In an affidavit filed on Friday, the government told the Supreme Court that the existing criteria to identify the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation beneficiaries for admission to medical courses across the country will be retained for this academic year.
Moreover, the government said that the changing norms at this time; the time when admissions and allocation of colleges for NEET students are ongoing, will lead to complications. The government also said that the EWS norm revisions can be applied from the next academic year.
The revised criteria of the EWS retains the contentious Rs.8 lakh annual income ceiling but, it excludes the families with agricultural land of five acres or more.
