Will NEET PG 2025 Exam be Postponed? Check Latest Updates Here

AS NEET PG 2024 counselling is underprocess, NBE may postpone NEET PG 2025 exam date which is scheduled to be held on June 15, 2025. It must be noted, last year NEET PG exam date was postponed thrice. The exam was held finally on August 11, 2024. Students expect NBE, the exam conducting body to provide more clarity over NET PG 2025.

NEET PG 2025 exam may postponed

NEET PG 2025 exam date could be postponed as per reports. The speculation of exam delay gains ground due to late counselling of NEET PG 2024-25 batch. It must be noted, NBE, the exam conducting body recently reduced NEET PG 2025 cut off for stray vacancy round. The cut off was reduced by 5 percentiles for each category. After cut off revision, many states revised the stray vacancy schedule. Students are questioning authority on various social media sites for mismanaging exam and counselling. Though there is no official update regarding NEET PG 2025 exam delay, the news has made students anxious.

NEET PG 2025 Exam Date Announced in December

NEET PG 2025 date was announced by National Medical Commission (NMC) in the first week of December 2024. The official notification said the exam could be held on June 15, 2025. The cutoff date to complete internship was July 31, 2025. At that time, it was assumed that counselling could be finished by mid-January, but the schedule stretched to mid-March due to unexplained reasons.

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NEET PG 2024 Exam Postponed 12 hours Before Scheduled Exam Date

This is not the first time when exam date is expected to be postponed due to unexplained reasons. Last year exam date was extended thrice. Initially NEET PG 2024 exam was supposed to held on March 3 but it was postponed to July 7, 2024. Later it was preponed to June 23, 2025. In an unexpected twists and turns, the exam was again postponed mere 12 hours before exam was scheduled. The revised exam date was provided again, i.e August 11, 2024. The official notification said the exam was postponed as precautionary measure. “This decision has been taken by the Government in the best interests of the students and to maintain the sanctity of examination process,” the official notification dated June 22, 2024 said. The exam was finally held on August 11 but counselling is yet to be completed six months after the exam.

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Students Expressing Concerns over NEET PG Exam 2025 Postponement

Students and various medical associations have raised concern over NEET PG exam postponement and mismanagement of exam conducting body. In a series of post on X previously called Twitter, they alleged NBE of treating the exam as casual event. “NEET PG 2025 was supposed to be on June 15, but now there’s talk of yet another delay. Why can’t NBE stick to a schedule? Thousands of doctors plan their lives around this exam, and NBE treats it like a casual event Unacceptable!” one of the students said.

Students also request exam official to provide clarity in advance. “If they're actually planning to postpone the examination then at least they should announce fresh dates at the earliest. Not 1 month or 1 week before the exams,” another aspirant said.

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