AYUSH Ministry notifies on marks required for eligibility in NEET 2020 as per revised qualifying criteria

Written by Garima Published On 2021-01-21T17:45:51+05:30 | Updated On 21 Jan 2021 5:45 PM IST

AYUSH Ministry notifies on marks required for eligibility in NEET 2020 as per revised qualifying criteria

New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the AYUSH ministry has released the details of marks required for eligibility in NEET 2020 as per revised qualifying criteria for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homoeopathy courses for this academic session 2020-21.

The marks required for qualifying NEET-2020 as per the revised percentile criteria has been received from National Testing Agency (NTA) and the marks range and the number of candidates qualified in each category (General/ EWS/SC/ST/ OBC and PwD of General/EWS SC/ST/ OBC) as per the Qualifying Criteria (Earlier and Revised) are as follows:

Qualifying Criteria for NEET NEET(UG) 2020				Revised Qualifying Criteria for AYUSH NEET(UG) 2020
Category	Qualifying Criteria	Marks Range	No. of Candidates		Qualifying Criteria	Marks Range	No. of Candidates
UR/EWS	50th Percentile	720-147	682416		40th Percentile	720-113	818618
OBC	40th Percentile	146-113	61265		30th Percentile	112-087	61331
SC	40th Percentile	146-113	19573		30th Percentile	112-087	20299
ST	40th Percentile	146-113	7837		30th Percentile	112-087	9086
UR /EWS & PH	45th Percentile	146-129	99		35th Percentile	112-099	95
OBC & PH	40th Percentile	128-113	233		30th Percentile	112-087	247
SC & PH	40th Percentile	128-113	70		30th Percentile	112-087	73
ST & PH	40th Percentile	128-113	18		30th Percentile	112-087	27
			771511				909776

This aforesaid information released by the under Secretary GOI has been given to all the state authorities for necessary action and a copy has been then forwarded to Registrar of all Universities having affiliated AYUSH Colleges, for information and necessary action at their level, Secretary (CCIM/CCH), All National Institutes under the Ministry of AYUSH.

This clarification is applicable only for the academic year 2020-21.

Ministry of AYUSH had reduced the NEET 2020 cutoff percentile for admission to BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, and BHMS courses for this academic year.

As per the official notice recently released by the ministry informing about the effect, the reduced NEET cutoff for admission to AYUSH courses can be used for central and state-wise admissions. The decision to reduce the percentile was taken in view of the several requests received from the UG AYUSH candidates. NEET 2020 cut off for general category candidates has been reduced to 40th percentile. While for SC/ST/OBC and PH students, it is now 30th and 35th percentile, respectively.

Also Read:NEET 2020 cutoff percentile reduced for BAMS, BUMS, BSMS, BHMS admissions

To view the official notice click on the following link:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/show-1-146379.pdf

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Garima

Garima joined Medical Dialogues in 2017 and currently works as the Senior Editor. She oversees coverage of all healthcare topics, with a focus on medico-legal cases, regulatory updates, decisions by NMC, DCI and medical councils, developments in medical education, government policies, and news on medical and dental colleges. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in | 011-43720751.