Centre agrees to lower cut-off for NEET-SS admission

NEW DELHI: Nudged by Supreme Court to reduce the cut-off percentile for admission to super specialty medical courses to fill around 2,000 vacant seats, Centre Thursday told the court that the qualifying percentile for NEET-SS may go from the existing 50th to 30th for the proposed special stray vacancy round, to be conducted soon, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.SC last week asked govt to reconsider its decision not to reduce the cut-off percentile in order to ensure seats were not wasted.