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Telangana NEET-PG 2025–26 admissions after NBEMS cut-off revision
Change
After NBEMS lowered NEET-PG qualifying percentiles on Jan 13, KNRUHS’s Feb 9 mop-up allotment list for 2025–26 shows candidates with very low marks (including 1/800) securing PG seats in Telangana colleges under the competent authority quota.
Why it matters
NBEMS revised NEET-PG qualifying criteria on Jan 13, lowering General/EWS qualification to the 7th percentile (cut-off score 276→103) and General PwBD to the 5th percentile (255→90). In Telangana, KNRUHS’s Feb 9 mop-up phase allotment list for 2025–26 PG admissions under the competent authority quota includes more than 20 allottees with 1–100 marks, including a 1/800 scorer allotted MS Orthopaedics at a private Hyderabad college. The change effectively reduces the minimum score needed to enter counselling and be considered for vacant-seat rounds, altering competition dynamics in late-stage allotments. The visibility of single-digit/low-score admissions increases the likelihood of administrative and political scrutiny around seat allocation and category-wise outcomes.
Implications
- • Lowered qualifying thresholds reduce the effective score floor for mop-up allotments
- • Expanded eligibility can shift seat distribution in vacant-seat rounds vs prior cycles
- • Higher scrutiny risk for counselling authorities and colleges over allotment outcomes
- • Perceived merit dilution can trigger disputes around admissions legitimacy and process
Who is affected
- • NEET-PG 2025–26 candidates participating in Telangana counselling/mop-up rounds
- • Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) counselling administration
- • Government and private medical colleges in Telangana filling PG seats
- • NBEMS (NEET-PG qualifying criteria owner)
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