The Central Board of Secondary Education will prepare an All India Merit List of successful candidates of NEET-UG Examination on the basis of the eligibility criteria provided by the Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India as given in Graduate Medical Education Regulations-1997 issued under All India Medical Council Act-1956 and BDS Course Regulations, 2007. The eligibility criteria are as follows:
1. In order to be eligible for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses for a particular academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum of marks at 50th percentile in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test to MBBS/BDS Courses held for the said academic year. However, in respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the minimum marks shall be at 40th percentile. In respect of candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs terms of Clause 11.1-d above, the minimum marks shall be at 45th percentile. The percentile shall be determined on the basis of highest marks secured in the All India common merit list in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to MBBS/BDS courses.
2. Provided when sufficient number of candidates in the respective categories fail to secure minimum marks as prescribed in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test held for any academic year for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses, the Central Government in consultation with Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India may at its discretion lower the minimum marks required for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses for candidates belonging to respective categories and marks so lowered by the Central Government shall be applicable for the said academic year only.
3. To be eligible for the admission to MBBS/BDS Courses, a candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology 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 and BDS Course Regulations, 2007 and in addition must have come in the merit list of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses. In respect of the candidates belonging to the SC, ST and OBC category the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology taken in qualifying examination and competitive examination (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) be 40% marks instead of 50%. In respect of candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum of 45% marks for Gen-PH and 40% marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH are required. Provided that a candidate who has appeared in the qualifying examination the result of which has not been declared, he may be provisionally permitted to take up the competitive entrance examination and in case of selection for admission to the MBBS/BDS courses, he shall not be admitted to that course until he fulfils the eligibility criteria as specified above.
1. Merit List for 15% seats under All India Quota
The merit list of the eligible and successful candidates who have opted for 15% All India quota seats and appeared in the NEET in English or Hindi will be prepared by the CBSE on the basis of the score obtained in the NEET Examination. The merit list will be equal to the number of seats available for allotment in MBBS/BDS courses under 15% All India Quota. There shall also be a waiting list equal to 4 times of the merit list. The list of successful candidates (Merit List/ Waiting List) shall be forwarded to the Directorate General of Health Services (Medical Examination Cell), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for the purpose of allotment of seats by Online Counselling.
2. Merit list for seats under state quota
Based on the information in respect of State Code of Eligibility and Domicile filled in by the candidate in the application form, the CBSE will prepare state level merit lists of successful Candidates on the basis of the score obtained by the students of each state in the NEET Examination. The list of successful candidates from each State/UT shall be forwarded to the Directorate of Medical Education of the State/UT concerned for the purpose of allotment of seats by online counselling/personal appearance subject to applicable laws prevailing in the State/UT.
3. Merit List for AFMC and other Medical Institutions/Universities
The List of Successful Candidates opted for AFMC shall be forwarded to the Directorate General of Armed Force Medical Service, Ministry of Defence, Government of India for Second Stage Screening and Counselling.
An All India Merit List of candidates qualified in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-UG will be provided to all other Medical Institutions/Universities on the basis of their request for Counselling subject to the applicable rules of the Medical Institutions/Universities concerned.
4. The inter-se-merit of candidates for tie-breaking
In case of two or more candidates obtaining equal marks in the NEET, the inter-se-merit of such candidates shall be determined in order of preference as follows:
Candidates obtaining higher marks in Biology (Botany & Zoology) in the NEET.
Candidates obtaining higher marks in Chemistry in the NEET.
Candidates with less number of attempted wrong answers in all the subjects in the NEET.
Candidates older in age to be preferred.
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