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West Bengal NEET PG 2025
State Counselling Guide

164 institutes · 67 specialities · WBMCC counselling · OBC-A/OBC-B + DNB + AFMS data

334 govt seats
329 DNB/private seats
67 specialities
Section 1

Counselling Structure

WBMCC (West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee) conducts state PG counselling. Know the quota structure before you start.

SQ
State Quota
50% of government college seats. Conducted by WBMCC in multiple rounds. Includes MD, MS, PG Diploma across all specialities.
Eligibility: WB domicile (3 proformas for different domicile types). OBC-A/OBC-B reservation applies. Domicile required.
AIQ
All India Quota
50% of government college seats counselled by MCC at the national level. Open to all NEET PG qualified candidates regardless of domicile.
Eligibility: Any NEET PG qualified candidate. No domicile restriction. National reservation rules apply.
DNB
DNB / NBE Diploma
329 seats across 77 hospitals. Counselled by NBE (not WBMCC). Corporate and trust hospitals across Kolkata.
Eligibility: All India — any NEET PG qualified candidate. No domicile restriction.
AFMS
Armed Forces
AFMS seats at military hospitals in Kolkata. Counselled by DGAFMS through MCC.
Eligibility: Serving AFMS officers and defence personnel only. Separate merit list.
Section 2

Reservation Categories

West Bengal uniquely splits OBC into OBC-A and OBC-B — distinct from all other states. These apply to state quota seats only.

UR
~37%
Unreserved
OBC-A
10%
OBC Group A
OBC-B
7%
OBC Group B
SC
22%
Scheduled Caste
ST
6%
Scheduled Tribe
EWS
10%
Economically Weaker
PwD
5%
Horizontal (PwD)
OBC-A vs OBC-B — Unique to WB
West Bengal splits OBC into two distinct groups: OBC-A (10%) primarily includes Muslim backward communities, while OBC-B (7%) includes Hindu backward communities. This is unique to WB — no other state has this split. Your central OBC certificate is NOT valid for WB state quota; you need a WB-issued OBC-A or OBC-B certificate. Also note WB has 22% SC reservation — among the highest in India.
OBC-A 10% + OBC-B 7% + SC 22% + ST 6% + EWS 10% = 55% reserved

WB requires 3 different domicile proformas depending on your type: (1) born in WB, (2) studied 10 years in WB, or (3) parent domiciled in WB. Carry the correct proforma during certificate verification.

Section 3

Government Colleges

87 government institutes offering 334 AIQ seats across West Bengal.

