NTA NEET 2021 Exam Date Updates: Number of test centres increased to ensure safety

In a first, NEET-UG will be conducted in 13 languages with Punjabi and Malayam being the new additions. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Tuesday that a new exam centre has been opened in Kuwait.   "The NEET(UG) 2021 will be for the first time conducted in 13 languages with new addition of Punjabi and Malayalam," Pradhan said.

Registrations for the NEET(UG) 2021 has started on https://t.co/OdWUKVfCC2 from 5:00 pm today. For the first time in the history of NEET(UG) exam and in order to facilitate the Indian student community in the middle east, an examination centre has been opened in Kuwait.

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) July 13, 2021

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the Tamil Nadu government constituting a panel on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), saying it was not contrary to the orders of the Supreme Court on the matter. -- PTI

If a candidate wants to make changes in the application form, they can do so after the application deadline ends. Candidates will be able to make corrections in their application forms from August 8 to August 12. 

Candidates applying for NEER-UG 2021 have to submit the application fees online. The last date of successful transaction of fee through credit/debit card/netbanking/upi / Paytm wallet is August 7.

The application form for NEET (UG) – 2021 has been divided into two sets/phases. The first set of information needs to be filled up before the last date of submission of the application form online. The second set of information needs to be filled up by the candidates before the declaration of the result/ downloading of score card during the period that would be notified separately through neet (UG) portal in due course.

The test pattern of NEET (UG)-2021 comprises of two sections. Each subject will consist of two sections. Section A will consist of 35 questions and Section B will have 15 questions, out of these 15 questions, candidates can choose to attempt any 10 questions. So, the total number of questions and utilisation of time will remain the same.

NEET (UG) – 2021 will be conducted in 13 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi,
Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. 

The NEET-UG 2021 will be held on September 12. The three-hour-long exam will be conducted from 2 pm to 5 pm. The NEET (UG) – 2021 shall consist of one question paper containing 180 multiple choice questions from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany and Zoology).

The registration process for NEET-UG 2021 will be conducted from July 13 to August 6. The admit card will be released three days prior to the conduct of the exam. 

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced that NEET-PG 2021 will be held on September 11. 

We have decided to conduct #NEET Postgraduate exam on 11th September, 2021.

My best wishes to young medical aspirants!

— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) July 13, 2021

For general candidates, the NEET-UG 2021 examination fee is Rs 1500. For General-EWS/OBC-NCL(central list), the exam fee is Rs 1400. Candidates belonging to the SC/ST/Person with Disabilities(PwD)/Third Gender category will have to pay an exam fee of Rs 800.

Candidates must ensure that mobile numbers, e-mail ID filled in the online application form are their own or their parents only. The NTA will communicate by SMS and/or e-mail on given mobile number and email ID only.

Soon after the NTA activated the registration link on ntaneet.nic.in, the website is down due to heavy online traffic. The aspirants are unable to register for the medical entrance exam, The NEET-UG 2021 is scheduled to be held on September 12. 

Candidates need to upload scanned images of latest passport size photograph (size: 10 kb to 200 kb), post card size photograph (4”x6”) (size: 50 kb - 300 kb) and candidate’s signature (file size: 4kb - 30kb), left hand thumb impression (file size: 10 kb-50 kb) in JPG/JPEG format. (In case of any eventuality of left thumb being unavailable, right-hand thumb impression may be used.), Class 10 passing certificate (size: 100 kb to 400 kb) in JPG/JPEG format.

Step 1: Visit the official website, ntaneet.nic.in.

Step 2: Scroll to the bottom of the webpage and click on 'Fill Registration Form.

Step 3: Fill the online application form, note down the application number. Upload documents.

Step 4: Applicants will have to pay the fee by prescribed modes or format

Step 5: Keep a printout of the confirmation page after successful payment of the fee

Candidates can now register for NEET-UG 2021 website at testservices.nic.in/NEET2021/Root/home.aspx.

The NTA has updated the information on the official website of NEET-UG. The information regarding NEET-UG 2021 is now available at ntaneet.nic.in. 

There are more than 2.4 lakhs common services centres across the country. The list of the Common Services Centre is available on the website at www.csc.gov.in.

In areas, where candidates find it difficult to submit online application due to various constraints, the services of common services centre (CSC), under the Digital India initiatives may be utilised. The CSC scheme is a part of the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP) and is managed at each village Panchayat level by a village level entrepreneur (VLE). 

After the display of OMR answer sheets and recorded responses, candidates will be given an opportunity to make an online challenge against the provisional answer key on payment of a processing fee of Rs 1000 per answer challenged.

The NTA will display the scanned images of OMR answer sheets and recorded response by the machine of all the candidates on the website ntaneet.nic.in. The exact date of display of the images of OMR answer sheets and responses, would be communicated after the examination on NTA website.

