NEET PG 2025 Cut-off Controversy: PIL filed in Supreme Court, Check Hearing Dates Here
The NEET PG 2025 cutoff has been reduced to zero percentile to fill 18,000 vacant seats. A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the dilution of merit-based selection and medical standards. Read further to know NEET PG 2025 SC hearing on reduced cutoff and other details.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has reduced the NEET PG 2025 cutoff for round 3 and subsequent rounds of NEET PG 2025 counselling. The NEET PG 2025 cutoff has been reduced to zero percentile to fill 18,000 vacant seats. A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the dilution of merit-based selection and medical standards. The NEET PG 2025 cutoff has been reduced to zero for SC/ ST category. As per the revised cutoff for NEET PG 2025, SC, ST and OBC category students who have obtained minus 40 will now be eligible for admission to PG medical courses. The NEET PG exam carries a total of 800 marks.
The medical fraternity across the country has raised concerns regarding the negative NEET PG 2025 cutoff.
A user on the social media platform, 'X' wrote, "Someone who just sits for the exam will become a doctor and do surgeries. This country has no future for hardworking people".
NEET PG 2025 Cutoff Reduced: PIL Filed in Supreme Court
Commonly asked questions
Yes. MCC has reduced NEET PG 2025 cutoff percentile as well as score for each category. NEET PG 2025 percentile has bene reduced by 7th percentile for general category and 0th percentile for SC/ST category. For general category revised cutoff score is 103.
MCC reduces NEET PG cutoff to fill vacant seats remain after starting two rounds. It is being said students who score top rank wish to get top branches and colleges and they do get usually in round-1 and round-2 NEET PG counselling. Once these coveted seats get filled, students have least chance to get them in remaining rounds. That is reason cutoff is reduced to encourage and make more students elligible for NEET PG counselling.
Yes. NBE reduces NEET PG cut off in case seats remain vacant after counseling rounds. Reducation of cut off makes more number of candidates eligible to participate in the counselling who were earlier ineligible due to low score. NEET PG 2025 cut off percentile has been reduced for each category.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court. The Plea challenged the NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduction to zero, marking it as a mockery of the medical education system. The petition says that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - postgraduate (NEET PG) was implemented to prevent admissions based on donations and ensure merit-based selection in medical education. However, reducing NEET PG 2025 cutoff to zero defeats the purpose.
NEET PG 2025 Cutoff SC Hearing Date
The hearing date challenging NEET PG 2025 cutoff is yet to be notified. The apex board will make the judgment after hearing the petition for the betterment of the medical education system.
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