College Seats Specs Best Rank Fee/yr Stipend/mo Bond
R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE 0 6 126 — 49,884 —
College of Med & JNM, Kalyani 4 10 138 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
IPGMER, Kolkata 39 22 201 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
IPGME&R, Kolkata 0 21 277 — 49,884 —
Nilratan Sircar, Kolkata 26 21 738 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Govt. Med College, Kolkata 45 30 809 0.7L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Calcutta National Med Coll 26 23 816 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
NRS Medical College, Kolkata 0 21 867 — 49,884 —
Chittaranjan CancerInst,Kolkata 2 4 1,127 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
RG Kar Med Coll, Kolkata 31 23 1,192 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
ESIC Medical College, Joka, Kolkata 0 11 1,259 — 49,884 —
ESI, Joka, Kolkata 7 10 1,874 2.5L 100,980 3,000,000 / 3yr
Burdwan Medical College 27 24 1,886 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Bankura Sammilani Med Coll 17 20 2,625 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
MALDA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 0 7 2,669 — 49,884 —
Midnapore Medical College 14 9 2,828 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
NBMC, Darjeeling 0 17 2,842 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
College of Med & SDH, Kolkata 9 13 3,011 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Malda Med Coll 3 7 3,225 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital 0 13 3,958 — 49,884 —
School of Tropical Med,Kolkata 5 5 4,105 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Murshidabad Med Coll 6 10 5,095 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Inst of Child Health, Kolkata 3 1 5,782 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
SouthEastRailwayHosp,Kharagpur 0 1 6,224 — 49,884 —
BCRoy PGI of PaedSci,Kolkata 2 1 6,590 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata 6 5 6,738 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Dr BC Roy PGIPS, Kolkata 0 1 7,928 — 49,884 —
DiamondHarbour(Gov),Harindanga 5 7 8,258 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Chittaranjan Seva, Kolkata 4 2 8,535 0.1L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Jalpaiguri GovtMedColl&Hosp,Jalpaiguri 3 8 8,567 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
North 24 Parganas Dist Hosp 2 4 9,083 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
District Hospital, Howrah 4 13 9,724 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Imambara Dist Hospital,Hooghly 4 15 9,772 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Chittaranjan Seva Sadan, Kolkata 0 2 9,896 — 49,884 —
InfectiousDiseasesHosp, Kolkata 1 2 10,844 0.8L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Raiganj GovtMedC,UttarDinajpur 2 3 11,011 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
District Hospital, Nadia 2 6 11,503 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Command Hospital (EC), Kolkata 0 6 13,892 — 49,884 —
Asansol Dist Hosp, Asansol 3 12 15,186 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
MEDICAL COLLEGE KOLKATA 0 10 15,725 — 49,884 —
SouthEastRailwayHosp,Kolkata 4 8 17,688 1.2L 49,884 —
DebenMahato(Sadar)Hosp,Purulia 3 6 19,207 1.2L 49,884 —
Diamond Harbour Govt Medical College 0 9 21,267 — 49,884 —
Chandannagar SD Hosp, Hooghly 1 3 22,410 1.2L 49,884 —
Tamralipto Govt Medical College 0 2 22,679 — 49,884 —
AIIHPH, Kolkata 3 2 23,860 0.1L 115,506 3,000,000 / 3yr
Durgapur SD Hosp, Bidhannagar 1 5 24,021 1.2L 49,884 —
M R Bangur Hospital, Kolkata 1 6 26,589 1.2L 49,884 —
Coochbehar Govt Med Coll, WB 1 4 26,669 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Dr BCRoy PGI Paed Sci, Kolkata 1 1 29,311 1.2L 49,884 —
Suri Sadar Hospital, Birbhum 2 6 29,465 1.2L 49,884 —
District Hospital, Alipurduar 3 6 29,861 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
AIIH&PH, Kolkata 0 1 30,753 — 115,506 —
Panihati State GenHosp,Sodepur 1 1 33,980 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Naihati State GenHosp, Naihati 1 1 35,056 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Lalbagh SD Hosp, Murshidabad 2 2 37,593 1.2L 49,884 —
Barasat Govt Medical College 0 3 38,116 — 49,884 —
Rampurhat Govt MedColl,Birbhum 3 5 41,353 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Siliguri Dist Hosp, Darjeeling 1 5 46,470 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Uttarpara StateGenHosp,Hooghly 1 1 54,878 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Bolpur Sub Div Hosp, Birbhum 2 4 54,955 1.2L 49,884 —
DISTRICT HOSPITAL HOWRAH 0 1 54,957 — 49,884 —
Habra State Gen Hosp, Habra 1 3 56,550 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
ID & BG Hospital, Kolkata 0 1 93,582 — 49,884 —
College of Medicine & JNM Hospital, Kalyani 0 11 95,807 — 49,884 —
MJNMC, Cooch Behar 0 3 125,349 — 49,884 —
Rampurhat Govt Medical College 0 4 129,948 — 49,884 —
Kharagpur Sub Divisional Hospital 0 1 143,091 — 49,884 —
Prafulla Chandra Sen Govt. Medical College And Hospital 0 1 154,383 — 49,884 —
Deben Mahato Sadar Hospital, Purulia 0 3 182,927 — 49,884 —
Baruipur SD Hosp, Baruipur 0 1 — — 49,884 —
Bishnupur Dist Hosp,West Bengal 0 1 — — 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Chittaranjan SevaSadan,Kolkata 0 1 — — 49,884 —
Contai SD Hosp,Purba Medinipur 0 1 — — 49,884 —
District Hospital Darjeeling 0 1 — — 49,884 —
District Hospital, Darjeeling 0 3 — 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
DivisionalRailwayHos,Asansol,WB 0 1 — — 49,884 —
Dr BNBose SD Hosp, Barrackpore 0 1 — — 49,884 —
ESI Hospital,Manicktala,Kolkata 0 2 — 1.2L 100,980 —
Egra SD Hosp & SSH, Egra Town 0 1 — — 49,884 —
INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL 0 3 — — 49,884 —
Katwa SD Hosp, Purba Bardhaman 0 1 — — 49,884 —
Nabadwip State General Hosp 0 1 — — 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
Ranaghat Sub Div Hosp,Anulia,WB 0 2 — — 49,884 —
Ranaghat Sub Divisional Hospital 0 1 — — 49,884 —
Tamralipto GovtMedHosp,Tamluk 0 3 — 1.2L 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
VidyasagarStateGenHosp,Kolkata 0 1 — — 49,884 3,000,000 / 3yr
IPGMER vs Medical College Kolkata vs NRS
IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata is WB's premier PG centre — a dedicated postgraduate institute with the most competitive closing ranks. Medical College, Kolkata (the oldest in Asia, est. 1835) is the largest PG centre with the widest speciality range. NRS Medical College follows closely for clinical branches. RG Kar Medical College and Calcutta National Medical College complete Kolkata's top 5.

