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NEET SS 2025 Cut-offs Reduced After Supreme Court Order
The medical examination board changed the passing rule for NEET SS 2025.
The required level was lowered from the 50th percentile to the 30th percentile.
This means more candidates can now qualify for counselling.
The change was made after a Supreme Court order and a decision by the health authorities.
Each subject group has its own qualifying score.
These scores range from 175 to 325 marks out of 600.
The candidates’ earlier ranks will not change.
They will also not receive new scorecards, and their documents will be checked during admission.
NBEMS reduced the NEET SS 2025 qualifying percentile from the 50th to the 30th percentile.
Candidates scoring at or above the 30th percentile in their respective question paper groups are now qualified for counselling.
Revised cut-offs range from 175 marks for the Medical group to 325 marks for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, out of 600.
The revised result has been shared with the Medical Counselling Committee, but group-specific ranks remain unchanged.
NBEMS will not issue fresh scorecards, and candidates’ submitted MBBS marks will be verified during admission.
- Who
- The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences announced the change for NEET SS 2025 candidates, following action by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and a Supreme Court order.
- What
- The qualifying percentile was reduced from the 50th to the 30th percentile, with revised group-specific cut-off scores.
- Where
- The change applies to the NEET SS 2025 examination and its counselling process in India.
- When
- The revised announcement was made on Tuesday; the articles refer to a Supreme Court order dated September 17 or September 19, 2026, and ranks announced on January 23, 2026.
- Why
- The reduction was intended to make more candidates eligible and help fill vacant super-speciality seats.
Key facts
- Previous qualifying percentile
- 50th percentile
- Revised qualifying percentile
- 30th percentile
- Maximum marks
- 600 marks per question paper group
- Lowest listed cut-off
- 175 marks for the Medical group
- Highest listed cut-off
- 325 marks for the Obstetrics and Gynaecology group
- Vacant seats cited
- 1,857 super-speciality seats after the second counselling round
- Additional candidates expected to qualify
- Approximately 6,000
Quotes
Central government
The central government, represented before the Supreme Court by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati
“In order to ensure that the available Super Speciality seats do not remain vacant and that the available training capacity is optimally utilised, it has been decided that the qualifying percentile for NEET SS may be reduced from the existing 50th percentile to 30th percentile for the purpose of the proposed Special Stray Vacancy Round”
NDTV
Sources
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