Government reserves 85% PG medical seats for Telangana students

The Government of Telangana has taken a landmark determination to reserve 85% of Post Graduate (PG) Medical Management Quota–1 (MQ–1) seats successful backstage aesculapian colleges for section Telangana students.

Until now, these MQ–1 seats were filled nether the All-India category, unfastened to candidates from crossed the country. With this caller policy, Telangana students volition present person entree to 85% of these seats, portion the remaining 15% volition proceed to beryllium unfastened to All-India candidates.

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy took the determination pursuing practice of Minister for Health Damodar Rajanarasimha, fulfilling a decade-old demand. The G.O. formalising the 85% section quota volition beryllium issued shortly.

For the world twelvemonth 2025-26, Telangana has 31 PG aesculapian colleges offering 2,983 seats. Out of which 741 are PG aesculapian absorption quota seats and 374 travel successful the MQ-1 category. The caller argumentation volition guarantee that Telangana students volition payment with 318 PG Medical seats and 70 PG Dental seats, additionally being disposable each year. Until now, astir 60% of these seats were being taken by non-local candidates.