India, Nov. 5 -- The All India Quota (AIQ) is a crucial component of the postgraduate medical admission system in India, as it enables merit-based competition among medical graduates nationwide for admission into any state. This will be particularly beneficial for NEET PG candidates in structuring their counselling strategy to increase their chances of securing a preferred seat.

The All India Quota is a national pool of seats for postgraduate medical courses, which are available to candidates without respect to domicile or state. To put it more simply, 50% of all MD, MS, and PG Diploma seats in government medical colleges are allocated under the All India Quota. This means a candidate is allowed to apply for admission to a government med...