NEET-PG Cut-Offs Slashed to Zero for SC, ST, OBC to Fill Vacant Medical Seats

• The Centre revised NEET-PG 2025 qualifying cut-offs to fill over 18,000 vacant postgraduate medical seats.
• Qualifying percentile for SC, ST, and OBC candidates reduced from 40 to zero, with a cut-off score of -40 out of 800.
• General and EWS candidates' percentile lowered from 50th to 7th, and PwBD (General) from 45 to 5.
• The decision aims to improve seat utilisation and address the shortage of doctors, preventing seat wastage.
• Admissions will still be merit-based through authorised counselling; no direct or discretionary allotments.

Why It Matters: NEET-PG cut-offs drastically reduced, including to zero for some categories, to fill vacant medical seats.