NEET UG Reservation for OBC, EWS, SC, ST and General

NEET Reservation for OBC, EWS, SC, ST and General

On July 29, the Government of India had made a landmark decision that from the academic year of 2021-22 onwards, there would be 27 per cent OBC quota in NEET(Non-Creamy Layer) and 10 per cent NEET reservation for EWS in 15 per cent Under Graduate (UG) All India Quota seats (MBBS/BDS) (contributed by the State/UTs to the Central Pool). According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, this new scheme of reservation of the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats would be implemented from the upcoming academic year and candidates who would be appearing for the NEET UG and NEET PG exams scheduled for September 12 and September 11 respectively would come under this new reservation scheme.

NEET 2021 AIQ Reservation Scheme

The following table brings the new NEET reservation criteria for OBC, EWS, SC, ST and PwD categories under the 15 per cent AIQ seats are as follows:

Categories	Reservation Percentage
SC	15
ST	7.5
OBC	27
EWS	10
PwD	5

NEET Reservation for OBC

This new OBC quota in NEET as per the NEET 2021 reservation policy is expected to benefit around 2,700 OBC students and 550 EWS students. Prior to this ruling, the 15 per cent AIQ seats included 27 per cent OBC reservation in NEET and 10 per cent EWS reservation only for National institutes or Central Universities, which reduced their scope of admission for the rest of the MBBS and BDS colleges.

According to NTA, only those OBC candidates belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) would be eligible for the 27 per cent reservation. Hence, while applying for NEET 2021 counselling rounds, candidates must ensure that they have all the required documents, without which they would not be considered eligible for the reservation.

NEET Reservation for EWS

As far as the NEET reservation for the EWS category is concerned, in order to fulfill the eligibility criteria, candidates should not possess the following property details or the annual income in order to fulfill the following criteria to be eligible for this reservation:

• The annual income of candidates’ families should not exceed Rs 8 lakh

• Candidates’ families should not own five acres of agricultural land and above

• Candidates’ families should not own a residential flat of 1,000 square feet and above

• Candidates’ family members should not own residential plot of 100 square yards and above in notified municipalities

• Candidates’ families should not own residential plots of 200 square yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities

NEET Reservation for PwD

Candidates who consider themselves eligible for this category are advised to ensure their eligibility by getting themselves examined at any Government Medical College/District Hospital/Government Hospital. Such Government Medical College/District Hospital/Government Hospital shall issue a Disability Certificate.

After this, candidates, upon selection under PwD Category, will have to produce a Disability Certificate issued by the Disability Assessment Board. Hence, it is important for the candidates to appear before the Disability Assessment Board so as to determine whether they may register or participate in the common online Counselling towards admission in medical courses, after the declaration of the NEET 2021 result.

In case candidates are considered ineligible by the Disability Assessment Board, they may not register or participate in the common online Counselling and any online provisional allotment of the medical college shall be entirely fraudulent on the part of the candidate. Physical verification of various certificates including academic and Disability will be done upon reporting for admission to the medical college.

This was all about the 15 per cent AIQ reservation criteria. The rest of the 85 per cent seats are reserved for the State Quota. Each state has its own category-wise reservation criteria.

SC Issues Notice to Centre, MCC and NBE

The Supreme Court of India has issued a notice to the Central Government, Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) and National Board of Examination (NBE) on a petition challenging the reservation criteria in the AIQ for medical studies from the current academic year 2021-22 onwards. The petitions have been filed by doctors and NEET PG aspirants demanding quashing of the prescribed reservation criteria. 

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