Hello,

No, you don't need to appear for NEET for MNS, as Indian Army conducts its own entrance test for BSc Nursing admission in the following colleges for 220 seats;

• Armed Forces Medical College Pun e
• Command Hospital (Eastern Command) Kolkata
• INHS Asvini
• Army Hospital (Research & Referral) New Delhi
• Command Hospital (Central Command) Lucknow
• Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore

The eligibility criteria regarding this is passed 10+2 from a recognized board with physics, chemistry, biology and english securing 50% aggregate, they are also required to meet the medical fitness criteria as in terms of X-Ray examination of Chest and USG (of abdomen & pelvis). The minimum height should not be less than 148 cm, however relaxation by 5cm for candidates belonging to Western Himalayan region, Eastern Himalayan region and Scheduled Tribes

The entrance test is conducted for 90 minutes in online mode with 150 MCQs from three sections(each consists of 50 marks) such as General English/General Intelligence and Science which consists of physics, chemistry and biology, for each correct answer three marks are awarded and for each incorrect attempt,  one mark is deducted,

the official notification regarding the admission schedule for this is yet to come out,  check out our page at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/indian-army-bsc-nursing to know more details regarding the same,

NEET scores are also accepted for various universities such as JIPMET/GGSIPU/BHU to name a few, however NEET isn't mandatory regarding this, as there are still other entrance tests such as AIIMS BSc Nursing, Indian Army BSc Nursing etc, and there are also colleges which offer admission based on the merit of the qualifying examination.