Tamil Nadu mulls raising 7.5% quota for NEET-qualified govt. school students in medical admissions: Health Minister

Health Minister K.G. Arunraj inaugurates a special camp to provide deworming tablets to students of a government school in Chennai on Monday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement 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.In 2020, the then AIADMK government had constitute