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(the information is updated up to july-2021. -Academic year : 2020-2021)

Aspirants who are preparing for NEET PG exam must be curious to know about the total number of NEET PG seats in India. While seeking admission in medical colleges for PG courses, candidates often want to know about the statewise list of NEET PG seats. This article aims to help them to provide detail about the total number of NEET PG seats in India.

As per the data, there are around 42, 182 PG medical seats in India. This includes seats for MD (Doctor of Medicine), MS (Master of Surgery) and Diploma course. NBE conducts NEET PG exam annually to fill these number of seats in medical colleges across the country. Candidates will find the statewise number of NEET PG seats in the article. But before that, let's understand about seat allocation process for NEET PG 2021. NEET PG 2022 exam will be held on May 21 in online mode.

NEET PG 2022 Latest Update

NEET PG 2022 exam was scheduled to be held on March 12 but it was postponed by 6-8 weeks. Centre decided to postpone the exam after students demanded so and moved to Supreme Court. They also urged the court to extend the cutoff date as many of the aspirants couldn't complete their internship due to COVId-19 crisis in the existing deadline. Finally, the government extended the cuttoff deadline to July 31.

NEET PG Seats Allocation Process

On the basis of the NEET PG result, NBE releases merit list for 50% All India Quota (AIQ) candidates. The merit list mentions the names of those candidates who are called for the NEET PG counselling round. Candidates get admission into MD/MS/DNB courses on the basis of counselling. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts the counselling for 50% AIQ, Deemed/Central Universities, ESIC/AFMS institutes while the respective state counselling authority holds the counselling session for the rest of the 50% seats.

To participate in the NEET PG counselling, candidates have to register on the official website of MCC, pay the registration fee, and fill the choice of course or colleges. Finally, MCC releases the result of NEET PG counselling 2021 in the form of a seat allotment list. NEET PG seats are allocated based on the options filled by the candidates and their All India Rank. A Total of four rounds of counseling, first, second, mop-up, and stray vacany round will be conducted by MCC for All India Quota seats.

Over the year an increase in NEET PG seats

The government has increased the number of PG seats over the years to strengthen the healthcare delivery system in India. In 2014, there were 23,000 PG seats in both the government and private medical colleges across the country, as per the data. In 2020-21, the total PG seats rose to around 44, 000 which includes 36,192 MD/MS seats and 8000 DNB/FNB seats.

NEET PG Seats State-wise list

The table given below mentions the state wise number of medical colleges and PG MD/MS/Diploma seats in 2021.

Name of the State	No. of colleges	Seats
Andhra Pradesh	31	2371
A & N Island	1	0
Assam	8	715
Arunachal Pradesh	1	0
Bihar	18	856
Chandigarh	1	557
Chhattisgarh	10	206
D & N Haveli	1	0
Delhi	10	2715
Goa	1	119
Gujarat	30	2127
Haryana	12	554
Himachal Pradesh	7	318
Jammu & Kashmir	9	568
Jharkhand	8	227
Karnataka	61	5379
Kerala	31	1587
Madhya Pradesh	23	1548
Maharashtra	60	4922
Manipur	2	210
Meghalaya	1	35
Mizoram	1	0
Nagaland	0	0
Orissa	12	852
Pondicherry	9	817
Punjab	11	734
Rajasthan	24	1841
Sikkim	1	22
Tamil Nadu	53	4255
Telangana	34	2237
Tripura	2	84
Uttar Pradesh	57	2836
Uttarakhand	6	1732
West Bengal	26	1758
Total	562	42,182

Besides the above, there are 9795 DNB/FNB seats and 2432 CPS Diploma seats available in the country.

