The medical community all over India has strongly criticised the recent move to lower the qualifying percentile for NEET PG 2025, warning that the move could seriously compromise the standard of postgraduate medical education. Leading doctors’ associations have urged the Health Ministry to instantly withdraw the revised cutoff, failing which they have threatened nationwide protests.
Doctors argue that lowering the cutoff to fill unfilled seats is a short-term solution that risks long-term damage to patient care. Postgraduate medical training shapes future specialists, and reducing entry standards, they say, may erode clinical competence and erode merit-based selection.
The central concern is not just about admissions, but about maintaining the standard of India’s medical education system. Many senior clinicians hold that policy decisions driven by seat occupancy rather than academic standards can endanger public trust in healthcare.
Medical bodies have also highlighted that instead of reducing benchmarks, the emphasis should be on enhancing training infrastructure, faculty strength, and exam preparedness of candidates. Translucent counselling processes and great workforce planning are being demanded as sustainable alternatives.
With strong opposition building, the concern has now moved beyond academic debate and entered the realm of public health policy. If the decision is not reconsidered, doctors warn that organized demonstrations all over the country are likely.
At stake is a critical question: Should access to specialization come at the cost of quality? For the medical fraternity, the answer remains a firm no.
Doctors Urge Health Ministry to Revoke Reduced NEET PG 2025 Cutoff, Threaten Nationwide Agitation
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