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NEET-PG 2025 Cut-Off Revised to Fill 18,000+ Vacant Medical Seats

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences has revised the qualifying percentiles for NEET-PG 2025 to address the critical issue of over 18,000 unfilled postgraduate medical seats. The decision, made after the completion of Round-2 counselling, aims to optimize seat utilization and expand India's pool of medical specialists without diluting academic standards. The move comes in response to a formal request from the Indian Medical Association, which cited the urgent need to prevent seat wastage. The government has reaffirmed that admissions will remain strictly merit-based and transparent, guided by NEET-PG rank and candidate preference.

Key Points: NEET-PG 2025 Percentile Cut-Off Revised by NBEMS

  • Aims to fill 18,000+ vacant PG seats
  • Maintains strict merit-based admissions
  • Follows IMA's formal request
  • Ensures transparency and fairness
  • Expands eligibility among qualified MBBS doctors
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NBEMS revises NEET-PG 2025 cut-off percentiles

NBEMS revises NEET-PG 2025 qualifying percentiles to fill over 18,000 vacant PG medical seats, ensuring merit-based admissions and healthcare expansion.

"This decision... aims to ensure optimal utilisation of available seats, which are vital for expanding India's pool of trained medical specialists. - Sources to ANI"

By Shalini Bhardwaj, New Delhi, January 14

In a significant move to address the large number of vacant postgraduate medical seats across the country, National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences has revised the qualifying percentiles for NEET-PG 2025 admissions.

According to sources to ANI , "This decision follows the completion of Round-2 counselling, where over 18,000 PG seats remained unfilled in government and private medical colleges."

"The revision aims to ensure optimal utilisation of available seats, which are vital for expanding India's pool of trained medical specialists. Leaving such seats vacant undermines national efforts to improve healthcare delivery and results in the loss of valuable educational resources," sources said further

All NEET-PG candidates are MBBS-qualified doctors who have completed their degrees and internships. NEET-PG serves as a ranking mechanism to facilitate transparent, merit-based allocation of seats through centralised counselling. The previous percentile thresholds had restricted the pool of eligible candidates despite the availability of seats.

The key highlights of the decision is that Admissions remain strictly merit-based, determined by NEET-PG rank and candidate preferences. Allotments will be made only through authorised counselling mechanisms; no direct or discretionary admissions are permitted. Inter-se merit and choice-based allocation will continue to guide seat distribution. No dilution of academic standards.The revised percentile merely expands eligibility among already-qualified MBBS doctors.

On fainess and transparency Sources said "Transparency and fairness remain central to the process."

Earlier, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had formally requested a revision of the qualifying cut-off on 12 January 2026, citing the urgent need to prevent seat wastage and strengthen healthcare services. The decision, issued on 13 January 2026, reflects responsiveness to this appeal.

The IMA has expressed heartfelt thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Health Minister J.P. Nadda for their visionary leadership and timely intervention in the interest of the medical fraternity and public health.

"This measure is consistent with past academic years and has proven effective in ensuring seat utilisation while maintaining academic integrity. It reaffirms the government's commitment to strengthening India's healthcare system through fair, transparent, and merit-driven processes." Sources explained.

- ANI

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Ananya R
While I understand the need to fill seats, I hope this doesn't lead to a compromise in quality. They say standards won't be diluted, but we must ensure that the specialists we produce are truly excellent. The focus should also be on improving the quality of PG training seats, not just filling them.
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Siddharth J
Finally some sense prevails! So many of my batchmates who are brilliant doctors couldn't get a PG seat because of that arbitrary high percentile. This revision will give them a fair chance. Merit-based allocation is still there, just the eligibility pool is bigger. Well done IMA for pushing for this.
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Priya S
A step in the right direction for healthcare. More PG doctors mean better specialist care in district hospitals and tier 2/3 cities. The real test will be in the implementation - ensuring counselling remains transparent and no backdoor entries happen as they've promised.
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Michael C
Interesting move. From an outside perspective, it seems like a logical adjustment to match supply (seats) with demand (eligible candidates). Keeping the process merit-based while fixing a procedural bottleneck is smart policy. Hope it works out to improve doctor-patient ratios.
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Kavya N
My brother will be so relieved! He missed the last cut-off by a small margin and was feeling hopeless after working so hard. This revision gives hope to thousands of dedicated MBBS graduates. Thank you for listening to the medical fraternity's appeal. 🙏

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