New Delhi,Rajya Sabha:According to the University Grants Commission (UGC), it has notified the 2nd Amendment Regulation 2006 (on 14.6.2006) that provides for exemption to Ph.D. candidates from the National Eligibility Test (NET). This applies to every university established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or a State Act, and every institution, including a constituent or an affiliated college recognized by the Commission, in consultation with the university concerned under Clause (f) of section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956, as well as every institution ‘deemed-to-be-a-university’ under Section 3 of the said Act.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Smt. D. Purandeswari in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.