State wise details of PG Seats in the country (Data based on NMC website as on 25.06.2021) including PGIMER (Chandigarh), AIIMS (New Delhi) and JIPMER (Puducherry)

		Government						Private						Total (Govt. and Pvt.)
Sl. No.	State/UT	MD	MS	MCH	DM	Dip.	Total	MD	MS	MCH	DM	Dip.	Total	MD	MS	MCH	DM	Dip.	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	616	353	39	42	15	1065	797	444	24	30	11	1306	1413	797	63	72	26	2371
2	Assam	425	238	23	25	4	715	0	0	0	0	0	0	425	238	23	25	4	715
3	Bihar	345	238	19	12	24	638	137	81	0	0	0	218	482	319	19	12	24	856
4	Chandigarh	301	155	52	49	0	557	0	0	0	0	0	0	301	155	52	49	0	557
5	Chhattisgarh	201	98	19	10	0	328	23	3	0	0	0	26	224	101	19	10	0	354
6	Delhi	1264	631	223	446	117	2681	30	19	0	0	0	49	1294	650	223	446	117	2730
7	Goa	89	28	2	0	0	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	28	2	0	0	119
8	Gujarat	1022	555	58	47	28	1710	289	120	3	2	3	417	1311	675	61	49	31	2127
9	Haryana	209	75	8	2	0	294	171	81	4	4	0	260	380	156	12	6	0	554
10	Himachal Pradesh	125	81	3	4	13	226	63	29	0	0	0	92	188	110	3	4	13	318
11	Jammu & Kashmir	274	198	17	18	14	521	30	17	0	0	0	47	304	215	17	18	14	568
12	Jharkhand	135	63	7	2	20	227	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	63	7	2	20	227
13	Karnataka	758	399	73	84	14	1328	2595	1208	103	117	28	4051	3353	1607	176	201	42	5379
14	Kerala	559	290	75	80	11	1015	340	144	26	50	12	572	899	434	101	130	23	1587
15	Madhya Pradesh	612	327	28	15	8	990	350	193	8	7	0	558	962	520	36	22	8	1548
16	Maharashtra	1691	797	135	102	61	2786	1287	774	34	36	5	2136	2978	1571	169	138	66	4922
17	Manipur	119	80	3	2	6	210	0	0	0	0	0	0	119	80	3	2	6	210
18	Meghalaya	23	10	0	2	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	10	0	2	0	35
19	Orissa	382	192	41	44	3	662	176	92	12	32	0	312	558	284	53	76	3	974
20	Pondicherry	146	73	20	32	19	290	343	178	5	1	0	527	489	251	25	33	19	817
21	Punjab	228	144	2	0	22	396	211	98	11	18	0	338	439	242	13	18	22	734
22	Rajasthan	969	427	96	96	0	1588	300	144	30	32	0	506	1269	571	126	128	0	2094
23	Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	22	18	4	0	0	0	22
24	Tamil Nadu	1093	743	189	180	176	2381	1067	576	89	136	6	1874	2160	1319	278	316	182	4255
25	Telangana	606	284	68	78	17	1053	764	396	12	8	4	1184	1370	680	80	86	21	2237
26	Tripura	52	27	0	0	0	79	4	1	0	0	0	5	56	28	0	0	0	84
27	Uttar Pradesh	885	497	104	122	69	1677	786	365	0	0	8	1159	1671	862	104	122	77	2836
28	Uttarakhand	612	241	285	282	92	1512	137	70	5	2	6	220	749	311	290	284	98	1732
29	West Bengal	855	486	83	114	90	1628	83	31	0	0	16	130	938	517	83	114	106	1758
	Total	14596	7730	1672	1890	823	26711	10001	5068	366	475	99	16009	24597	12798	2038	2365	922	42720

Minister Pawar also informed the Parliament that the norms of establishing medical colleges in the country have been specified under the Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999.

"The National Medical Commission (NMC) has also framed Minimum Requirement Regulations, 2020 which provide for minimum standards viz. requirement of land, infrastructure, faculty, residents, equipments for the medical colleges. The applicant medical college must fulfil these requirements in order to obtain permission from the NMC as mandated under the NMC Act, 2019. The permission is granted only after physical verification of the infrastructure, human resources and other facilities," further mentioned the Minister adding that during the last academic session 2020-21, no medical college has been derecognized.

