{"id":12907,"date":"2011-08-26T19:36:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T14:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12907"},"modified":"2011-08-26T19:36:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T14:06:26","slug":"centre-refuses-to-reduce-eligibility-marks-for-tribals-sc-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-refuses-to-reduce-eligibility-marks-for-tribals-sc-students","title":{"rendered":"Centre refuses to reduce eligibility marks for tribals, SC students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/MCI2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-refuses-to-reduce-eligibility-marks-for-tribals-sc-students\/mci-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/MCI2.png?fit=200%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,181\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MCI2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/MCI2.png?fit=200%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12908\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/MCI2.png?resize=200%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/MCI2.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/MCI2.png?resize=150%2C135&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The Union health ministry has refused to further ralax the eligibility for northeastern tribal and scheduled caste (SC) students for admission to medical colleges, a Tripura government official said here Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0According to the Medical Council of India (MCI), MBBS aspirants of northeastern tribal and SC categories must secure at least 40 percent marks in their class 12 board examinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Tripura government and various political parties of the northeast had been requesting the central government and the MCI to further reduce this eligibility limit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in a letter to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has communicated the centre&#8217;s decision to follow the MCI guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Azad said: &#8216;Though the health ministry agrees in principle that there is a need to make enabling conditions to encourage the underprivileged sections of the society, in so far as medical education is concerned&#8230; 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