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  • Not trueRahul Gandhi17 Jun 2026Kota

    22 lakh students take the NEET exam. From their families, Rs. 1.32 lakh crore is taken every year. The amount these 22 lakh people pay in one year for one exam equals the Government of India's entire education budget.

    A projection is presented as this year's extraction from 22 lakh families.

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    What they said

    ₹1.32 lakh crore taken from NEET families this year, equal to the education budget

    Kota rally · 17 June 2026, 17 Jun 2026

    What is actually true

    ₹1.32 lakh crore is a cited future coaching-industry size, not a current annual NEET fee bill. It is not the Union education budget.

    • NTA publishes NEET candidate counts. A figure on the order of 20-plus lakh candidates in a recent cycle is in that official range. That is the only part of the sentence that sits near a real series.
    • ₹1.32 lakh crore is not an official annual bill paid by 22 lakh NEET families for one exam. It is a figure that has been used for a future coaching-industry size, not for this year’s NEET fees.
    • The Union education budget is a Budget document line. It is not defined as “what 22 lakh NEET families pay in one year”. Those two numbers are not the same official series.
    • NTA’s published exam fee is a per-candidate charge, not a ₹1.32 lakh crore extraction from one paper.

    National Testing AgencyMinistry of EducationPress Information Bureau

    A projection is presented as this year's extraction from 22 lakh families.

    How this was checked: Editorial — hand-checked