The merit list of the eligible and successful candidates who have opted for 15 per cent All India quota seats will be prepared by the NTA on the basis of marks obtained in the NEET (UG) - 2021. The list of successful candidates shall be forwarded to the Directorate General of Health Services (Medical Examination Cell), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and Ministry of AYUSH, for the purpose of allotment of seats by online counselling.

The facility of scribe/reader/lab assistant shall be allowed to any person with benchmark disability as defined under section 2(r) of the RPwD Act, 2016 and has limitation in writing. A compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour will also be allowed to the candidates who are availing the facility of scribe/reader/lab assistant.

According to the reservation policy, in the Central Universities and Institutions, 10% of the seats are reserved for the category general economically weaker section (GEN-EWS), 15% of the seats are reserved for the category scheduled caste (SC), 7.5% for the category scheduled tribe (ST) and 27% for the category other backward classes belonging to the non-creamy layer (OBC-NCL).

Admission to Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune shall be subject to the norms prescribed by the Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Candidates who apply for NEET (UG) - 2020 and/or for seeking admission in AFMC also need to apply to AFMC on www.afmc.nic.in/www.afmcdg1d.gov.in.

To apply for NEET-UG 2021, candidates should complete 17 years of age at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before December 31 of the year of his/her admission to the first year of UG medical courses. The upper age limit for NEET (UG) is 25 years as on the date of examination with a relaxation of 5 years for the candidates belonging to the SC/ST/OBC-NCL category and PwD candidates.

NEET (UG) – 2021 is a pen and paper-based test, to be answered on the specially designed machine gradable sheet using a ball point pen. The question papers for the test shall be based on a common syllabus notified by the Medical Council of India. It will also be available at mciindia.org.

Incomplete applications and applications not in accordance with instructions are liable to be rejected without any further intimation. The examination fee once deposited will not be refunded. The fee will neither be carried forward to a future examination nor refunded. 

Merely appearing and qualifying in NEET (UG) does not confer any right to the candidate for admission to undergraduate medical courses. The selection and admission to any seat in any medical institution is subject to fulfilling the admission criteria, eligibility, rank in merit list, medical fitness and such other criteria as may be prescribed by the state and central government, and institutions.

The counselling for successful candidates under 15% All India Quota seats and all seats of deemed universities/central universities/seats of ESIC & AFMC including Delhi University (DU), BHU, AMU, AIIMS and JIPMER will be conducted by the MCC/DGHS for undergraduate medical courses. 

The following are the seats available under different quotas:

• India Quota Seats
• State Government Quota Seats
• Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental /Ayurveda /Siddha /Unani /Homeopathy Colleges or any Private University
• Central Pool Quota Seats
• All seats including NRI Quota as well as Management Quota, in private unaided/aided minority / non-minority medical colleges, shall also be filled on the basis of merit obtained in NEET (UG) 

The NTA will also release the information brochure for NEET-UG 2021 soon. The NEET 2021 official brochure will include event-related dates and thorough information on the eligibility, application form, number of exam centres, admit card, result, counselling and more. The NEET 2021 bulletin must be read carefully before filling the application form.

The Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday announced the new exam dates for NEET-UG 2021 exam. As per the latest announcement, the exam will be held on September 12. NEET aspirants will be able to register for the exam at ntaneet.nic.in from 5 pm on July 13.

Several courses across the country use NEET scores to admit students. The list of courses that use NEET scores include Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS), Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yoga Sciences (BNYS), Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS), Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS), Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry(BVSc & AH) and Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT)

Candidates will be able to pay the fee for NEET 2021 through Debit/Credit/ Net Banking or Unified Payment Interface (UPI) using State Bank of India/Syndicate Bank/ICICI Bank/HDFC Bank/Paytm service provider.

The NEET is held in English and ten other regional languages including Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu for admission to undergraduate courses- MBBS/ BDS in medical colleges in the country

After the education minister's announcement of the NEET-UG 2021 exam date, students are demanding that the exam should be postponed till October due to speculations about the Covid third wave. The hashtag #PostponeNEETUGtillOctober is trending on social media platforms. 

It is not safe to give any exams in these times of covid.Plz postpone NEET UG EXAM TILL OCTOBER. We want to give our NEET UG EXAM in October Sir as we would be fully vaccinated and mentally prepared by then.Kindly understand ??#PostponeNEETUGtillOctober @dpradhanbjp @DG_NTA https://t.co/q17p29BrRn

— Tanya Singh (@tanya_singh2199) July 11, 2021

This year, the number of test cities have been increased to ensure social distancing amid Covid. The number of cities has been increased to 198. In 2020, the medical entrance exam was conducted in 155 cities. 

The Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday announced the new exam dates for the MBBS/BDS entrance exam. As per the latest announcement, the exam will be held on September 12.