US EditionNEET PG-2025 Cutoffs Lowered After Two Rounds of Counselling
NBEMS reduced NEET-PG cutoffs to 7 percentile general and zero reserved categories to fill over 18,000 vacant postgraduate medical seats, maintaining merit-based admissions.
- On January 14, 2026, NBEMS in New Delhi revised NEET-PG 2025 qualifying percentiles, cutting the general-category cutoff from 50 to seven and reserved categories to zero.
- Following Health Ministry directions on January 9, the IMA's January 12 request prompted a revision of NEET-PG 2025 cutoffs to expand eligible MBBS doctors for counselling.
- Officials emphasised that admissions remain merit-based under the merit framework, allotments occur only through authorised counselling, and all candidates are MBBS-qualified doctors with no dilution of academic standards.
- Health officials stressed that transparency and fairness will guide allotment, but critics including FAIMA warned the cutoffs could harm NEET-PG credibility and specialist training quality.
- Officials noted that leaving seats vacant undermines healthcare and educational resources, adding the NEET-PG 2025 result was declared on August 19, 2025, influencing third-round threshold adjustments.
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NEET PG-2025 cutoffs lowered after two rounds of counselling
Qualifying percentile revised down to fill 18,000 unfilled PG medical seats across India, says Health Ministry; official sources state that the revision aims to ensure optimal utilisation of available seats, which are vital for expanding India’s pool of trained medical specialists
NEET-PG 2025: Cut-off marks slashed to fill vacant MBBS seats; 0 percentile for Reserved categories; 7th percentile for General - The Tribune
The decision was primarily driven by the need to fill approximately 18,000 postgraduate medical seats that remained vacant after the second round of counseling.
Why was the cutoff of NEET PG reduced? -Those with 40 score and 0 percentile will get admission.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has taken a big decision. Now the qualifying cut-off of NEET-PG 2025 has been reduced. This decision has been taken after more than 18,000 post graduate seats remained vacant across the country. NEET-PG cutoff for General and EWS category has been reduced from 50 to seven percentile. Whereas the percentile of SC/ST and OBC category has been reduced from 40 to zero. If a student of ge…
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