NEET-PG 2025: Negative Scores Now Eligible for Specialist Doctor Admissions

• Central government and NBEMS have drastically reduced NEET-PG 2025 cut-off, making candidates with negative scores eligible for MD/MS admissions.
• The percentile for General/EWS is reduced from 50th to 7th, Gen-PwBD from 45th to 5th, and SC, ST, OBC from 40th to 0 (zero).
• This decision aims to fill over 9,000 vacant PG seats and address the shortage of resident doctors, preventing wastage of medical resources.
• Critics argue that this move compromises medical education standards and could impact patient care, with some calling it a global anomaly.
• NBEMS clarified that the reduced cut-off only makes more candidates eligible for counseling; admissions will still be based on merit rank.

Why It Matters: NEET-PG 2025 cut-off drastically lowered, allowing negative scores for specialist doctor admissions to fill vacant seats.