Same paper. Different starting lines. That's why NEET isn't truly 'uniform'
Let’s be honest: the NEET is a national common exam, but it is not really fair.
If you are studying through CBSE/NCERT, you already have a huge advantage. If you’re from A-level, AS-level, IB (there are some students of AS and A levels or IB who are willing to do MBBS in India), or even many state boards, you are forced to jump into a system that was clearly built around one textbook ecosystem. That is not equal. That is just one curriculum getting an early lead and then calling the race "fair."
A truly uniform test would not quietly favour the style and culture of one board’s preparation. A fair competition would be to design a test that would put every student, CBSE, state board, A-level, and IB on the same starting line. NEET doesn't do that.
And NTA, please don’t say, "Anybody can just study the NCERT.” This is a lazy argument. It's not fair to force students from other systems to throw away their entire curriculum and learn everything from scratch just to get through one entrance examination. That's not right. That’s making people fit in.
If India is to have a proper national medical entrance test, then make it truly board-neutral. NEET is not completely uniform, until then, it is just uniformly stressful.