01There shall be a uniform entrance examination to all medical institutions at the under-graduate level, namely, the ‘National Eligibility Entrance Test’ (NEET) for admission to under-graduate course in each academic year and shall be conducted by an authority designated by the Central Government.
02In order to be eligible for admission to under-graduate course for an academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum of marks at 50th percentile in the ‘National Eligibility Entrance Test’ for under-graduate course held for the said academic year, Provided that in respect of-
ACandidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, the minimum marks shall be at 40th percentile.
Bcandidates with benchmark disabilities specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the minimum marks shall be at 45th percentile for general category and 40th percentile for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.Explanation.—The percentile shall be determined on the basis of highest marks secured in the all India common merit list in the ‘National Eligibility Entrance Test’ for under-graduate courses: Provided further that when sufficient number of candidates in the respective categories fail to secure minimum marks in the ‘National Eligibility Entrance Test’, as specified above, held for any academic year for admission to under-graduate courses, the Central Government in consultation with Central Council may at its discretion lower the minimum marks required for admission to under-graduate course for candidates belonging to respective categories and marks so lowered by the Central Government shall be applicable for that academic year only.
Cfive percent of the annual sanctioned intake capacity in Government or Government-aided higher educational institutions shall be filled up by candidates with benchmark disabilities in accordance with the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), based on the merit list of ‘National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test’. Explanation — For this purpose the “Specified Disability” contained in the Schedule to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), is annexed in Annexure ‘C’ and the eligibility of candidates to pursue a course in homoeopathic medicine with specified disability shall be in accordance with Annexure ‘D’ and if the seats reserved for the persons with disabilities in a particular category remain unfilled on account of unavailability of candidates, the seats shall be included in the annual sanctioned seats for the respective Category.
03An all India common merit list as well as State-wise merit list of the eligible candidates shall be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the ‘National Eligibility Entrance Test’ and the candidates, within the respective categories, shall be admitted to under-graduate course from the said merit lists only.
04The seat matrix for admission in the Government, Government-aided Institutions and Private Institutions shall be (15%) fifteen percent for the all India quota and eighty-five percent for the States and Union territories quota.Provided that the seat matrix for admission in any Deemed Universities shall be (100%) hundred percent for the all India quota and those Universities and Institutes which are already having more than fifteen percent all India quota seats shall continue to maintain that quota.
05The designated authority for counseling of (85%) eighty-five percent. State and Union territory quota for admissions to under-graduate course in all Homoeopathic educational institutions in the States and Union territories including institutions established by the State Government, University, Trust, Society, Minority Institution, Corporation or Company shall be the respective State or Union territory in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations of the concerned State or Union territory Government, as the case may be.
06The counseling for all admissions to under-graduate course for seats under the all India quota as well as for all Homoeopathy educational institutions established by the Central Government and any Deemed Universities shall be conducted by the authority designated by the Central Government.
07No candidate who has failed to obtain the minimum eligibility marks as specified in the rules (modified/notified by the competent authorities) shall be admitted to under-graduate course in the said academic year.
08No authority or institution shall admit any candidate to the under-graduate course in contravention of the criteria or procedure as laid down by the CCH regulations in respect of admissions and any candidate admitted in contravention of the said criteria or procedure shall be discharged by the Central Council forthwith.
09The authority or institution which grants admission to any student in contravention of the aforesaid criteria or procedure shall be liable to face action in terms of the provisions of the Act.
10For foreign national candidates any other equivalent qualification to be approved by the Central Government may be allowed, and entrance examination for admission to under-graduate course namely the ‘National Eligibility Entrance Test’ (NEET) shall not be applicable for foreign national candidates.
11A candidate shall be eligible for the competitive examination if he has passed any of the qualifying examinations specified under regulation 4 (Eligibility Criteria): Provided that a candidate who has appeared in the qualifying examination and the result of which has not been declared, he may be provisionally permitted to take up the competitive examination and in case of selection for admission to the B.H.M.S. Course, he shall not be admitted to that course until he fulfills the eligibility criteria under regulation 4 (Eligibility Criteria) of Homoeopathy (Degree Course) Amendment Regulations, 2018 and 4A of Homoeopathy (Degree Course) Amendment Regulations, 2019.