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I have lost one eye and the other had 6/9 vision can I got PWD in neet


Tarun 24th Oct, 2021
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sheemaashraf123 24th Oct, 2021

The certificate is issued to persons with disabilities mentioned in the PWD Act,1995. The certificate stays valid for a period of 5 years.

You can go through this site/link mentioned below to apply for PWD Certificate:

https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/unique-disability-id

The eligibility criteria for a person to qualify as PwD reservation are:

1. Minimum degree of disability should be 40% or more.

2. The person must have a Certificate of disability and that too made from any centre recognized by NTA-National Testing Agency.

piyush263001 24th Oct, 2021

Hello,

Following is the eligibility criteria for a person to qualify as PwD and claim benefits of PwD reservation-

• Minimum degree of disability should be 40% or more to avail Pwd quota.

• The person must have a Certificate of disability and that too made from 12 centres designated by NTA-National Testing Agency.

Following are the centres-

- Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi

- All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (for Locomotor Disability only), Mumbai

- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata

- Madras Medical College, Chennai

- Grant Government Medical College, J.J. Hospital Compound, Mumbai

- Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

- Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Sector32, Chandigarh

- Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

- SMS Medical College, Jaipur

- AIIMS, Nagpur, Maharashtra

- Goa Medical College, Goa

- Govt. Medical College, Agartala, State Disability Board, Agartala, Tripura

• The degree of disability must be assessed as per the government's guidelines.

Candidates that are under PwD quota can benefit by the 5% reservation while getting admission in the medical colleges.

NEET 2021 Cut-off goes like :-

• General- 50th percentile

• SC/ST/OBC - 40th percentile

• General-PwD - 45th percentile

• SC/ST/OBC-PwD - 40th percentile


For more information about reservation in NEET 2021 kindly check out the link below

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-reservation-criteria

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Thank you.

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