NBE asked to reduce NEET PG 2021 cut-off by 15 percentile to fill up vacant seats
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NBE has been asked to reduce the NEET PG 2021 cut-off by 15 percent so as to fill up the remaining vacant seats.
The Union Health Ministry has directed the National Board of Examination, NBE, to reduce the NEET-PG 2021 cut-off across all categories by 15 per cent so as to fill up the vacant postgraduate medical seats.
In a letter to the MBE Executive Director, Member Secretary of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) B Srinivas said,
"After due discussion and deliberations, it has been decided by the Health Ministry in consultation with NMC to reduce the cut-off by 15 percentile across all categories, i.e. the qualifying percentile for a general category may be reduced to 35th percentile, for PH(Genl) to 30th percentile and for reserved category (SC/ST/OBC) be reduced to 25th percentile," as reported by PTI.
The letter further added, "In view of the above, you are requested to kindly declare the revised result and send the revised result data of the newly eligible candidates to the office of the undersigned at the earliest."
As per the health ministry, the decision was taken in consultation with the National Medical Commission, NMC, in view of approximately 8,000 seats still remaining vacant even after two rounds of India, and state quota NEET PG Counselling.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate), or NEET-PG, is conducted for admission to postgraduate medical courses.
(With PTI inputs)
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