NEET PG 2025 Cutoff Controversy: Top Officials Calls Cutoff Reduction as 'National Perspective'; Know Latest Details
The officials stressed that deciion of NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduction has been made to fill vacant seats and in a national perspective and merit-based allocation of PG medical seats across India.
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBE), through an official notification dated January 13, has reduced NEET PG 2025 cutoff. The qualifying cutoff has been revised for all categories. Surprisingly, the NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduced to zero for reserved category students. 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.
NEET PG 2025 Revised Cutoff Percentile
| Category |
NEET PG 2025 new cutoff |
NEET PG 2025 Qualifying Score |
|---|---|---|
| Unreserved (UR) |
7th percentile |
103 |
| SC/ST/OBC |
0 percentile |
-40 |
| UR PWD |
5th percentile |
90 |
NEET PG 2025 Cutoff Reduced: What Top Official Says?
Reportedly, the top officials have called the decision of NEET PG 2025 cutoff reduction a 'National Perspective'. The officials highlighted, "We need to understand problems holistically from a national perspective."
As per several media reports, the official further mentioned that NEET PG is a competitive entrance test built on merit. Since the seats are much lower than those of aspirant students. They highlighted that there is no change in the NEET PG 2025 result of any student. The reason for negative scores is due to the structure of the examination with negative marking for wrong answers.
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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 against the reduced cutoff for NEET PG 2025. The PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on January 16, 2026, arguing that lowering the NEET PG 2025-26 cutoff to zero defeats the merit-based admissions.
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