# UP NEET PG 2026 counselling schedule released, registration from 21 October 2026-10-22T21:32:33+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets UP NEET PG 2026 counselling round one schedule has been released by the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DGME), Uttar Pradesh. Online registration begins on 21 October 2026 at 2 pm and closes on 26 October 2026 at 11 am. Candidates can register on upneet.gov.in for MD, MS, diploma and DNB courses under the state quota. The qualifying list will be issued on 26 October, and online choice filling begins the same day. The last date to fill choices is 30 October 2026. Seat allotment results will be announced on 2 November 2026. Candidates who get a seat can download their allotment letters and complete admission between 3 and 7 November and again from 12 to 13 November 2026. Separately, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has reported that 837 MBBS seats remain vacant across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karnataka after the NEET UG 2026 stray vacancy round. These include 824 seats in deemed universities in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, one seat at AIIMS Madurai and 12 seats at Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute in Kolar, Karnataka. High annual tuition fees, ranging from Rs 21 lakh to Rs 30 lakh, are cited as a likely reason. A special counselling round may be considered if the government approves. ## Indian Opinion Analysis TV9 Hindi reported the UP NEET PG counselling schedule as a straight service announcement, giving dates, deadlines and instructions without any framing beyond the official timeline. Aaj Tak covered the NEET UG seat vacancies with a clear critical frame: it led with the number of empty seats, named colleges with the highest vacancies, and directly questioned whether fees were the cause, listing annual tuition figures from official brochures. Aaj Tak also raised the possibility of a special counselling round, framing it as a question the government must decide. The balanced reading is that while UP’s PG counselling is proceeding on schedule, the MBBS vacancy data in three states reveals a structural affordability problem that only a government policy decision can address. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 1 government-critical, 1 neutral - tv9hindi.com (neutral report) Straight schedule announcement, no framing beyond official dates - aajtak.in (government critical) Highlights vacancies after counselling, questions fees as cause This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: DGME Uttar Pradesh, MCC, NEET-UG, UP NEET PG Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/up-neet-pg-2026-counselling-schedule-released-registration-from-21-october/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/up-neet-pg-2026-counselling-schedule-released-registration-from-21-october/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/