Medical colleges in India offers 74 Postgraduate M.D/M.S courses:

List of Courses to Study MD MS in India:

M.D./M.S. Courses	Total Intake (Seats) in India
Anaesthesia	2463 seats
Dermatology, Venerology & Leprosy	707 seats
General Medicine	3188 seats
M.D. Pediatrics	1672 seats
M.D. Psychiatry	652 seats
Radiology/Radio Diagnosis	1212 seats
Radiotherphy	303 seats
Respiratory Medicine	491 seats
Obstetrics & Gynaecology	2013 seats
Ophthalmology	1174 seats
M.S. ENT	784 seats
General Surgery	2901 seats
M.S. Orthopedics	1489 seats
M.D. Pathology	1533 seats
Microbilogy	908 seats
Forensic Medicine	415 seats
Community Medicine	919 seats
M.D. Pharmacology	839 seats
M.D./M.S. Anatomy	830 seats
BioChemistry	636 seats
M.D. Physiology	815 seats

PG Diploma Admission 2019

Diploma in PG Medicine is a 2 years postgraduate diploma programme.

Medical colleges in India offers 39 PG Diploma courses.

List of Courses to Study PG Diploma in India:

PG Diploma Courses	Total Intake (Seats) in India
Diploma in Anesthesia	644 seats
Diploma in Child Health	547 seats
Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy	133 seats
Obstetrics & Gynaecology	693 seats
Diploma in Ophthalmology	351 seats
Diploma in Orthopaedics	306 seats
Oto-Rhino-Laryngology	221 seats
Diploma in Psychiatry Medicine	135 seats
Diploma in Radio-Diagnosis	287 seats
Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases	97 seats
Diploma in Clinical Pathology	254 seats
Diploma in Forensic Medicine	24 seats
Public Health	90 seats

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET-PG)

NEET-PG for admission to MD/MS/Post Graduate Diploma courses conducted by National Board of Examinations.

The cost of NEET PG entrance exam is Rs 3750 (General & OBC students) & Rs 2750 (SC, ST & PH students).

It is held across 148 cities all over India.

It’s 3 hours 30 minutes entrance exam which consists of 300 multiple choice question.

NEET PG 2019 Entrance exam schedule:

NEET PG 2019 online application start date:	2nd November 2018
Last date to apply for NEET PG 2019:	22nd November 2018
Admit card download date:	30 December 2018
NEET PG exam date:	6th January 2019
Results announcement date:	By 31st January 2019

NEET PG 2019 exam pattern:

Syllabus	No. of Questions	Total Marks
Anatomy	17	68
Phisiology	17	68
Biochemistry	16	64
Pathology	25	100
Pharmacology	20	80
Microbiology	20	80
Forensic Medicine	10	40
Social & Preventive Medicine	25	100
General Medicine, Dermatology, Venerelogy,Psychiatry	45	180
Obstetrics & Gynaecology	30	120
Peadiatrics	10	40
ENT	10	40
Ophthalmology	10	40

NEET PG 2019 Eligibility Criteria:

Indian Students:

Candidates pursuing MBBS Degree or having provisional MBBS Pass certificate from Institutions recognized by Indian Medical Council (MCI).

Must have a certificate of MBBS qualification issued by MCI or State Medical Council.

Completed one year of internships on or before 31st March 2019.

Foreign Medical Graduates:

Candidates who had pursued MBBS degree from colleges outside India must pass FMGE Screening test.

Completed their internships before 31st March 2019 are eligible for NEET PG 2019 exam.

Foreign Students:

Foreign Students can apply for NEET PG 2019 without MCI registration.

After payment of NEET PG application fees, MCI can allow Foreign Students to write NEET PG 2018 exams.

About National Board Of Examinations (NBE):

NBE was established in 1975 by Govt. of India with the objective of improving the quality of medical education in modern medicine.

It’s objective is to conduct Postgraduate medical examinations of a high standard on all India basis.

It conducts various exams on all India basis through Computer-based platform:

DNB CET for Postgraduate DNB courses
Diploma courses (DNB PD CET)
Super specialty (DNB CET SS) courses
FMGE Screening test for students pursuing MBBS degree outside India.
NEET-SS for admission to Super Speciality (DM/MCH) courses.
NEET MDS for PG Dental (MDS) admission in India.

NEET PG is an eligibility cum ranking examination for various MD/MS & PG Diploma courses in India.

It is also a single window entrance examination for PG courses.

No other entrance exam is valid for entry to MD/MS/PG Diploma courses as per India Medical Council Act.

NEET PG exam score is used for MD MS & PG Diploma admission in Medical colleges of India.

