There are a total of 9,814 MD, MS and PG Diploma seats available for NEET PG Counselling candidates this year, the maximum being in the speciality of MD General Medicine with 1,048 seats.
The confirmation of this aggregate comes from the recently released seat matrix on the official website of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) indicating the number of MD, MS and PG Diploma seats being offered for NEET PG Counselling as per the categories available in medical institutes across the country.
The NEET PG Counselling process has begun from 12th January. For Round 1, candidates have to first register with the MCC. After the registration, they will have to select and lock their medical college preferences from the options available till January 17. The verification of candidates by the respective institutes would be conducted from January 18 to January 19, 2022. This will be followed by the seat allotment process, on January 20 and 21. The result will be declared on January 22, 2022.
The last date of joining after the completion of overall counselling procedures including stray vacancy round is 16th March 2022 for AIQ seats and 10th March 2022 for state counselling candidates.
According to the seat matrix for NEET PG Counselling 2021 for candidates seeking PG medical admissions under AIQ quota this year, the maximum number having 1,048 seats are available in MD General Medicine.
NEET PG Seat Matrix 2021 – 22 Session
| MD, MS, PG Diploma Specialities | Number of Seats |
| M.D. (GENERAL MEDICINE) | 1048 |
| M.D. (ANAESTHESIOLOGY) | 1033 |
| M.S. (GENERAL SURGERY) | 950 |
| M.D. (Obst. and Gynae)/MS (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | 905 |
| M.D. (PAEDIATRICS) | 752 |
| M.D. (PATHOLOGY) | 545 |
| M.S. (ORTHOPAEDICS) | 502 |
| M.S. (OPHTHALMOLOGY) | 423 |
| M.D. (RADIO-DIAGNOSIS) | 360 |
| M.D. (PREVENTIVE and SOCIAL MEDICINE)/COMMUNITY MEDICINE | 346 |
| M.D. (MICROBIOLOGY) | 330 |
| M.S. (E.N.T.) | 301 |
| M.D. (PHARMACOLOGY) | 275 |
| M.D. (PHYSIOLOGY) | 269 |
| M.D. (PSYCHIATRY) | 254 |
| MD/MS (Anatomy) | 250 |
| M.D. (BIOCHEMISTRY) | 246 |
| M.D. (DERM.,VENE. and LEPROSY)/(DERMATOLOGY)/(SKIN and VENEREAL DISEASES)/(VENEREOLOGY) | 214 |
| M.D. (Tuberculosis and Respiratorydiseases)/Pulmonary Medicine /M.D. (Respiratory Medicine) | 192 |
| M.D. (FORENSIC MEDICINE) | 183 |
| M.D. (Radiotherapy/ Radiation Oncology) | 134 |
| M.D. IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE/ IMMUNO-HAEMATOLOGY and BLOOD TRANSFUSION | 34 |
| DIPLOMA IN ANAESTHESIOLOGY | 32 |
| M.D. (PHYSICAL MED. and REHABILITATION) | 28 |
| DIP.IN GYNAE. and OBST. | 24 |
| DIPLOMA IN OPHTHALMOLOGY/DOMS | 23 |
| DIPLOMA IN CHILD HEALTH/ PAEDIATRICS | 22 |
| DIP.IN MEDICAL RADIO- DIAGNOSIS | 12 |
| DIPLOMA IN ORTHOPAEDICS | 12 |
| M.D. (Emergency and Critical Care)/M.D.(Emergency Medicine) | 11 |
| M.D. (COMMUNITY HEALTH and ADMN.) | 10 |
| M.D. IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE | 10 |
| DIPLOMA IN OTO-RHINO- LARYNGOLOGY | 7 |
| M.D. GERIATRICS | 7 |
| DIP. IN DERM. VENEREOLOGY and LEPROSY/DERMATOLOGY/VENEREOLOGY and DERMATOLOGY/LEPROSY/V ENEREAL DISEASE andLEPROSY | 6 |
| DIPLOMA IN CLINICAL PATHOLOGY | 6 |
| M.D. (Hospital Administration) | 5 |
| M.D. (TROPICAL MEDICINE) | 5 |
| M.D. (PALLIATIVE MEDICINE) | 4 |
| M.D. Sports Medicine | 4 |
| M.P.H. (EPIDEMIOLOGY) | 4 |
| DIP. IN FORENSIC MEDICINE | 3 |
| DIP. IN SPORTS MEDICINE | 3 |
| DIP. IN T.B. and CHEST DISEASES | 3 |
| DIPLOMA IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION | 3 |
| DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
| (NBEMS) ANAESTHESIOLOGY | 2 |
| (NBEMS) GENERAL MEDICINE | 2 |
| (NBEMS) ORTHOPAEDICS | 2 |
| (NBEMS) PAEDIATRICS | 2 |
| DIP IN RADIATION MEDICINE | 2 |
| PG Diploma in Psychological Medicine / Psychiatric Medicine | 2 |
| (NBEMS) DERMATOLOGYand VENEREOLOGY and LEPROSY | 1 |
| (NBEMS) Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 1 |
| (NBEMS) OPHTHALMOLOGY | 1 |
| (NBEMS) RADIO-DIAGNOSIS | 1 |
| DIP. IN MEDICAL RADIO- THERAPY | 1 |
| DIP. IN PHY. MEDICINE and REHAB. | 1 |
| DIPLOMA IN BACTERIOLOGY | 1 |
| DIPLOMA IN DIABETOLOGY | 1 |
| M.D. (FAMILY MEDICINE) | 1 |
| Grand Total | 9814 |