Outrage over NEET PG 2025 double shifts: Take a look at what it's all about

Written by Garima Published On 2025-04-17T20:00:27+05:30 | Updated On 18 April 2025 12:46 PM IST

Outrage over NEET PG 2025 double shifts: Take a look at what its all about

New Delhi: The long-awaited NEET PG 2025 information bulletin is here. The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), NBE, has finally released the information bulletin for NEET PG 2025 aspirants on its official website. The bulletin contains all the details, including the application process and exam fee, eligibility criteria, scheme of examination, admit card, test day do's and don'ts, counselling, reservation and exam centres for NEET PG 2025.

Medical Dialogues has been extensively reporting on the outrage that followed after the NBE's announcement to hold the PG medical entrance test, NEET PG 2025, for this academic year's admissions in double shifts. Since the announcement, the doctors across the country have been demanding a single shift conduction of the exam.

As per the scheme of examination detailed in the information bulletin, the NEET PG 2025 exam for the first shift candidates will begin at 9 AM and the second shift at 3:30 PM.

Double Shifts in NEET PG 2025:

NEET PG 2025 shall be conducted on 15th June 2025 through a computer-based examination in a single day. There will be two examination shifts on 15th June 2025. Candidates will be allotted to one of the two shifts by NBEMS.

"The candidates shall not be able to exercise the choice of shift (Morning or Afternoon) in which they shall be allowed to take the examination. The allotment of the shifts to the candidates will be done by NBEMS purely randomly," the NBE stated.

Allocation of time for NEET-PG 2025 shall be as follows:

Activities	Shift-I Timings	Shift-II Timings
Allow Candidates to enter the examination centre and Commence Registration for the test	07:00 AM	01:30 PM
Entry closes at Examination Center	08:30 AM	03:00 PM
Grant access for Candidate Login	08:45 AM	03:15 PM
Candidates log in to read instructions	08:50 AM	03:20 PM
Exam Start Time	09:00 AM	03:30 PM
Exam End Time	12:30 PM	07:00 PM

Syllabus: The syllabus for the exam shall comprise of subject/knowledge area as per Graduate Medical Education Regulations issued by the National Medical Commission/ the erstwhile Medical Council of India.

The examination shall be a multiple-choice questions-based test delivered using a computer-based test (CBT) as per the scheme prescribed.

The exam comprises of 200 Multiple Choice Questions with each question having 4 response options/distractors in English language only. Candidates are required to select the correct/best/most appropriate response/answer out of the 4 response options provided in each question. Time allotted is 3 hrs 30 minutes.

Marking Scheme and Time Bound Sections:

Allocation of marks for each MCQ shall be as follows:

Correct Response: 4 Marks

Incorrect Response: 1 Mark shall be deducted

Unattempted Question: Zero

There shall be 25% negative marking for incorrect answers. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.

During the examination, candidates are given an option to mark any question, whether attempted or not, for review, which means that the candidate has been given an option to go through these questions again before the examination time ends. Candidates may note that such questions, which are marked for review shall be evaluated as per the marking scheme mentioned above.

The question paper for NEET-PG will be divided into five time-bound sections, namely Group A, B, C, D & E. The questions from the subjects of MBBS curriculum shall be distributed across these five sections of 40 questions each. Each section will have 42 minutes of time allotted for the section. Candidates would be restricted to proceed to the next section till completion of the allotted time of the previous section and candidates would not be allowed to review the questions/ modify the responses of a section after the completion of the allotted time of that section. Questions of the next section will start automatically after the completion of the allotted time of the previous section.

The candidates must note that the actual number of such time-restricted sections may vary based on the total number of questions in the question paper and operational feasibility in making such sections.

NEET-PG 2025 is the eligibility-cum-ranking examination for admission to various MD/MS/PG Diploma courses of 2025-26 admission session. Admissions to Post MBBS DNB Courses, Post MBBS Direct 6 year DrNB courses and NBEMS diploma courses are also undertaken through NEETPG.

NEET PG 2025 Schedule:

Starting Date for submission of Online Application: 17th April 2025 (03:00 PM Onwards)

Closing Date for submission of Online Application: 07th May 2025 (Till 11:55 PM)

Edit Window for All Payment Success Applications: 09th May 2025 to 13th May 2025

Pre Final Edit Window to rectify deficient/Incorrect Images: 17th May to 21st May 2025

Final Edit Window to rectify deficient/Incorrect Images: 24th May to 26th May 2025

Informing the Test City to the Candidates: 02nd June 2025

Issue of Admit Card: 11th June 2025

Date of Examination: 15th June 2025

Declaration of Result: By 15th July 2025

Cut-off date for Completion of internship towards eligibility for NEET-PG 2025: 31st July 2025

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Garima

Garima joined Medical Dialogues in 2017 and currently works as the Senior Editor. She oversees coverage of all healthcare topics, with a focus on medico-legal cases, regulatory updates, decisions by NMC, DCI and medical councils, developments in medical education, government policies, and news on medical and dental colleges. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in | 011-43720751.