The wait is about to end for thousands of medical PG candidates across the country, as the Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) has finally released the revised schedule of NEET PG 2025 counselling. Due to delay in approval of seat matrix, the date of commencement of counseling was postponed. Now MCC has reset the entire timeline, in which the biggest update is that the choice filling and choice locking of Round 1 will start from tomorrow i.e. 17th November.

This counseling will be applicable on 50 percent All India Quota (AIQ) seats, and 100 percent seats of deemed universities and central universities. Candidates will have to complete all the steps from registration to seat reporting online only through mcc.nic.in.

Process of Round 1 Counseling Choice Filling

The biggest change in the counseling of NEET PG 2025 is that the choice filling of Round 1 will now start from November 17, which will continue till the night of November 18. During this time, candidates will be able to choose their favorite college and course according to priority. The choice locking process will take place on November 18 from 4 pm to 11:55 pm. The verification of seat matrix across institutions before Round 1 will take place on October 23, while registration and fee payment will be completed by November 5. After this, MCC will do the seat allotment on 19th November and the result will be released on 20th November. Candidates who get seats will have to report between November 21 and 27, and the institutes will complete document verification between November 28 and 30.

Round 2 Counseling Choice Filling Process

The Round 2 process is shorter and faster. There will be seat matrix verification on 1st December and the facility of registration and option filling will be available from 2nd to 7th December. Choice locking will take place on the evening of 7th December. After this, seat allotment will take place on 8th and 9th December and the result will be declared on 10th December. Selected candidates will have to report from December 11 to 18, while document verification will take place from December 19 to 21. Round 2 is usually beneficial for those candidates who did not get a seat in Round 1 or want to upgrade.

Round 3 Choice Filling Process

The third and final regular round will begin with seat matrix verification on December 22. In this phase, registration will take place from 23rd to 28th December and the process of choice filling will continue from 24th to 28th December. Choice locking will take place on 28th December. Seat allotment will be completed on 29th and 30th December and the result will be released on 31st December 2025. Candidates will have to report between January 1 to January 8, 2026, while the institutes will conduct document verification from January 9 to 11. After this comes the Stray Vacancy round, which is the last chance for counselling. In this phase, if any seats remain vacant, they are filled.

In this round, seat matrix verification will be done on January 12, while registration and option filling will take place from January 13 to 18. Choice locking will take place on January 18, and the seat allotment process will be completed on January 19 to 20. Its result will be released on January 21 and candidates will be able to report till January 31, 2026.

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Another big update has come for medical students regarding the counseling of National Eligibility Entrance Test Post Graduate (NEET PG) 2025. Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) has extended the last date for choice filling of the first round. The reason for this is the information received from the National Medical Commission (NMC), in which it was told that after the start of counselling, the National Board of Examination (NBE) has withdrawn 169 PG DNB seats. Now students will have to wait for the next official announcement of MCC.

MCC informed that some extra seats have been removed from the counseling process and now the roster system is being re-implemented to ensure correct distribution of seats as per the reservation policy. Due to this, a revised seat matrix is ​​being prepared, which will soon be uploaded on the official website of MCC, mcc.nic.in.

Accordingly, changes will be made in the state level PG counseling programs also. This means that the new distribution of MD, MS and DNB seats will be released in all the states and students can again get a chance to choose the college of their choice.

What changed in the seats?

According to the issued notice, there have been many important changes in the seat matrix of the first phase. In this amendment, 49 MD and MS seats, and 54 DNB seats have been withdrawn. However, it is a matter of relief that 6 new seats have been added from private hospitals. There were a total of 25,760 seats in the seat matrix released earlier, but now this number has decreased slightly.

Seats as per new distribution

• All India Quota (AIQ) – 12,678 seats
• Central Internal Quota – 804 seats
• Deemed University Category – 6,156 seats
• DNB category – 9,122 seats

What was fixed in the old schedule?

According to the old schedule, the seat allotment result of the first round was to be released on November 8, 2025. At the same time, students had to complete the process of reporting and joining in their allotted college between November 9 and November 14, 2025. But now there is a possibility of change in all these dates.

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A big news is coming for medical students across the country. NEET PG 2025 counseling schedule is going to be released soon. Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) has indicated that candidates will soon be able to check the counseling dates on the official website mcc.nic.in. Candidates who have passed the NEET PG exam this year can now prepare to appear in the next stage i.e. the counseling process.

It has been told by MCC that NEET PG 2025 counseling schedule and dates will be uploaded on the website very soon. As soon as the notification is released, candidates will be able to visit mcc.nic.in to see the complete schedule, round information and registration dates.

This year also there will be a total of four rounds under the counseling process. Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and Stray Vacancy Round. Candidates will be allowed to make fresh applications for the first three rounds, while no fresh applications will be accepted for the stray vacancy round.

When will registration start?

The counseling registration process will start soon on the official website of MCC. Candidates are advised to keep a constant eye on the website so as not to miss any update.

What documents will be needed

Apply for counseling like this

• First of all go to the official website of MCC mcc.nic.in.
• Click on the link “NEET PG Counseling 2025 – Round 1 Registration” visible on the homepage.
• Now a new page will open, where the candidates will have to fill their application form.
• Fill your personal and educational details in the form and upload the required documents.
• Now pay the prescribed fee (Counselling Fee) online.
• After filling all the information click on “Submit” button.
• After completion of the application, save its PDF and keep a printout with you.
  

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