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NBEMS Lowers NEET-PG Round-3 Cut-Offs to 0 Percentile for Reserved Categories

Officials say the change aims to fill over 18,000 vacant postgraduate seats without altering ranks.

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NEET-PG 2025 qualifying cut-off revised to -40 marks for reserved categories, leaves netizens irate
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Overview

  • In a Jan 13 notice citing a Jan 9 Health Ministry directive, NBEMS reduced the qualifying percentile to the 7th for General/EWS (103/800), the 5th for General PwBD (90/800), and the 0th for SC/ST/OBC, which corresponds to a cut-off score of −40 out of 800 because of negative marking.
  • The revision applies only to the third round of NEET-PG 2025–26 counselling and does not modify previously declared scores or ranks.
  • Authorities attributed the change to more than 18,000 PG medical seats remaining vacant after Round-2 across government and private colleges.
  • NBEMS stressed that admissions will be made strictly by NEET-PG merit through authorised counselling, with no direct or discretionary entries.
  • Candidature remains provisional with document and biometric verification, and reactions are split as the Indian Medical Association had sought relaxation while many doctors warn of diluted standards.