NEET 2023: All You Need To Know About Tie Breaking Criteria

Delhi: NEET UG 2023 is an all-India level entrance exam for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, and BAMS courses conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). This year it is scheduled for 7th May 2023 from 2 pm to 5:20 pm. The entrance exam will be conducted in the pen-and-paper mode in 13 languages.

To be eligible for admission to Undergraduate Medical Courses in the case of General, General-EWS, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain a minimum of marks at the 50th percentile in NEET UG 2023. However, regarding candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, the minimum marks shall be at the 40th percentile. Regarding candidates with Benchmark, Disabilities specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the minimum marks shall be at the 45th percentile for Unreserved Category & GEN-EWS Category candidates and 40th percentile for SC/ST/OBC-NCL candidates.

The percentile shall be determined based on the highest marks secured in the All India common merit list in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test for admission to Undergraduate Medical Courses.

When a sufficient number of candidates in the respective categories fail to secure minimum marks as prescribed in NEET UG, the Central Government, in consultation with the Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India, Central Council of Indian Medicine and Central Council of Homeopathy, may at its discretion lower the minimum marks required for admission for candidates belonging to respective categories and marks so lowered by the Central Government be applicable for the said academic year only.

A candidate must have passed the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology, and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology at the Qualifying Examination as mentioned in Graduate Medical Education Regulations-1997 as amended in 2018 and BDS Course Regulations, 2007. They must have come on the merit list of NEET UG.

Regarding the candidates from the SC, ST, and OBC-NCL categories, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology taken in the qualifying examination and competitive examination (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) must be 40% marks instead of 50%. In respect of candidates with Benchmark, Disabilities specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the minimum marks in qualifying examinations in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology/Biotechnology taken together must be 40% instead of 50% for the Unreserved category & GEN-EWS candidates and 40% for SC/ST/OBC-NCL candidates.

For admission to the BUMS (Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery) course, the Candidate shall have passed the 10th or 12th standard with Urdu or Arabic or Persian language as one of the subjects or shall have to study the Urdu language along with Arabic and Mantiq wa Falsafa (Logic and Philosophy) as a subject during the First Professional BUMS course.

For admission to the BSMS (Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery) course, the Candidate shall have passed Tamil as one of the subjects in the 10th standard or the Higher Secondary course, or the Candidate shall have to study Tamil as a subject during the First Professional course.

Candidates who have passed Class 12 from Open School or as private candidates shall not be eligible to appear for NEET UG.

In case of two or more candidates obtain equal marks/percentile scores in the NEET (UG) - 2023, the inter-se-merit shall be determined as follows –

1. Candidate obtaining higher marks/percentile score in Biology (Botany & Zoology) in the Test, followed by,

2. Candidate obtaining higher marks/percentile score in Chemistry in the Test, followed by,

3. Candidate obtaining higher marks/percentile score in Physics in the Test, followed by

4. Candidate with less proportion of the number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test

5. Candidate with less proportion of several attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Biology (Botany & Zoology) in the Test, followed by

6. Candidate with less proportion of several attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Chemistry in the Test, followed by

7. Candidate with less proportion of several attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Physics in the Test