NEET 2017: Cut-offs for PG course to be reduced by 7.5 percentile points

This lowering of cut-offs by the central government is applicable for the academic year 2017 only and around 9,000 additional candidates are expected to benefit.

The health ministry has said that the cut-offs for admission to postgraduate medical courses through NEET 2017 will be reduced by 7.5 percentile points. The decision was taken after the ministry received several representations from the state governments. The state governments had said that seats in some categories may remain vacant as there are not sufficient number of candidates available.

"It has been decided in consultation with the Medical Council of India (MCI) to reduce the percentile cut offs for NEET-PG 2017 by 7.5 percentile, taking them to 42.5 percentile for general candidates, 32.5 percentile for reserved category candidates and 37.5 percentile for PWD category," an official statement said.

NEET-PG, 2017 was conducted by National Board of Examinations (NBE) for admission to all post-graduate medical courses in the country. The qualifying criteria was 50 percentile points for general category, 40 percentile for OBC/SC/ST and 45 percentile for PWD category.

This lowering of cut-offs by the central government is applicable for the academic year 2017 only and around 9,000 additional candidates are expected to benefit by this decision, the ministry said. As per Clause 9 sub-clause III of the Medical Council of India's Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations (PGMER), 2000, when sufficient number of candidates fail to secure minimum marks, the central government in consultation with the MCI, may lower the minimum marks which shall be applicable for the said academic year only.

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