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    NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff Revised: Reduced Qualifying Percentile

    NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff Revised: Reduced Qualifying Percentile

    Deep PathakUpdated on 14 Aug 2025, 10:33 PM IST

    The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has decided to reduce the qualifying cutoff percentile of NEET MDS 2025. As per the revised NEET MDS 2025 cutoff percentile, the qualifying percentile is reduced by 19.863 percentile for all the categories. This NEET MDS 2025 revised cutoff in qualifying percentile is done to fill the remaining vacant seats through the ongoing NEET MDS counselling 2025.

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    2. How to Check NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff?
    3. Why is the NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff Revised?
    NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff Revised: Reduced Qualifying Percentile
    NEET MDS 2025 revised cutoff

    To be eligible for the NEET MDS 2025 counselling, candidates need to secure the minimum qualifying percentile as set by the NBE. As per the NBE, general category students need to secure a minimum of 50 percentile, whereas, SC/ST/OBC (including PwD) and UR - PwD are required to secure 40 and 45 percentile respectively. However, with the reduction of qualifying percentile, the NEET MDS revised minimum marks 2025 are 30.137 percentile for general category, 20.137 for SC/ST/OBC category, and 25.137 percentile for UR-PwD category. Read the full article to know comprehensive details about the NEET MDS 2025 revised cutoff.

    NEET MDS 2025 revised cutoff

    The cutoff of NEET MDS 2025 is revised with the reduction of qualifying percentile. The NEET MDS revised cutoff 2025 is provided in the table below.

    NEET MDS 2025 cutoff percentile revised

    S.No.

    Category

    Revised cutoff percentile


    General category (UR/ EWS)

    30.137


    SC/ ST/ OBC (Including PwD of SC/ ST/ OBC)

    20.137

    3.

    UR - PwD

    25.137

    NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff (Original)

    Category

    Qualifying Percentile

    Cutoff Score (Out of 960)

    Revised cutoff score

    General / EWS

    50th Percentile

    261

    197

    General PwBD

    45th Percentile

    244

    182

    SC / ST / OBC (Including PwBD)

    40th Percentile

    227

    168

    How to Check NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff?

    To check the NEET MDS 2025 cutoff, students need to follow these steps given below:

    • Visit the official NBEMS website (natboard.edu.in or nbe.edu.in).
    • Navigate to the “NEET MDS 2025” section.
    • Click on the “Result” link.
    • Click on the link provided for the result and open it
    • The result PDF of NEET MDS mentions the cutoff marks and percentile
    • Download and save the pdf for future reference

    Why is the NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff Revised?

    The NEET MDS 2025 cutoff is revised mainly to fill the empty seats during the NEET MDS counselling 2025 process. In the past, NBEMS has lowered the cutoff in accordance with the Dental Council of India (DCI) and MoHFW when there are not enough qualifying candidates to occupy the available MDS seats.

    This approach of reducing the NEET MDS qualifying percentile 2025 helps dental colleges increase their enrollment, especially in less popular specialisations or private/deemed institutes.

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    Have a question related to NEET MDS ?

    Hello aspirant,

    The counseling process for NEET MDS 2024 is now complete. The final seat allocation outcome for the Online Stray Vacancy Round, or Round 4, was announced on September 7, 2024. Out of 159 available seats, seats have been awarded to as many as 40 contenders. The period of

    Hello aspirant,
    Yes, a student who secures a seat through the NEET MDS exam and later gets selected in the INI CET exam can leave the NEET MDS seat. There is no specific provision for debarment or any other penalty in such cases.

    However, it's important to note that:

    • Counseling

    The validity of using an acknowledgement receipt for MUHS counselling depends on their specific requirements. Here's what you can do:

    • MUHS Website: Check the official MUHS counselling website for detailed document requirements. They might explicitly mention if an acknowledgement receipt for domicile is acceptable during the application stage.

    • Contact MUHS

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    If you're facing an error while paying the NEET PG counseling security fee, it could be due to high traffic or technical issues on the website. Here are a few steps you can try:


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    Hello there,

    Here are some colleges in India where you can apply for the MDS program through NEET MDS:

    1. King George's Medical University, Lucknow - Offers various specializations in MDS, including Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, and Conservative Dentistry. The 2024 cutoff for some of these courses was notably low,