To get admission to a BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) course in India, you need to qualify for the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) UG exam. There isn't a fixed "minimum mark" that guarantees a BAMS seat, as the required score depends on several factors that vary each year. However, understanding the general trends and qualifying criteria can give you an idea.

Firstly, to be eligible to appear for NEET, you need to have passed your 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as compulsory subjects and generally secured a minimum aggregate of 50% marks (40% for reserved categories like OBC).

After appearing for NEET, the National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the qualifying cutoffs. To be eligible for BAMS admission through counseling, you must score above this qualifying percentile. For the NEET 2024 exam, the qualifying percentile for the general category was the 50th percentile, and for OBC/SC/ST categories, it was the 40th percentile. The corresponding marks for these percentiles vary each year based on the overall performance in the exam. For example, in NEET 2024, the general category cutoff score was 720-162, and for OBC/SC/ST, it was 161-127. The expected NEET 2025 cutoffs are likely to be in a similar range but will be released after the exam.

However, merely qualifying in NEET doesn't guarantee a seat, especially in government colleges, which have higher cutoff ranks. The actual marks required for admission (the "admission cutoff") depend on factors like the difficulty level of the NEET exam, the number of candidates, the number of BAMS seats available, and the reservation policies.

Generally, for a good chance of securing a BAMS seat in a government college, a NEET score above 400 might be considered a decent benchmark, but this can vary significantly between states and colleges. For private BAMS colleges, the cutoff scores might be lower.