Ranks shown are AIQ (All India Quota) closing ranks — R1 2025 data. State quota closing ranks through WBMCC are typically 2-3x higher for the same college.

Section 4

Speciality-wise Rank Ranges

Government college AIQ closing ranks by speciality.

Speciality Best Rank Best At Widest Rank Colleges
General Medicine 201 IPGMER, Kolkata 141,315 32
Radio Diagnosis 309 IPGMER, Kolkata 126,175 15
Dermatology 1,233 Nilratan Sircar, Kolkata 60,766 9
Obg 4,856 IPGMER, Kolkata 213,550 39
General Surgery 3,061 Calcutta National Med Coll 212,040 27
Orthopaedics 2,196 IPGMER, Kolkata 83,135 15
Paediatrics 1,874 ESI, Joka, Kolkata 212,656 40
Anaesthesiology 12,789 IPGME&R, Kolkata 189,502 30
Ophthalmology 13,118 Govt. Med College, Kolkata 171,320 18
Ent 10,976 IPGMER, Kolkata 23,018 15
Pathology 33,845 NBMC, Darjeeling 205,778 15
Pharmacology 35,818 Govt. Med College, Kolkata 113,684 15

WB has 87 government institutes, so rank spreads are wide. Clinical branches at IPGMER/Medical College Kolkata close within top 5,000, but peripheral colleges in Bankura, Malda, Purulia extend beyond 30,000.

Section 5

DNB Hospitals

77 private hospitals offering 329 DNB + NBE Diploma seats across West Bengal.

Hospital Seats Specs Best Rank
Apollo Gleneagles, Kolkata 35 13 2,775
RN Tagore (Cardiac), Kolkata 26 7 3,521
Manipal Hospital,EM Bypass,Kolkata 23 9 4,113
The Mission Hosp, Durgapur, WB 23 8 7,774
Healthworld Hospital, Durgapur 20 8 7,807
Calcutta Med Res Inst,Kolkata 17 7 4,661
Peerless Hospital, Kolkata 16 10 4,149
Fortis Hospital, Kolkata 12 6 8,811
Dishari Health Point, Mokdumpur 8 4 8,408
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata 6 3 5,124
Narayana SS Hospital, Howrah 6 3 6,454
Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata 6 5 6,738
Coll of Med & JNM Hosp, Nadia 5 7 4,637
Manipal Hospitals, Kolkata 5 2 6,854
NeotiaGetwelHC Centre,Siliguri 5 3 10,639
Kolkata DNB Landscape
Kolkata has a significant DNB hospital network including AMRI, Fortis, Medica Superspeciality, Peerless, Belle Vue, Ruby General, Woodlands. These seats are counselled by NBE (not WBMCC), so no domicile restriction. Kolkata DNB is particularly strong in Emergency Medicine, Radiology, and General Medicine. Fee data shows Rs 1.25L (NBE placeholder) — actual training fees vary by hospital.
DNB = All India open — no WB domicile needed
Section 7

Fee Structure

WB government colleges have some of the lowest PG fees in India.

Government (State Quota)
Government college fees: Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000/year — among the lowest PG fees nationally.

IPGMER, Medical College Kolkata, NRS, RG Kar, and other state government colleges charge minimal tuition. This makes WB govt PG seats extremely value-for-money.
DNB (Private Hospitals)
NBE-listed fee is Rs 1.25L/year (placeholder — actual hospital fees differ). Corporate hospitals like AMRI, Fortis, Medica charge training fees separately.

