Will the eligibility criteria of NEET be changed this year?

Hi, Below mentioned is the eligibility criteria for NEET 2017 exam: 1. Nationality: Indian and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI). Applicants should be an Indian national or overseas citizen of India to be eligible for NEET 2017 entrance exam. Overseas citizens of India are qualified for admission in medical/ dental colleges subject to rules and regulations structured by the respective Government of India and State Governments. It is mandatory for the candidates applying for NEET 2017 examination to have Aadhaar Card issued by UIDAI. 2. Age limit for NEET 2017: The minimum age limit, which is required is 17 years on 31st December of the year of admission. Unreserved category age limit: The upper age limit for applicants, who are looking for admission under 15% All India quota seats is 25 years as on December 31, 2016. Reserved category age limit: The upper age limit is 30 years for Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe/ Other Backward Classes category candidates in NEET 2017. General category: The candidates need to be born in between 1st January, 1992 to 1st January, 2000. SC/ ST/ OBC category: candidates need to be born in between 1st January, 1987 to 1st January, 2000. 3. Marks required in class 12th: You need to score 50% marks for general category. Candidate needs to have cleared chemistry, physics, bio-technology/ biology and English independently and must have gained at least 50% marks taken together in physics, chemistry, and biotechnology/ Biology. 40% Marks for Other Backward Classes/ Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Category. Those candidates who belong to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes need to secure a minimum of 40% marks in chemistry, physics and biology/ bio-technology taken together. Qualifying marks for PH/ PWD category: Candidates need to have gained at least of 45% marks for Gen-PH and 40% marks for SC-PH/ ST-PH/ OBC-PH applicants with locomotors disability of lower limbs 4. Reservation of seats: a) Schedule tribe category: 7.5% b) Other backward classes, Non creamy layer: 27%. c) PH category: 3% (On horizontal basis). d) Schedule caste category: 15%. You can check the below mentioned link: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.neet2017nic.in/neet-2017-eligibility-criteria.html" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://www.neet2017nic.in/neet-2017-eligibility-criteria.html</a> All the best.

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