ADMISSION TO HOMOEOPATHY COURSE

I. ELIGIBILITY AND AGE CRITERIA

1. Passing Marks for Eligibility in Admission to ASU&H-UG Courses
   Passing marks for eligibility in admission to ASU&H-UG courses should be as per the ASU&H-UG regulations and should be followed strictly. The details of qualifications for different categories are as follows:
   • Candidate must have obtained a minimum of **50% marks** taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology at the 10+2 or equivalent examination in the case of **general category** and **40% Marks** in the case of the **Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes**.
   • In respect of **persons with disability** as specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the minimum qualifying marks in the said qualifying examination as follows: a) shall be **45%** in the case of the general category. b) **40%** in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
2. Minimum and Upper Age Limit
   No candidate shall be admitted to BAMS, BSMS, BUMS & BHMS Degree Courses unless he/she has attained the age of **seventeen years** on or before the 31st December of the year of his/her admission in the first year of the course. Further, there is **no upper age limit** for admission to ASU&H-UG courses.
3. NEET Requirement
   In order to be eligible for admission to an undergraduate 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 the undergraduate course’ held for the said academic year:

II. ADMISSION PROCESS AND COMPLIANCE

6. Criteria and Procedure Adherence
   No Authority or Institution shall admit any candidate to the Undergraduate courses in contravention of the criteria or procedure in respect of admissions, and any admissions made in contravention shall be **cancelled by the NCH**.
7. Intake Capacity
   Admissions made beyond/over and above the intake capacity sanctioned/permitted by MARBH/NCH/GOI for the said academic session **shall not be approved**.
8. Mode of Admission
   There shall not be any **offline admission** or **admission without counseling** (Central/State/UT), and any admissions in contravention of this shall not be approved (except foreign nationals).
9. Verification of Documents
   Seats allotted by the respective counseling authorities to the individual institutes, the **original documents of the candidates must be verified by the institutes** for fulfilling the eligibility criteria, failing which the admission shall not be approved by NCH.
10. Consequences of Violation
    Admission made in violation of the NCH directives will be treated as **invalid**, and action will be initiated under **NCH Act, 2020**.
11. Institutional Responsibility for Irregularities
    Institutes will be held responsible in case students face hardship due to admission irregularities such as offline admissions, admission without counseling and admission beyond sanctioned intake capacity. In such case, students shall be **discharged from the course and institution**, and the institute will be subjected to face consequences as per the provision laid down under the sub-section (1)(a)(f) of section 28 of NCISM Act 2020/NCH Act 2020, and the person responsible will be prosecuted as per the section of IPC concerned.
12. Cut-Off Date Adherence (1)
    Admissions made after the **cut-off date** by any means, shall not be approved NCH.
13. Cut-Off Date Adherence (2)
    No authority has the power to **extend or modify the cut-off date** of admission specified by NCH, and such admissions shall not be approved.
14. Intake Capacity Modification
    No authority has the power to **modify the intake capacity** for admission into UG courses in ASU&H colleges sanctioned by MARBH/NCH/GOI.

III. COUNSELING AND REPORTING

15. Ineligible Candidates List
    AACCC, M/o Ayush will circulate the list of **ineligible candidates** to the State/UT counseling Authority during the 2nd, 3rd & Stray Vacancy Round of AACCC-UG counseling to prevent them from participating in the State/UT counseling. State/UT Counseling Authorities are requested to ensure that such candidates have not been allotted any seat through any round of State/UT counseling for admission in ASU&H-UG courses.
16. Submission of Allotted List
    Central/State/UT Counseling authorities have to submit a list of **allotted students** (i.e. college-wise consolidated list of allotted students through all rounds of counseling) to NCH within **15 working days** from the cut-off date of admission in the format and in manner as prescribed by NCH.
17. AACCC Website Monitoring
    All State/UT Counseling Authorities are requested to see the website of **AACCC, M/o Ayush (www.aaccc.gov.in)**, from time to time for AACCC-UG counseling scheme & FAQs, Schedule and any updates/notices uploaded regarding All India Quota-ASU&H-UG counseling for the A.Y 2023-24.
18. State Counseling Commencement
    State / UT counseling for ASU&H, UG Courses shall be started only **after Central Counseling has commenced**, in accordance with the schedule issued by NCH.