Directorate General of Health Services conducts counseling for All India 50% quota seats, Central government Institutions, & Deemed Universities.

State Counselling Authorities will conduct counseling for State quota seats, Private medical colleges & universities.

The scope of NEET PG 2019:

NEET PG 2019 exam is conducted for MD MS seats under:

All India 50% quota seats in all states except Jammu & Kashmir.

MD/MS/PG Diploma seats in all states and union territories of India including Jammu Kashmir.

All PG seats in Private medical college and Deemed Universities in India.

Armed Forces Medical Service Institutions PG Medical seats.

DNB Broad Speciality Courses for January 2019 academic session.

However, few Medical Institutions PG seats will not be under centralized counseling for MD MS Admission through NEET-PG 2019.

AIIMS, New Delhi
PGIMER, Chandigarh
JIPMER, Puducherry
NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science, Trivandrum

50% All India Quota MD MS Seats:

All India students can apply for 50% AIQ quota MD MS seats.

Candidates who completed their MBBS from Jammu & Kashmir are not eligible for 50% All India quota seats.

Only those candidates who are nominated by Govt. of India to study MBBS in Jammu & Kashmir through central quota seats are eligible for 50% ALL India quota seats.

Those students must submit duly signed affidavit along with NEET PG application form to participate in All India 50% quota seats.

 PG Medical Counseling 2019

Medical Counseling Commettee (MCC) conducts counseling for 50% All India quota seats, central govt., & deemed universities medical colleges.

Direcotorate of State medical education of all states and union territories conducts counseling for state government and private colleges.

You must apply for MCC and State Medical Counseling for MD MS admission through NEET-PG exam.

NEET PG MCC Counseling Registration Fee:

Seats type	Non-Refindable Fee	Refundable deposit
Govt. Quota seats (General)	Rs 1000	Rs 25000
Govt. seats (SC/ST/OBC/PH)	Rs 500	Rs 10000
Deemed University	Rs 5000	Rs 200000
Both (Govt. & Deemed)	Rs 5000	Rs 200000

NEET PG Counseling for state quota seats:

State PG medical counseling is conducted for 50% of seats in Govt. colleges and all seats in Private Colleges.

The cost of State PG counseling registration fee is Rs 1000 – Rs 5000 for each states and union territories.

You must also fulfill the domicile eligibility criteria to apply for state quota seats PG medical counseling.

You can only apply for Govt. PG Medical seats in state counseling, if You’re a Domicile student of that state.

Non Domicile students are generally not allowed to participate in state quota counseling in most of the states of India.

But Karnataka & few other states allows non-domicile students to apply for state quota counseling.

In such cases. If you are non-domicile students can only apply for MD MS seats in private medical colleges.

NEET PG 2019 MCC Counseling Schedule:

MCC counseling registration start date:	March 2019 (Dates to be announced)
College choice filling and locking:	March 2019
MCC counseling 1st round results announcement:	By 28th March 2019
Reporting to the allotted medical college:	30th March to 5th April 2019
MCC counseling round-2 registration start date:	April 2019 (Dates to be announced)
2nd round college choice filling and locking:	April 2019
2nd Round Counseling result announcement:	By 12th April 2019
Reporting to the college allotted in 2nd round:	15th April 2019 to 23 April 2019
Mop Up Round registration start date:	May 2019 (Dates to be announced)
Mop Up Round College choice filling and locking:	May 2019
Announcement of Mop Up round results:	By 19th May 2019
Reporting to the allotted college in Mop up round:	20 May 2019 to 26 May 2019
Last Date for admission in MD MS 2019:	31st May 2019

Required Documents for NEET PG Counseling:

NEET PG 2019 Admit Card
PG NEET 2019 Exam Score Card
10th, 12th, MBBS Marks Card
Candidate Photos
Adhar Card or Identity Proof
Internship Certificate

Minimum eligibility criteria for NEET PG Counseling:

Must have a valid score in NEET PG Entrance exam:
General category: 50th Percentile
SC/ST/OBC category: 40th Percentile

Completed Internship on or before 31st March 2019.

Merit List Based on NEET PG results:

NEET PG rank card is declared on basis of Your overall position among all appearing students in NEET PG 2019.

All India 50% quota rank is valid only for 50% all India quota PG medical seats.