DNB fees vary widely: mission hospitals charge less, corporate hospitals charge more.
No Deemed in WB
West Bengal has no deemed medical universities. This means no MNG/NRI quota seats within the state. All government seats go through WBMCC (state quota) or MCC (AIQ). Private PG seats are exclusively DNB/NBE.
AFMS
Military hospitals in Kolkata (Command Hospital, MH Kolkata) offer AFMS seats counselled via MCC. Fees are per AFMS norms. Only for serving defence personnel.
Section 8

Stipend & Bond

WB government PG seats come with reasonable stipend and a moderate service bond.

49884
Min Govt Stipend / Month
Junior residents at peripheral government colleges in districts like Bankura, Malda, Purulia.
115506
Max Govt Stipend / Month
Senior residents at IPGMER, Medical College Kolkata, and established Kolkata medical colleges.
Rs 5L
Discontinuation Penalty
Mid-course discontinuation penalty: Rs 5,00,000 for MD/MS and Diploma seats. Executed as indemnity bond on non-judicial stamp paper. Source: HFW Order HF/O/MERT/959/HFW-32093/321/2021 (cited in WBMCC Bulletin 2025, Sec 11 Pg 3).
3 yrs / 2 yrs
Service Duration
3 completed years for MD/MS/DNB Degree. 2 completed years for PG Diploma/DNB Diploma. Post-completion service bond penalty not specified in the WBMCC bulletin (per WBMCC Bulletin 2025, Sec 10 Pg 2).
1 Year
Debarment — Stray Round
Candidates allotted a seat in the Special Stray Vacancy Round who do not join are debarred from NEET PG the following year. Regular round (R1/R2/R3) non-joining = disqualified from further rounds within the same cycle only. Source: WBMCC stray round notices (annual pattern).
Low Fees + Moderate Bond = High Value
WB offers one of India's best value propositions for PG medical education: extremely low fees (Rs 5K-50K/year), decent stipend, and a relatively accessible seat count. Combined with 87 government institutes and 334 seats, WB is one of the most accessible states for PG admissions. The service obligation is 3 years (Degree) or 2 years (Diploma). Mid-course discontinuation carries a Rs 5L penalty. DNB seats have no state bond.

Private hospital (DNB) stipend ranges from Rs 48000 to Rs 48000/month.

Section 9

Security Deposits & Registration

Paid before counselling begins — prerequisite to participate.

Payment All Categories Notes
Registration & counselling fee ₹3,000 One-time, non-refundable. No category differentiation. Source: WBMCC Bulletin 2025, Sec 24 Pg 14.
Security deposit (state quota) Not specified centrally No central deposit amount in the state bulletin. Private college deposits are college-specific.

Registration fee is non-refundable. For private management quota seats, bank guarantee or indemnity bond may be required — amount is determined by the individual college, not centrally fixed (WBMCC Bulletin 2025, Pg 5).

Section 10

Key Insights

What makes WB PG counselling unique — and what to watch out for.

3 Domicile Proformas
WB requires 3 different domicile proformas: Proforma-I (born in WB), Proforma-II (studied 10 years in WB), or Proforma-III (parent domiciled in WB). Carry the correct one during certificate verification. Getting the wrong proforma can disqualify you.
OBC-A / OBC-B Split
Unique to WB. OBC-A (10%) = Muslim backward communities. OBC-B (7%) = Hindu backward communities. Central OBC certificate is NOT valid. Need WB-issued OBC-A or OBC-B certificate. This matters for both state quota and AIQ counselling.
WBMCC Process
WBMCC conducts online counselling in 3-4 rounds with web-based choice filling. Certificate verification at designated centres in Kolkata. The process is relatively smooth but requires physical presence for verification.
No Deemed / No Private MC
WB has no deemed universities and no private medical colleges offering MD/MS. All PG seats are either government (WBMCC/MCC) or DNB (NBE). This means no MNG/NRI quota within the state — fewer options for high-rank candidates willing to pay more.
Strong Kolkata Hub
Kolkata has 6+ government medical colleges and 80+ DNB hospitals in close proximity. IPGMER, Medical College, NRS, RG Kar, CNMC, and Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine make it one of India's densest PG medical training hubs.
Non-Domicile Options
State quota = WB domicile only. But AIQ (50% govt seats via MCC), DNB (all seats), and AFMS (defence only) are open to non-domicile. The 50/50 AIQ split in government colleges makes WB accessible to non-domicile candidates through MCC counselling.
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