# NEET SS qualifying percentile lowered to 30th after court order

2026-09-23T07:43:28+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 2 independent outlets

The NBEMS has reduced the qualifying percentile for NEET SS 2025 from the 50th to the 30th percentile, following a Supreme Court order dated September 17, 2026. The revised cutoffs vary across groups, including Anaesthesiology at 249 and Obstetrics and Gynaecology at 325. Candidates who scored at or above the 30th percentile in their question paper group are now declared qualified. The decision came after the Centre told the Supreme Court that 1,857 super speciality seats remained vacant after the second counselling round. The government said lowering the threshold could make about 6,000 additional candidates eligible, and that the change would not affect group-specific ranks already announced. A Special Stray Vacancy Round will now be held for the vacant seats.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

The stories share the same core fact: the NBEMS lowered the NEET SS qualifying percentile to 30th after the Centre told the Supreme Court that 1,857 seats were vacant. The ABP report provides the full sequence and tabulates the new groupwise cutoffs. The NDTV text is extremely brief, using only the headline to note the Special Stray Vacancy Round. Between the two, ABP offers the more complete detail for a reader who needs the specific scores and the rationale from the Centre's court submission. The special round counselling dates and the counselling body responsible are the next concrete items to follow.

## Coverage

- news.abplive.com (neutral report) <https://news.abplive.com/education/neet-ss-2025-qualifying-percentile-lowered-major-relief-for-medical-aspirants-1867913>
  Led with relief for aspirants and full cutoff tables, neutral-report on the government's stated rationale
- ndtv.com (neutral report) <https://www.ndtv.com/education/neet-ss-counselling-2025-what-supreme-courts-special-stray-vacancy-round-order-means-for-candidates-12098046#publisher=newsstand>
  Headline-only story stating the court order effect, no additional framing

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