New Delhi: Under mounting pressure from several states, the government yesterday gave its nod for promulgation of an ordinance to keep state boards out of the ambit of uniform medical entrance examination, NEET, for this year.

The ordinance, cleared by the Union Cabinet yesterday morning, is aimed at “partially” overturning a Supreme Court verdict, which said all government colleges, deemed universities and
private medical colleges would be covered under NEET. This was the only agenda for the Cabinet meeting, sources said.