Inclusion of Bio-Technology

New Delhi: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has requested
Medical Council of India (MCI) to consider Bio-technology as an
eligible subject in the higher secondary stage in order to be eligible
to appear in All India Pre-Medical Tech (AIPMT) for 15 per cent merit
positions for the medical colleges of India. MCI has amended the
'Regulation on Graduate Medical Education, 1997' and the candidates
who have opted for Bio-technology as an elective subject in place of
Biology at +2 level are now eligible to appear in medical entrance
examination.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource
Development Dr. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in
the Lok Sabha today.