Hydrabad, Nov. 1 -- The Telangana government today taken a landmark decision to reserve 85 per cent of Post Graduate (PG) Medical Management Quota-1 (MQ-1) seats in private medical colleges for local Telangana students.

Until now, these MQ-1 seats were filled under the All India category, open to candidates from across the country.

With this new policy, Telangana students will now have access to 85 per cent of these seats, while the remaining 15 per cent will continue to be open to All India candidates.

For the academic year 2025-26, Telangana has 31 PG Medical Colleges offering 2,983 seats, including 12 Government (1,472 seats) and 19 Private Colleges (1,511 seats)In Government colleges, 50 per cent of seats fall under the All India Quo...