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    NEET PG 2024 Percentile Reduced: Revised Cutoff Percentile Category-wise

    NEET PG 2024 Percentile Reduced: Revised Cutoff Percentile Category-wise

    Deep PathakUpdated on 04 Mar 2025, 04:51 PM IST

    The NEET PG is a medical entrance exam in India, serving as the gateway for admission to various postgraduate medical courses like MD, MS, and Diploma programmes. The NBE decides the qualifying NEET PG percentile, and only those candidates who achieve the minimum qualifying percentile of NEET PG are eligible for the NEET PG counselling. The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has reduced the NEET PG percentile. As per the latest update, the NEET PG percentile is reduced to the 5th percentile for all the categories.

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    1. What is the qualifying NEET PG Percentile?
    2. NEET PG 2024 percentile reduced
    3. Reason for NEET PG 2024 percentile reduction
    4. Impact of NEET PG percentile reduction
    NEET PG 2024 Percentile Reduced: Revised Cutoff Percentile Category-wise
    NEET PG 2024 Percentile Reduced

    This reduction in the qualifying percentile of NEET PG is mainly to fill the vacant seats remaining after the stray round of NEET PG counselling. Earlier the authority did NEET PG cutoff reduction by 15 percentile for all the categories. Read the full article to know comprehensive details about the NEET PG percentile reduced, the reasons behind this decision, and its implications on PG medical admissions in India.

    What is the qualifying NEET PG Percentile?

    The NEET PG percentile is a normalised score that reflects a candidate's performance relative to other candidates. The qualifying NEET PG marks in terms of percentile are the minimum percentile marks a candidate must score to qualify for the NEET PG exam. The category-wise NEET PG qualifying percentile is provided below.

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    NEET PG qualifying percentile

    Category

    Minimum Qualifying Percentile

    General / EWS

    50th percentile

    General-PwBD

    45th percentile

    SC/ST/ OBC (Including PwBD of SC/ST/OBC)

    40th percentile

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    NEET PG 2024 percentile reduced

    The reduction in the percentile of NEET PG cut off was announced by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) on February 25, 2025. The revised reduced percentile of NEET PG 2024 is provided below -

    NEET PG 2024 qualifying percentile reduced

    Category

    Revised reduced percentile

    General/ EWS

    5th Percentile

    General - PwBD

    SC/ ST/ OBC

    SC/ ST/ OBC - PwBD

    Reason for NEET PG 2024 percentile reduction

    The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has decided to reduce the qualifying percentile for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2024 for all categories to the fifth percentile before commencing the remaining rounds of NEET PG counselling. This change follows the instructions from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and is mainly to fill the vacant seats remaining in the NEET PG 2024 counselling.

    Impact of NEET PG percentile reduction

    The reduction in the NEET PG percentile will impact in several ways. Here are some key implications of the reduction in NEET PG qualifying percentile -

    1. Increased opportunities for medical aspirants

    With the reduced percentile, more candidates are now eligible to participate in the remaining rounds of NEET PG counselling and secure a seat in medical colleges. This NEET PG percentile reduction will help ensure that deserving students who have the potential to excel in their postgraduate medical education but were previously excluded due to high percentile requirements now have a chance to continue their education and careers in medicine.

    2. Impact on college admissions due to NEET PG percentile reduced 2024

    One potential downside of reducing the NEET PG percentile is that it could lead to an influx of students with slightly lower scores filling up medical seats. This could impact the quality of students entering medical postgraduate programmes. Critics argue that the reduction in percentile may allow candidates who may not be deserving for the postgraduate medical courses, potentially affecting the overall quality of education in India.

    3. Increased competition in the future

    While more students will qualify this year, it also means that competition for seats in top postgraduate medical colleges in India could increase in the future.

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