NEET UG Counselling 2025: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has put on hold the NEET UG 2025 round one choice filing and choice locking facility. The Committee has not shared any reason for the hold, but has mentioned that the revised schedule will be released shortly. “The Choice Filling & Choice Locking for Round-1 has been put on hold. The revised schedule will be announced shortly,” read the official website.
According to the revised NEET UG counselling schedule for 2025, candidates were required to submit and lock their choices by August 4. The round 1 seat allotment results were initially set to be released on August 6. However, the schedule was extended to accommodate Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), who had requested additional time to obtain their certificates from designated centres.
In addition, the counselling committee had advised all participating institutions under the All India Quota (AIQ)—including central universities, deemed universities, AIIMS, and BSc nursing colleges involved in the NEET UG 2025 counselling for MBBS, BDS, and BSc Nursing programmes — to verify the accuracy of the tentative vacancies listed in the MCC seat matrix.
Meanwhile, the Committee (MCC) has approved the conversion of 188 candidates from Indian to NRI status for the NEET UG 2025 counselling process. These candidates were required to submit their scanned documents to MCC via email at ug.nri.mcc@gmail.com, no later than August 3, 2025. The list of NRI candidates was compiled following a thorough review of documents submitted by applicants, ensuring compliance with the eligibility criteria set by MCC.
Additionally, despite a significant 39 per cent increase in MBBS seats over the past few years, a considerable number of undergraduate medical seats remain vacant across India, data from the National Medical Commission (NMC) reveals. The data was presented in the Lok Sabha on August 1 by Anupriya Patel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The unstarred question was asked by a member of the Telugu Desam Party, Putta Mahesh Kumar.
The number of MBBS seats rose from 83,275 in 2020–21 to 1,15,900 by 2024–25; however, the number of vacant UG seats (excluding AIIMS and JIPMER) peaked at 4,146 in 2022–23, before witnessing a gradual decline to 2,849 in 2024–25.
