The NEET PG revised cutoff update for 2025–2026 clarifies the significance of qualifying percentile decrease, eligibility modifications, opportunities for Round 3 counseling, the delayed admission deadline until March, and its effects on the distribution of MD/MS seats across AIQ and State Quota.
The NEET PG 2025 counseling procedure is now on hold as of January 12, 2026, mostly because of the anticipated modification of the qualifying percentile criteria and the high number of open MD/MS seats following Round 2. A comparable 10–15 percentile reduction is now widely expected, following the established pattern from the previous year when the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the National Medical Commission (NMC) lowered the qualifying percentile to 15th for General/EWS and 10th for reserved categories prior to Round-3. Expanding eligibility, reopening new registrations, and ensuring that unfulfilled postgraduate medical seats are used effectively rather than sitting empty are the goals of this stage.
Simultaneously, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has opened a special resignation window for candidates assigned to seats in Round-1 or Round-2 of the All India Quota counselling from 5:00 PM on January 12, 2026, to 5:00 PM on January 15, 2026. All vacant seats will be added to the Round-3 seat matrix for new choice filling, and candidates who quit during this time may only do so by forfeiting their security deposit. NEET PG Round-3 is anticipated to start only when these procedures are finished, along with the entire admissions process, due to this resignation process, pending approval of amended cut-off norms, and seat matrix modifications.