NEET-PG counselling guides
Last updated · Reviewed by Dr. Rajiv Marechal
Written from the official counselling documents and allotment records.
Written from the official counselling documents and allotment records.
MCC's All India rounds, the state counsellings, reading closing ranks, documents, deposits and the choices between an MCC seat and a state seat.
Get the most out of FindMyBranchA start-to-finish season plan using every feature: how to answer the wizard, read a result card, build the round plan, shortlist and a 100-row choice list, act in each round, and the ten mistakes that cost seats.After your NEET-PG result: what to do nextThe steps to take once your result is out, in order, so you are ready before counselling starts.How NEET-PG counselling worksAll India Quota, state quota, deemed universities and DNB seats, and what actually happens in each round from Round 1 to the stray vacancy round.How to read a closing rankWhy the same seat closes at very different ranks in different rounds, why category cutoffs cannot be estimated from each other, and the traps that make a number lie.MCC counselling rules, explained simplyWhich seats MCC fills, who can apply, reserved seats, the registration fee and security deposit, what you can do in each of the four rounds, and when you lose your deposit. From MCC's 2026 bulletin.Tamil Nadu and PuducherryTamil Nadu ranks you on its own GRANK, keeps a second merit list for management seats, and includes in-service candidates. Puducherry's CENTAC uses your All India Rank.Karnataka (KEA)Karnataka fills its state seats through KEA using your All India Rank. Who can take government seats, the rounds, 2025-26 fees, bond and stipend.NEET-PG documents checklistEvery paper MCC and the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee ask for, the exact form each must be in, and the mistakes (an unstamped internship certificate, a state-format OBC certificate) that can cost an allotted seat.MCC seat in hand, state result comingFour questions, one verdict: keep the MCC seat, resign it in time for the state seat, or wait. Built on the resignation, deposit and Round 3 rules and the MCC-state data exchange.NEET-PG choice fillingHow to order a choice list so a good seat is never lost to a worse one you listed higher.Free exit and the security depositWhen you can leave a seat without losing anything, and when leaving costs you the deposit.Freeze or Float: MCC's 2026 upgrade ruleReport in person and stay, or upload online and try for a better seat: how the two paths work, what happens when you upgrade, and how each affects leaving a seat.Round 3, mop-up and the stray roundWhat changes in the last rounds: who can join, what you lose by taking a seat, and how stray seats behave.NEET-PG stipend and service bond, state by stateThe stipend (the monthly pay during PG) and the service bond (the years you must work for the government after PG), for every state we have on record, and which ones we do not have yet.PG essentials: things you'll need after your seatThe first-year kit every resident uses, plus the standard textbook and branch kit for all 27 MD/MS branches, each as a best, smart-buy and budget pick.MCC NEET-PG closing ranks by specialtyThe NEET-PG closing rank for every specialty, college by college: All India Quota, DNB and deemed seats, from MCC's own results.
Or go straight to your own numbers. Enter your NEET-PG rank and see what seats have actually closed at, by category and quota, from 2020 to 2025.
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