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India Today
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- India Today
NEET UG Counselling 2025: Choice-locking facility extended till August 11
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has once again pushed back the deadline for NEET UG 2025 Round 1 choice filling and locking. As per the latest update on its official website, candidates can now submit and lock their choices until Monday, August 11, 11:59 latest extension comes after repeated appeals from NRI and CW (Children of War) category candidates, as well as in view of ongoing court proceedings. Initially, the Round 1 seat allotment list was set to be declared on August 11. Prior to this, MCC had already extended the choice-filling window to August 7, 1:30 pm due to technical issues on the portal, allowing aspirants extra time to choose their preferred medical or dental the Round 1 results are announced, candidates allotted a seat must download their allotment letter and report to the assigned institution within the stipulated dates to confirm their admission. Those who do not get a seat or wish to try again can participate in subsequent rounds. MCC will issue detailed reporting guidelines alongside the results on August TO CHECK NEET UG 2025 ROUND 1 SEAT ALLOTMENT RESULTVisit on the link for 'NEET UG 2025 Round 1 Seat Allotment Result'Log in using your NEET roll number and password/application numberCheck your allotted course and college detailsDownload and save the allotment letterCarry the letter to the allotted college for admission and document government data shows that despite a 39% increase in MBBS seats over the last few years, a notable number of undergraduate medical seats in India still go unfilled. According to figures shared by the National Medical Commission (NMC) in the Lok Sabha on August 1 by Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel, MBBS seats have risen from 83,275 in 2020–21 to 1,15,900 in 2024–25. However, vacant seats (excluding AIIMS and JIPMER) touched a high of 4,146 in 2022–23, before declining to 2,849 in 2024–25.- Ends
