Anu Parthiban | May 7, 2025 | 08:08 AM IST | 2 mins read
NEET PG 2025: The Supreme Court has issued notice to NBEMS, NMC, and the Union health ministry on a petition challenging the two-shift exam format.
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NEW DELHI: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) will close the application facility for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - Postgraduate (NEET PG 2025) today, May 7. Aspirants will have to submit the NEET PG application form 2025 by tonight on the official website, natboard.edu.in.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has issued notice to NBEMS, National Medical Commission (NMC) and the Union health ministry on a petition challenging the NEET PG two-shift exam format. Several candidates have expressed concerns about the transparency and integrity of the exam, especially in light of last year’s controversies, including inflated marks, errors in state merit lists, and an unclear normalisation method.
NEET PG is held to fill 50% seats of All India Quota (AIQ), 100% seats of deemed and central universities, and 100% all India open DNB seats.
As per the schedule, NEET PG registration window will be open till 11.55 pm today. Candidates belonging to general, OBC, and EWS categories will have to pay Rs 3,500 as application fees, and SC, ST, PWD will have to deposit Rs 2,500.
The NBE has announced detailed instructions to upload photo, signature, and thumb impression. Before filling the application form, candidates have been instructed to ensure that the documents are in the right size and format.
Photograph | Signature | Thumb impression |
.jpg/.jpeg format | .jpeg/.jpg format | .jpg/.jpeg format. |
The size of image should be less than 80kb | Resize the image to 20 – 100 Kb | The size of image should be less than 80kb |
Colour photograph with white background | Signature done on the blank white page without lines only will be accepted | Use a fresh blue/black colour ink pad. |
45mm x 35mm | 1.5 cm (height) x 3.5 cm (width) | 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm (width x height) |
Reason for Rejection | ||
Cropped image | Signature not in rectangle box | Thumb impression in other than blue or black ink |
Not looking straight into camera | Signature not in full | Thumb impression taken via mobile phone/camera with dark background |
Black and white photographs | Initials are unacceptable | Incomplete thumb impression |
Improper flash or improper lighting | Signature in capital | Picture of thumb impression |
Photo taken with mobile phone (including “selfies”) | Signature is smaller in size. Instead of the box, entire page is scanned and uploaded. | Thumb impression uploaded is partly cropped / not scanned completely. |
Distortion due to enlargement of an original smaller image | Signature not in plain white background | Thumb impression is not clear |
Improper background or sunglasses | Signature and thumb impression in same box | Dry thumb impression |
Spectacle rim over eyes. | Signatures with dark background. | Thumb impression not in plain white background. |
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