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New
Delhi,
Mar
9:
The
National
Medical
Commission
on
Wednesday
announced
that
it
was
doing
away
with
the
upper
age
limit
for
those
appearing
in
NEET-Under
Graduate
2022
exam.
In
2017,
the
Central
Board
of
Secondary
Education
(CBSE)
had
put
the
upper
age
cap
to
25
years
for
unreserved
candidates
and
30
years
for
reserved
candidates.
In
a
notification,
the
CBSE
had
stated
that
“the
upper
age
limit
for
NEET-UG
is
25
years
as
on
the
date
of
examination
with
relaxation
of
five
years
for
the
candidates
belonging
to
SC/ST/OBC
category”.
“I
would
like
to
inform
that
it
has
been
decided
in
the
4th
NMC
meeting
held
on
21st
Oct,
2021
that
there
should
not
be
any
fixed
upper
age
limit
for
appearing
in
the
NEET-UG
examination.
Therefore,
the
information
bulletin
may
be
modified
accordingly.
“Further,
the
process
for
official
notification
to
suitably
amend
the
Regulations
on
Graduate
Medical
Education,
1997
to
this
effect
has
been
initiated,”
a
communication
sent
by
Dr
Pulkesh
Kumar,
Secretary
NMC
to
Dr
Devvrat,
Office
of
Senior
Director,
National
Testing
Agency,
on
March
9
said.
However,
the
issue
had
reached
the
Supreme
Court
and
high
courts
of
the
country.
With
the
age
limit
criteria
removed,
aspirants
can
now
appear
in
the
medical
entrance
exam
as
many
times
and
even
after
taking
admission
to
other
courses,
an
official
said.
The
move
will
also
be
helpful
to
those
seeking
admission
in
foreign
countries.
PTI
Story first published: Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 22:09 [IST]