Paper Setters Monitored; Digital Devices Banned

NEET UG exam was held on May 3 in 551 cities of the country and 14 centers abroad. 22 lakh students appeared in this exam. NEET UG 2026 exam has been canceled due to paper leak. There were demonstrations across the country against this rigging.

According to NTA, information about irregularities in the examination was received on the evening of May 7. After this the matter was handed over to the central agencies. On May 12, the exam was canceled and the decision to re-exam was taken.

Paper setters will remain in lockdown

Now NEET will be conducted again on June 21, 2026. The exam will be conducted from 2 to 5:15 pm in pen and paper mode. Paper setters will have to follow strict restrictions during the exam. Even the paper setters will be kept in lockdown till June 21 so that there is no possibility of paper leak. 551 cities across the country and 14 cities abroad have been selected to conduct the exam.

Use of aircraft to carry paper

According to the officials, all the work related to the exam like setting of questions, translation, printing, packaging, storage to transportation and distribution is being strictly monitored. Indian Air Force aircraft will be used by the government to carry all the items related to the question paper.

In the digital sector, officials are monitoring social media platforms and messaging 24 hours to keep fake question papers, misinformation and suspicious activities away from the exam.

The expert himself will not know for which exam paper he is preparing.

NTA is working on creating such a new system in which even the experts preparing the questions will not know for which exam the question paper is being prepared.

Under the new scheme of the National Testing Agency, experts from different subjects will prepare only questions. These questions will be kept in a large digital bank. According to officials, there may be around 10 thousand questions in it. Later, with the help of technology, the final exam paper will be prepared from these questions.

Admission in more than 1 lakh medical colleges through NEET

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is the national entrance examination for admission to medical and dental courses in India. It was started in 2013.

Through this examination, admission is available in courses like MBBS, BDS, AYUSH (BAMS, BHMS) and Nursing in all the government and private medical colleges of the country, which also includes prestigious institutes like AIIMS and JIPMER.

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