Lok Sabha Question No. 2983 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: NEET Exam for AYUSH Course
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2983 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH March, 2021

## NEET EXAM FOR AYUSH COURSE

## 2983. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

Will  the  Minister  of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any course of AYUSH has been included in colleges in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the list of colleges in which the course for AYUSH is currently available, State/UT - wise, location - wise;
- (c) the eligibility criteria to take admission in AYUSH courses;
- (d) whether students who cleared the NEET exam will be permitted  to  take  admission  in AYUSH courses; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a)&  (b) : The    details  permission  of  ASU&H  colleges  for  the  academic  year  2020 - 21  is available  in  public  domain  and  can  be  accessed  at https://main.ayush.gov.in/event/list -permitted - asuh - colleges
- (c) : The  candidate  must  have  passed  intermediate  (10+2)  or  its  equivalent  examinati recognized by the concerned Stat e Government  and Education Board with the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually and must have obtained minimum o 50%  marks  taken  together  in  Physics,  Chemistry  and  Biology  at  the  aforesaid  qualif examination in the case of g eneral category and 40% Marks in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. In respect of persons with disab candidate specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 201 minimum  qualifying  marks  in  the  said  qualifying  examination  in  Physics,  Chemistry  a Biology shall be 45% in the case of general category and 40% in the case of the Sche Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.

(d): A  uniform  entrance  examination  nam ely  the  National  Eligibility  Entrance  Test (NEET) for admission to under -graduate Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (ASU & H) courses is conducted for each academic year by an authority designated by the Ce Government.

(e): In  order  to  be  eligi ble  for  admission  to  under - graduate  ASU  &  H  course  for  an academic year, it is necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum of marks at 50 th percentile in the NEET for under -graduate course' held for the said academic year: Further, Candidates belonging  to the  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled  Tribes  and  Other  Backward  Classes,  the minimum marks shall be at 40 th percentile. Candidates with benchmark disabilities specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the mi m arks shall be at 45 th percentile in the case of general category and 40 th percentile in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.