Over 20 lakh take NEET-UG retest underneath tight safety | India Information
3 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Jun 21, 2026 10:53 PM IST
Amid heightened safety measures, the NEET-AND retest was carried out for over 20 lakh candidates Sunday, over a month after it was cancelled on Could 12 on the grounds of an alleged paper leak.
The Nationwide Testing Company (NTA), in an announcement, stated the retest, a pen-and-paper examination, was carried out at 5,440 centres nationwide, and 14 centres overseas, via a “whole-of-government effort”, with the involvement of over 7 lakh officers together with police and safety personnel, and examination employees.
The NTA additionally stated that consultants from tutorial establishments throughout the nation had been concerned in making ready a number of units of query papers for the retest.
It stated the retest was carried out with the help of the Indian Air Drive, the Division of Posts, the Ministry of House Affairs, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, the Central Armed Police Forces, the Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare.
It additionally underlined help from state governments and district administrations – at examination centres, Aadhaar-based biometric authentication, CCTV monitoring, jammers, and frisking was ensured with the assistance of the police within the states. State governments had additionally ensured amenities at examination centres, moreover free journey for candidates.
The CCTVs had been being monitored via centres on the NTA, the Training Ministry, district collectorates, and 34 Centrally-funded establishments throughout the nation.
The NTA stated particular preparations had been made for 81 candidates with medical circumstances, together with a candidate present process chemotherapy, and a candidate who had been in a highway accident – Shrishti Dubey, a candidate who had met with an accident per week in the past and underwent a surgical procedure, appeared for the examination at a centre in West Bengal with a separate room, and medical help and ambulance on standby.
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Forward of the examination Sunday, Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated, “I’ve full religion within the NTA, all of the state governments, the district administrations, the Indian schooling system, and India’s college students.”
He appealed to folks to “not jeopardise the way forward for the brand new era, not make a mockery of it”, and “not do something that may influence the psychological well being of scholars.”
“Some folks have previously with in poor health intentions behaved in such a approach with youngsters… I enchantment to them, in case you are accountable and think about your self to be a real citizen of India, please take accountability and don’t trigger hardship to the scholars,” Pradhan stated.
