NEET PG 2025 qualifying percentile reduced to prevent vacant seats: MoS Health tells Parliament
New Delhi: " The Government reduced the qualifying percentile for eligibility to NEET PG Counselling 2025 to ensure precious PG medical seats do not remain vacant," the MoS Health recently stated in the Parliament.
The Health minister was asked to answer whether it is a fact that Government has decided to reduce the cut off for NEET PG 2025 to zero percentage level on the ground that thousands of seats in medical colleges lying vacant; the number of vacant seats in Government medical colleges and private medical colleges separately and also whether it is a fact that majority of seats are vacant in private medical colleges where the fees run into crores which most candidates cannot afford.
Responding to the questions, the MoS Health said, " The decision to revise the qualifying percentiles follows the completion of Round-2 counselling by MCC wherein it was reported that of the 29,476 seats offered by MCC for counselling, 9,621 seats remained vacant. Further, as counselling for 50% seats is conducted by respective state authorities, it was assessed that approximately 20,000 seats (including DNB seats) were vacant after two rounds. Hence, consistent with past academic years which had proven effective in ensuring maximum seat utilisation, the Government reduced the qualifying percentile for eligibility to PG Counselling 2025 to ensure precious PG medical seats do not remain vacant."
The revised qualifying percentiles for NEET PG 2025 are as under:
UR Category: Eligibility reduced to above 7 percentiles
UR–PwD Category: Eligibility reduced to above 5 percentiles
SC / ST / OBC Categories: All candidates declared qualified
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) conducts counselling for postgraduate medical courses as per the scheme laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. NEET PG counselling conducted by MCC covers 50% All India Quota seats and 100% seats of Central/Deemed Universities across the country. Counselling for State quota PG seats is conducted by the respective State Governments and counselling for private medical colleges comes under the purview of State counselling authorities
The fee structure for medical courses in government and private medical colleges varies across states and is determined in accordance with the guidelines issued by the respective state fee regulatory authorities. The fee structure in the government medical colleges is subsidised to enhance accessibility, Patel said.
Also, guidelines for the determination of fees and other charges in respect of 50 per cent of seats in the private medical institutions and deemed-to-be universities were framed under clause and sub-section of section 10 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, and were issued by the National Medical Commission on February 3, 2022. However, these guidelines have been challenged before various courts and the matter is sub judice, she said.
