Cut-off for general category will be 40 percentile while for SC/ST and OBC categories will be 30 percentile.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) cut-off marks required for admission to Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course for the academic year 2020-21, be lowered by ten percentile (Harshit Agarwal v. Union of India).
The candidates belonging to the general category who have secured 40 percentile shall be eligible to be considered for admission in the first year BDS course for the year 2020-2021.
Also SC said that whoes students belonging to the SC/ST/OBC categories shall be qualified if they have secured 30 percentile. In PwD candidates they would be eligible if they have secured 35 percentile, the Court added.
NEET cutoff for BDS admission 2020-21
Category |
Old NEET cutoff percentile 2020 |
Old NEET cutoff scores |
Revised NEET cutoff percentile |
General |
50th |
720 - 147 |
40th |
SC/ST/OBC |
40th |
146 - 113 |
30th |
General - PH |
45th |
146 - 129 |
35th |
SC/ST/OBC - PH |
40th |
128 - 113 |
30th |