India, Feb. 17 -- The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has informed the Supreme Court of India that 95,913 additional candidates have become eligible for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2025 counselling after the qualifying percentile was reduced, cautioning that any interference at this stage would directly affect these candidates.

In an affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the lowering of the NEET-PG cut-off, NBEMS said that the number of qualified candidates increased from 1,28,116 under the earlier criteria to 2,24,029 under the revised criteria. "It is ex-facie apparent that pursuant to the lowering of cut off 95,913 additional candidates have now become eligibl...