Registration for Round 2 of the NEET PG 2026 counselling begins on Saturday, November 7, a day later than first scheduled, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has said in a revised schedule notice. The counselling decides admissions to postgraduate medical courses — MD, MS, DNB and PG Diploma programmes — including the 50 per cent All India Quota seats handled by the MCC.

Source: Careers360

The one-day shift followed the arrival of new seats. According to the MCC notice quoted by Careers360 and Medical Dialogues, the National Medical Commission (NMC) sent the MCC the seat matrix for newly approved postgraduate seats on November 3, and the institutes concerned were given until November 6 to verify the matrix after applying the reservation roster. Only after that verification could the Round 2 schedule be rescheduled from November 7 onwards.

Source: Medical Dialogues

The scale of the update is significant for candidates waiting on a seat. The NMC published an updated seat matrix for postgraduate broad-speciality courses on November 6 listing a total of 68,305 seats, according to AglaSem's report of the NMC notices, and the newly approved seats are being folded into Round 2 instead of being held back for a later round.

Source: AglaSem News

Candidates who took part in Round 1 and chose the 'upgrade' or 'float' options can also apply in Round 2, Careers360 reported. The counselling process runs in stages — registration and fee payment first, then choice filling and choice locking, followed by seat allotment — and candidates have been advised to follow the official MCC portal at mcc.nic.in for the revised day-wise schedule and instructions, the Education Times reported.

Source: Education Times

What candidates should do now

Check the final seat matrix and the revised Round 2 schedule on mcc.nic.in before registering, keep fee payment ready, and fill choices carefully — a seat allotted in Round 2 follows the upgrade and joining rules notified by the MCC.

NEET PG is the national entrance test for postgraduate medical admissions in India, and its MCC counselling is the main route into All India Quota MD, MS, DNB and PG Diploma seats. A revised schedule that adds newly approved seats before Round 2 begins widens the pool available to candidates in this round itself, rather than after admissions have already moved on.