For OBC, SC, ST category students, All India 50% quota category rank is valid for 50% state quota PG medical seats.

Medical authorities designated by State governments will conduct counseling for 50% state quota seats.

Also for Medical colleges established by trust, society, company or Minority Institutions in that state.

Counseling for Seats under Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) Institutions will be conducted by MCC & DGHS, New Delhi.

You must select AFMS Institution’s options while applying for NEET PG exams and should have the eligibility criteria as mentioned by MCI.

MD MS PG Diploma course fee:

College Type	Annual tuition Fee	Stipend
Govt. medical colleges	Rs 10000 – Rs 1 lakh	Rs 50000
Central Universities	Rs 50000 – Rs 1 lakh	Rs 60000
Deemed medical colleges	Rs 20 lakh – 25 lakh	Rs 35000
Private Medical colleges	Rs 10 Lakh – 12 Lakh	Rs 40000

Direct Admission in MD MS

If you want to study PG Medical courses after successfully qualifying NEET PG 2019?

We can help you with Direct Admission through vacant seat left after Mop Up round counseling.

After Mop Up round counseling is over, PG medical vacant seats are transferred back to the institution.

During counseling, seats are allotted to all the participants, but many students don’t report to the colleges to complete the admission.

If You fail to report to the allotted college within time, the seat allotted will be canceled.

Due to high college tuition fee especially for NRI/Management seats in deemed and private colleges few MD MS seats remain vacant.

MD MS vacant seats of any college are transferred back to institution to conduct a stray vacancy counseling.

At Stray vacancy counseling, you get the opportunity to choose your desired MD MS course in negotiable fees.

We help you get MD MS direct admission through Management seats in Private & Deemed Medical Colleges.

If you want to know more about MD MS Admission, Schedule a free consultation with us.

Essential documents for MD MS Direct Admission:

Admit card issued by NBE
Results score card issued by NBE
Marksheet of MBBS 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-year examination
MBBS Degree certificate/Provisional Degree certificate
Internship Completion Certificate issued by the college.
A provisional Registration certificate issued by MCI
Higher education Class 10th, 10+2 certificate
ID Proof such as PAN or Aadhar card

All documents must be original to complete the admission process.

No xerox copies are accepted, original documents are submitted to college for the entire course duration.

Payment of 1st-year college tuition fee.

To get MD MS Direct admission, You should have at least 50 percentile in NEET PG 2019.

It is mandatory to pass NEET PG to study PG medical across the nation.

MD MS Direct Admission 2019.cal NRI/Management Quota Fee Checklist – Download 

Due to the high demand for PG Medical courses in India, few seats are kept reserved for limited students.

Management seats are only available once you qualify NEET PG entrance exam.

Securing a PG Medical seat in government medical college is difficult for all the candidates.

But through management quota, You can study MD MS in medical colleges of India.

You can make use of this opportunity if You haven’t secured good marks in NEET PG exams.

NRI/Management quota MD MS seats in Medical colleges:

15% NRI seats available in some Govt. colleges, private and deemed colleges for NRI, OCI, PIO and foreign national students.

5% of seats in private & 60% seats in deemed colleges available under management quota for Indian students.

NRI vacant seats in private and deemed institution are converted to management seats before Mop Up round counseling.

Thus increasing the number of Management quota seats for Indian students.

Top MD MS courses with high demand are available under NRI/Management seats.

If you want MD MS admission through management quota, You must start preparing for NEET entrance examination.

It is compulsory to pass NEET PG to study MD MS PG Diploma in India.

Direct admission for MD MS is one of the easiest admission procedure to follow for studying PG Medical.

Conclusion:

To study MD MS in a low budget package score more in NEET PG entrance exam.

Medical Council of India has brought many rules such as NEET PG exam and Centralised counseling.

NEET PG exam and Centralised counselings via NEET PG exam score are conducted to make transparency in medical admission.

Few NRI/Management quota seats in private deemed medical colleges remain vacant even after a 3rd round of counseling.

In private & deemed colleges management seats annual tuition fee is 3 times higher than the normal fees.

Due to the highest number of PG Medical seats in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, few management seats remain vacant.

If you want to study MD MS, Let us know for admission in private medical colleges through Management Quota.