Overview
- The revised thresholds are set at the 7th percentile for General/EWS (about 103/800), the 5th percentile for General PwBD (about 90/800), and the 0th percentile for SC/ST/OBC with an effective cut-off of −40 due to negative marking.
- NBEMS said published ranks remain unchanged and that eligibility is provisional, with MBBS/FMGE aggregates and biometric or face ID checks to be verified at admission.
- The move follows two counselling rounds that left thousands of postgraduate seats vacant, with officials in multiple reports citing figures of more than 18,000 unfilled positions.
- NBEMS issued the notice on January 13 referencing a January 9 Health Ministry letter, after the Indian Medical Association sought cut-off relaxation to prevent seat wastage.
- Doctors’ groups and many practitioners criticised the reductions as a dilution of standards and a risk to patient safety, even as the MCC prepares to publish the Round‑3 counselling schedule.