NEW DELHI: As approximately 8,000 seats are lying vacant after the completion of two rounds of all India quota and two rounds of state quota, the cut-off for NEET-PG 2021 has been reduced by 15 percentile across all categories.

"Approximately 8,000 seats were lying vacant after the completion of two rounds of all India quota and two rounds of state quota. By reducing the percentile by 15 points, the Health Ministry (MoHFW) in consultation with National Medical Commission (NMC) will allow approximately 25,000 candidates to participate in the mop up round and will prevent any wastage of seats," said Dr B Srinivas, ADG (ME) and member secretary of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).

The qualifying percentile for the general category may be reduced to 35th percentile, for PH(Genl) to 30th percentile, and for the reserved category (SC/ST/OBC) to 25th percentile. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said the decision was taken in consultation with MCC.