Near the end, I did something which boosted my scores by almost 10 marks on average in the mocks. I just started doing all the RCs first and let go of one LR. Now this was a personal decision since my LR took more time than RC. So I would suggest you to tinker with the order in which you answer the questions in any section and see if you can answer those 3-4 question more.
Considering verbal being a separate section and not clubbed with LR, how do you think will it affect the overall percentile as people before could easily manage a decent percentile by doing only the LR part and few areas of verbal. Now, do you think the overall cutoff for the verbal section alone would come down drastically low compared to previous years?
I think you are right. This is a ploy to help non-engineers have a better chance at scoring in CAT, so those who are better at the non-analytical parts will have an advantage. This will reduce the verbal cutoff as most are weak in this section. But if anyone is aiming for the top IIMs, you should not worry about the cutoff. In fact, English is and always has been make or break. Most of the top guys are good at the maths CAT offers so just because the cutoff may decrease, don't take English less seriously, in fact now it has become more important than before.
(this is not applicable for CAT 2020)
Any concrete suggestions to improve the VA-RC score for a greater overall percentile?
I suggest you brush your Para Jumble and para completion if you are weak in them, personally they took less time and were very high scorers for me.
I'd like to know everything I can do in the coming days to reach 95+?
I suggest you review your test-taking strategy. Shift the order in which you attempt VA-RC questions, and in maths make multiple passes through the paper. At least 2, if possible 3, do the easiest in the first pass, the ones you know you can do but takes time in the second pass and if you have time, then the rest in the third pass
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