Centre to revisit Rs 8 lakh annual income limit for EWS category for NEET (PG)
The Supreme Court was informed that a committee will be constituted to determine the criteria for EWS and it would take four weeks
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Loyola College students during their protest urging the Central government to ban NEET in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has taken a considered decision to revisit the limit of rupees eight lakh annual income fixed for determining the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category for reservation in NEET admissions for Post-Graduate medical courses.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and Vikram Nath was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that a committee will be constituted to determine the criteria for EWS and it would take four weeks.
Mehta said that the NEET (PG) counselling would stand postponed for a further four weeks as per assurance earlier given to the court.
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