What is the NEET PG seat allocation process?

How has the availability of NEET PG seats changed lately?

Which states have the highest number of government & private NEET PG seats?

What happens if a candidate fails to report to the allotted college?

NEET PG Seats In India Overview 2025: Government & Private Colleges

During the 2025-26 academic year, the number of postgraduate medical seats in India has increased significantly compared to a decade ago. Publicly available government-cited data indicate that PG medical seats have increased from approximately 31,000 seats in 2013-14 to over 70,000 seats by 2024-25, across government, private, and deemed medical colleges. These seats include MD, MS, Diploma, and DNB programmes and are distributed across various counselling channels such as the All India Quota (AIQ), State Quota, and DNB seats. Exact seat availability for each year is published through official counselling bodies (such as MCC and state authorities) in their respective seat-matrix releases.

NEET PG SEAT ALLOCATION PROCESS

NEET PG is administered by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), which publishes the merit list on candidates' NEET PG scores. The merit list contains names of the candidates who are eligible for counselling for seats in the 50% All India Quota (AIQ) category. Admission to MD, MS, and DNB programs is decided through this counselling.

The counselling for AIQ seats, along with Deemed/Central Universities, ESIC, and AFMS institutes, is conducted under the supervision of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), while the rest of the 50% seats under state quotas are handled by respective state counselling bodies.

To take part in NEET PG Counselling, candidates need to:

Register on the MCC official website.
Pay the registration fee.
Fill in their course and college preferences.

After registration, MCC releases the seat allotment result, which allots seats on the basis of candidates' All India Rank (AIR) and their filled options. For AIQ seats, MCC processes four rounds of counselling:

First round
Second round
Mop-up round
Stray vacancy round

Such a process ensures seat distribution based on merit, with the reservation policy (SC, ST, OBC, EWS, PwD) and seat availability at government and private institutions being considered.

State-wise Number of Government Medical Seats & Colleges

This section presents a breakdown of NEET PG seats offered in government medical colleges across different states, along with the number of institutions.

State	Government medical colleges	Total number of government PG medical seats in India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1	9
Andhra Pradesh	12	873
Arunachal Pradesh	1	11
Assam	9	351
Bihar	40	468
Chandigarh	2	113
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	13
Delhi	32	1368
Goa	2	76
Gujarat	32	861
Haryana	20	331
Himachal Pradesh	7	140
Jammu and Kashmir	25	535
Jharkhand	6	154
Karnataka	53	945
Kerala	19	470
Madhya Pradesh	28	662
Maharashtra	60	1785
Manipur	1	83
Meghalaya	3	26
Mizoram	1	7
Nagaland	1	6
Odisha	15	327
Pondicherry	4	74
Punjab	27	268
Rajasthan	43	1140
Sikkim	0	0
Tamil Nadu	36	1177
Telangana	20	719
Tripura	2	55
Uttar Pradesh	88	1569
Uttarakhand	4	92
West Bengal	90	992

State-wise Number of Private Medical Seats & Colleges

Given below is the distribution of NEET PG seats offered in private medical colleges across different states, along with the number of institutions.

State	Private medical colleges	Total number of private medical PG seats in India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	0
Andhra Pradesh	55	269
Arunachal Pradesh	0	0
Assam	16	110
Bihar	14	60
Chandigarh	0	0
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0	0
Delhi	49	478
Goa	1	5
Gujarat	33	88
Haryana	42	310
Himachal Pradesh	0	0
Jammu and Kashmir	1	2
Jharkhand	12	137
Karnataka	90	710
Kerala	88	709
Madhya Pradesh	24	120
Maharashtra	107	837
Manipur	2	12
Meghalaya	3	23
Mizoram	0	0
Nagaland	1	14
Odisha	17	135
Pondicherry	3	11
Punjab	32	179
Rajasthan	45	197
Sikkim	1	2
Tamil Nadu	115	850
Telangana	87	500
Tripura	1	2
Uttar Pradesh	71	438
Uttarakhand	7	26
West Bengal	42	324