Major Upset in NEET PG: Cutoff Reduced for All Categories, Doctors Approach Supreme Court
NEET PG Zero Percentile: The percentile for NEET PG 2025 has been reduced. This has sparked a heated debate on social media. The debate revolves around whether this decision was made solely to benefit certain categories and institutions. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has also been filed in the Supreme Court regarding this matter.
NEET PG Zero Percentile: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has changed the qualifying percentile for NEET PG 2025 admissions. The cutoff has been reduced for all categories after the second round of counseling. This decision is now receiving mixed reactions on social media. A petition has also been filed in the Supreme Court regarding this matter. This petition was filed by social worker Harisharan Devgan, neurosurgeon Saurav Kumar, Dr. Lakshya Mittal, president of the United Doctors Front, and Dr. Akash Soni, a member of the World Medical Association.
Dr. Lakshya Mittal has been continuously raising questions about this issue on social media. He said that medicine is a profession related to human life. In a video shared on Instagram, he stated that this move by NBEMS is weakening the standards of medical education. He described it as a decision that benefits private colleges.
🚨 BREAKING: United Doctors Front (UDF) has filed a writ petition before the Hon'ble Delhi High Court challenging the recent Senior Resident recruitment process for all Delhi Govt hospitals (MAMC, LNJP, GTB, etc.).
— UNITED DOCTORS FRONT (UDF) (@UDF_BHARAT) January 18, 2026
We are challenging the opaque, interview-only process conducted… pic.twitter.com/VsClD8SHEJ
NBEMS Reduces Cutoff for All Categories
Even after the NEET PG Round 2 counseling, more than 18,000 PG seats remained vacant in government and private medical colleges. Due to this, NBEMS has reduced the cutoff for all categories.
For EWS category candidates, the qualifying percentile has been reduced from 50 to 7. For the General and PwBD categories, it has been reduced from 45 to just the 5th percentile. For SC, ST, and OBC categories, the qualifying percentile has been set to zero.
What are the dangers of NEET PG Zero Percentile?
he common questions raised by people on social media regarding this issue are as follows:
Impact on Quality - Admission at extremely low scores will affect the quality of medical education and the profession.
Threat to Patient Safety - Zero percent directly allows weak students to enter. These students will become doctors and treat patients. This will be playing with the lives of those patients.
Merit - It will increase the feeling of injustice among hardworking and high-scoring candidates.
Loss of Trust in the System - Students will lose faith in the examination and selection process.
NEET PG Seats: How many NEET PG seats are there?
Every year, approximately 2.4 lakh students appear for the NEET PG exam in India. Of these, about 1 lakh students pass. Currently, there are approximately 80,000 NEET PG seats in the country. The number of seats changes from time to time. The number of seats has increased from 2021 to 2025.
