Archive · 31 Aug 2026
BRS Leader Seeks Smaller NEET-PG All India Quota
B Vinod Kumar asked India’s Health Minister to change how postgraduate medical seats are shared.
He wants the All India quota to fall from 50% to 15%.
He said undergraduate medical seats already use a 15% national quota.
According to him, the larger postgraduate quota makes it harder for students from Telangana to get seats.
Telangana has built more medical colleges and postgraduate programs since 2014.
Vinod Kumar said these seats should help provide doctors for Telangana’s government and rural hospitals.
He also wants the government to study how many seats each state provides and receives.
The Health Ministry’s response was not stated in the article.
BRS leader B Vinod Kumar urged JP Nadda to reduce the NEET-PG All India quota from 50% to 15%.
He said the current postgraduate quota disadvantages medical students from Telangana.
Vinod Kumar contrasted the 50% postgraduate quota with the 15% undergraduate quota.
He said Telangana’s public investment in medical colleges should benefit local candidates and healthcare services.
He asked for a state-wise review of seats contributed and students receiving AIQ postgraduate seats.
- Who
- B Vinod Kumar, a senior BRS leader, urged Union Health Minister JP Nadda to change the NEET-PG quota system.
- What
- He requested that the postgraduate All India quota be reduced from 50% to 15%.
- When
- Sunday, when the NEET-PG examination was conducted and the request was reported.
- Where
- The request was made in a letter from Hyderabad to the Union Health Minister.
- Why
- He said the current quota disadvantages Telangana students and limits the state’s ability to retain seats created through public investment in medical education.
State Seat Retention
National Seat Sharing
Appropriate postgraduate quota
State Seat Retention
B Vinod Kumar argues that the postgraduate All India quota is disproportionately high at 50% and should match the 15% undergraduate quota.
National Seat Sharing
The article describes the existing national allocation as a 50% postgraduate All India quota, but does not provide a stated defense of that level.
Use of publicly funded seats
State Seat Retention
Vinod Kumar says states such as Telangana that invest heavily in medical infrastructure should retain more postgraduate seats for local candidates and healthcare needs.
National Seat Sharing
The article notes that the All India quota allows postgraduate seats to be allocated nationally, but does not quote another side’s response.
- Requested AIQ share
- Reduce NEET-PG All India quota from 50% to 15%
- Current undergraduate AIQ
- 15% of eligible State government MBBS seats
- Current postgraduate AIQ
- 50% of postgraduate seats
- Advocating organisation
- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)
- State highlighted
- Telangana
- Requested review
- A state-wise analysis of seats contributed and students obtaining AIQ postgraduate seats
- Healthcare priority
- Government hospitals and rural and semi-urban areas