST
And when it comes to the specific courses, also there is similarity in the sense that all these courses now are for a five point five-year duration, of which four point five years is spent on the education and then one year of mandatory internship, which is similar across board for whether you're studying modern medicine, whether you're doing homeopathy or, you know, Ayurveda.
Ayesha MehtaHOST
This protest was organized by the Reservation Reform Andolan, and it was primarily made up of individuals from unreserved categories.
Karan RaoHOST
You have key figures leading the mobilization, like NEET aspirant Harsh Dubey and influencer Ajit Parti.
Karan RaoHOST
They were joined by groups like Karni Sena.
Karan RaoHOST
The police actually had to detain several demonstrators as the crowd swelled.
Karan RaoHOST
Will this genuinely streamline the process for these applicants, or are you taking a highly sensitive geopolitical process and handing it to local administrators who are already dealing with their own state-level tensions?
Ayesha MehtaHOST
And balancing state power against public reaction is exactly what the Supreme Court is grappling with right now regarding the NEET UG protests.
Ayesha MehtaHOST
The Hindu is reporting that the Supreme Court has set up a five-member, high-powered inquiry committee to investigate allegations of excessive police force during those nationwide student demonstrations over the paper leaks.
Karan RaoHOST
This is a major judicial intervention.
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