The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has significantly lowered the NEET PG 2025 qualifying cut-off in response to approximately 18,000 vacant postgraduate medical seats nationwide heading into the third round of counseling. Acting on directions from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the MCC reduced the cut-off to zero percentile for SC, ST, and OBC categories, which translates to a score of minus 40 out of 800. For unreserved candidates, the qualifying percentile dropped from the 50th to the 7th percentile, with a corresponding cut-off score of 103.
Unreserved candidates with benchmark disabilities now need to reach only the 5th percentile, equivalent to a score of 90. The National Medical Commission (NMC) defended this decision, stating that the counseling process should ensure optimal utilization of available postgraduate medical seats and that leaving 18,000 seats vacant…
