The Health Ministry in consultation with the Board of Governors, Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to reduce the qualifying percentile in respect of NEET-PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for the year 2019-20 by 6 percentile, an official release said on Tuesday.
“Now general category candidates with minimum marks at44 percentile, persons with disabilities category with minimum of marks at 39percentile and, SC/ST and OBC category candidates at 34 percentile will become eligiblefor admission to Post Graduate courses for the academic year 2019-20,” itsaid.The release said that all states and Unionterritories are requested to make necessary arrangements for allowing studentsas per revised qualifying marks in any further rounds of counselling this year.