NEET PG 2024: MCC Lowers Cut-off To 5th Percentile For All Categories; Check Details

NEET PG 2024: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced another reduction in the qualifying percentile for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2024. The minimum percentile requirement has now been lowered to the fifth percentile for all categories. This change was made official by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) on their website.

According to the official notification, the new qualifying percentiles are as follows:

- General/EWS candidates: 5th Percentile

- UR-PwBD candidates: 5th Percentile

- SC/ST/OBC (including PwBD of SC/ST/OBC) candidates: 5th Percentile

All of these categories now have a minimum qualifying percentile fixed at the fifth percentile. The notice also cleared that the NEET-PG 2024 rank and percentile scores, declared on August 23, 2024, remain unchanged. It also reiterated that the candidature of all candidates is provisional and subject to the condition of satisfying the eligibility criteria mentioned in the NEET-PG 2024 information bulletin.

The NEET PG 2024 test held on August 11, 2024, in two sessions, was for admission to different postgraduate medical courses like MD, MS, DNB, DrNB (Direct 6 years), and NBEMS Diploma Courses for the 2024-25 session. The results of the NEET-PG were announced on August 23, 2024.

Earlier this year, MCC had already lowered the cut-off for all categories. The revised cut-off for General and EWS category candidates was at the 15th percentile, hence making them eligible for counselling. For SC, ST, OBC, and PwD candidates, the new cut-off was revised to the 10th percentile or more. Initially, the cut-off was at the 50th percentile for unreserved categories, 45th for PwD, and 40th for reserved categories.

This decrease in the cut-off percentile is anticipated to enable more aspirants to avail themselves of the counselling process. The aspirants who fall in the revised cut-off may access the official MCC website for additional information on the counselling process.