NEET PG 2021 Date- Announced: Exam to be held on 11th September 2021
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has announced the NEET PG 2021 exam date on 11th September 2021. Earlier, the exam was supposed to take place on 18th April 2021, but due to a pandemic, it is postponed. The NEET PG Admit Card will be released soon on its official website – nbe.edu.in.
Candidates can download the NEET PG hall ticket by providing their user id and password. The exam will be held online in 255 cities of India. In this article, candidates can check complete details regarding the examination.
Latest Update
On 13th July 2021, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Mansukh Mandaviya announced that the NEET PG exam will take place on 11th September 2021. Students can check the official tweet and notification below.
DBMCI NEET PG – Latest Update
In this video, Dr Nachiket Bhatia is giving us the latest update of NEET PG. Also, he is guiding students how to strategise their preparation effectively.
NEET PG 2021 Exam Pattern
The NEET will be conducted online for 3 hours and 30 minutes. A total of 200 questions from pre-clinical, clinical, and para clinical subjects. Students can check complete NEET PG Exam Scheme here.
NEET PG Cutoff 2021
Applicants who are appearing for the exam must secure the qualifying percentile as mentioned by the authority. However, the cutoff mark varies from category to category. Hence, the applicants can check the cutoff scores below.
- The cutoff for the general category is 50th percentile
- While, the cutoff for ST/SC category is 40th percentile.
NBE NEET PG 2021- Overview
| Particulars | Details regarding exam |
| Exam Date of NEET PG | 11th September 2021 |
| Conducting Body | National Board of Examinations (NBE) |
| Official Website | nbe.edu.in |
| Exam Category | Post Graduate |
| Test Cities | 255 |
| Total seats for NEET PG | 19,953 (MD), 10,821 (MS), 1979 (PG Diploma), 1338 (DNB CET) |
| Total Number of Colleges accepting NEET PG Scores | 6102 (MD/MS/PG Diploma) and 649 Hospitals (DNB) |
| Institutes not covered by NEET PG | AIIMS, PGIMER Chandigarh, JIPMER Puducherry, NIMHANS Bengaluru, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technolgy, Trivandrum |
| Students Registered for NEET 2021 | 1,74,886 |
| Number of students registered for NEET PG 2020 | 1,67, 102 |
| Number of candidates appeared | 1,60,888 |
| Qualified Candidates | 89,549 |
Changes made in NEET PG 2021
This year, there were five major changes in the NEET PG Information Brochure.
- Increase in the application fees.
- The number of examination centres increased.
- Reduction in the number of questions and total marks.
- Deduction in the tie-breaking criteria factors.
- Changes in the exam timings.
Lastly, we advise the students to check the official website frequently for the latest updates. If you are facing any issues in the preparation, then do check – Last 60 days strategy for NEET PG Preparation- by Dr Rajat Jain.
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