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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it will continue with the existing annual income limit of Rs 8 lakh for identification of economically weaker section (EWS) reservation beneficiaries for admission to medical courses across the country.
In an affidavit filed before the top court on Saturday, the government said that changing norms at a time when admissions and allocation of colleges for NEET are ongoing, will lead to complications. “The central government has decided to accept the recommendations of the committee including the recommendation of applying the new criteria prospectively,” the Centre said.
The three-member committee comprising former union finance secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, member secretary ICSSR VK Malhotra, and principal economic advisor Sanjeev Sanyal, in its report submitted to Centre on December 31 said, “The committee has come to the conclusion that the existing annual income criteria of Rs 8 lakh is not over-inclusive.”
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