By: Education DeskNew Delhi | January 16, 2026 04:26 PM IST 2 min readNEET PG counselling revised dates out for round 3 and stray vacancy round (Express photo by Partha Paul/ representative)The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released a revised the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) counselling dates against the all-India quota, central and state quota seats. The NEET PG 2025 round 3 counselling registration window has reopened.The registration for the round 3 AIQ round will end on January 26. The choice filling window will also remain active till January 26 and the round 3 seat allotment NEET PG result will be declared on January 29. There will be one more online stray vacancy round.The round 3 and stray vacancy round dates for state counselling have also been revised. The last date of joining against round 3 for state counselling is February 6.If a candidate freshly registers in round 3 and is not allotted any seat, he/she is eligible to participate in stray/further rounds. If any candidate does not join Round 3 seat, he/ she may exit with forfeiture of security deposit and elimination and cannot participate in further rounds of counselling conducted by MCC, DGHS.The revision in the counselling dates is in response to the revision in the qualifying cut-off percentile for NEET PG. As per the revised NEET PG cut-off, general category candidates with 7th percentile (103 marks) are now eligible to sit for the counselling. SC, ST, OBC candidates with 0 percentile (–40 marks) and PwBD candidates qualify with 5th percentile (90 marks).Read More | NEET PG 2026 cut-off to -40 draws flak: ‘Patients deserve merit-based specialists, not diluted standards’The mcc.nic.in website has made the revised counselling schedule and the information brochure of NEET PG counselling available.Story continues below this adThe Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is responsible to conduct the on-line counselling for 50 per cent all India quota (AIQ) PG medical and dental seats.All candidates who have qualified for all India quota seats on the basis of their rank in NEET PG are eligible to participate in the counselling process. © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd