Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2025: 570 in-service doctors in list; how incentive marks are calculated

The Selection Committee of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research has published a list of 570 in-service doctors who have been awarded incentive marks for PG medical admission through Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2025 counselling under the government quota.

As per the official notification, the incentive marks have been calculated based on the number of years or months served in government postings. A maximum of 30% of incentive marks will be awarded as per MCI Regulations.

A total of 570 candidates have applied as in-service for admission to postgraduate degree and diploma courses in government medical colleges, and government quota seats in self-financing medical colleges. Out of which, around 30-35 candidates have been awarded zero marks, possibly due to incomplete service period or lack of verified service record.

The selection committee followed the guidelines given below, in line with the Supreme Court order, to award the incentive marks.

• NEET PG incentive marks will be awarded for completed years as on March 31, 2025.
• In completed years, fractionalization of marks based on the number of months worked in particular stations — Difficult Hill (10%), Difficult Plain (9%), Remote (8%), and Rural (5%).
• Incentive Marks will not be awarded for fractioned service month periods.
• Maximum of 30% of incentive marks will be awarded.

Candidates were allowed to verify their service incentive marks and flag discrepancies if any through the grievance portal — pggrievances.tnmedicalonline.co.in — by 12 noon on October 27.

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Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2025: How incentive marks are awarded

When a medical officer has worked 2 years 8 months 23 days in a difficult hill area, incentive marks will be awarded for 2 years only. The TN Selection Committee gave the following example.

If “X” works in a difficult hill area for 5 months, 20 days, in his next posting he works in a difficult plain for a period of 1 year, 5 months, 5 days and in another posting he works for 7 months, 3 days respectively as on 31.03.2025. The incentive marks are calculated as given below.

“Total incentive years = 1 completed year in difficult plain plus 17 months (5 months in Difficult Hill+ 5 months in Difficult plain+ 7 months in Rural). 12 months = 1 year. Rest of the 5 months (Least incentive mark area) will be left, since fractionalized months will not be accounted for calculating marks,” the committee explained.

Ineligible candidates for TN NEET PG 2025

In separate lists, the officials details of ineligible candidates under government, management, NRI, and minority quotas. Grievance portals for such candidates will remain open till October 29.

A total of five candidates have been declared ineligible under the government quota and 24 under the 20% CMC quota.

Previously, the committee has reported that 332 candidates are ineligible under the government quota, 265 under the NRI category, 221 under the management quota, 35 under Christian minority, 59 under Telugu minority, and nine under the Malayalam minority.

After reviewing the grievances, a total of five candidates remain ineligible and 24 out of the 35 candidates under the Christian minority quota continue to be ineligible.