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NEET UG Counselling 2025: MCC has issued the updated schedule for the round one NEET UG 2025 counseling after holding the round one choice filing and locking facility for unclear reasons. The Round 1 registration period has been extended and will be available until August 6 at 3 PM. Candidates will have until noon on the same day, August 6, to reset their registration if they so want. Additionally, the Round 1 counseling payment deadline has been extended until 6 PM on August 6.
On August 7, candidates have until 8 AM to complete their NEET UG Round 1 counseling choices. On August 6, the option locking window will open at 8:00 PM and stay open until 8:00 AM on August 7. Seat processing for Round 1 will take place between August 7 and August 8 following the option locking deadline.
| S. No. | Event of UG Counselling 2025 | Time Schedule (as per Server Time) |
| 1 | Registration for Round-1 | Extended up to 3 PM on Aug 6 |
| 2 | RESET Registration for Round-1 | Available up to noon on August 6 |
| 3 | Payment for Round-1 | Extended up to 6 PM on Aug 6 |
| 4 | Choice Filling for Round-1 | Extended up to 8 AM on Aug 7 |
| 5 | Choice Locking for Round-1 | From 08 PM on Aug 6 to 8 AM on Aug 7 |
| 6 | Seat Processing for Round-1 | Aug 7 to Aug 8 |
| 7 | Result Declaration of Round-1 | Aug 9 |
| 8 | Reporting for Round-1 | Aug 9 till Aug 18 |
The result of Round-1 seat allotment will be declared on August 9. Following this, selected candidates must report to their respective allotted institutions by August 18 to complete the admission formalities.
For the NEET UG 2025 counseling procedure, the Committee (MCC) has authorized the conversion of 188 Indian candidates to NRI status. These applicants had until August 3, 2025, to send their scanned documents to MCC by email at ug.nri.mcc@gmail.com. After a careful examination of the applications’ supporting documentation, the list of NRI candidates was created, guaranteeing that they met the MCC’s eligibility requirements.
Furthermore, according to data from the National Medical Commission (NMC), a sizable portion of undergraduate medical seats in India are still unfilled, even though the number of MBBS seats has increased by 39% in recent years. 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 number of open UG seats (except from AIIMS and JIPMER) peaked at 4,146 in 2022–2023 before gradually declining to 2,849 in 2024–2025. In contrast, the number of MBBS seats increased from 83,275 in 2020–2021 to 1,15,900 by 2024–2025.
Source: IE
