Alerts and Updates for NEET

After the original May 3, 2026 exam was cancelled over a paper-leak controversy and re-conducted as Re-NEET on June 21, 2026, results were declared and MCC counselling has now begun: round 1 seat allotment was published around August 21-22, 2026 across 29,945 MBBS and BDS seats, with reporting due by August 31.

MCC has published the round 2 schedule: registration and choice filling run September 3-9, 2026, choice locking closes 10 AM on September 9, seat allotment result is due September 11, and reporting to allotted colleges runs September 12-18, 2026.

This year's All India Quota counselling covers roughly 1.10 lakh MBBS seats across 710 medical colleges and about 21,000 BDS seats, spanning 15 percent AIQ seats plus 100 percent seats in deemed universities, AIIMS, JIPMER and central institutions.

NTA conducted the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination on June 21, 2026 for roughly 20 lakh candidates, after the original May 3 exam was cancelled over paper-leak allegations. A senior NTA official has said the re-exam result will be announced by July 20; no exact date has been notified yet.

The provisional answer key and question papers for the re-examination were uploaded on neet.nta.nic.in on June 25, 2026, with the challenge window open until June 28. Around 10,000 objections were received and are under review; the final answer key is still awaited.

MCC counselling for the 15 percent All India Quota, AIIMS, JIPMER, central and deemed universities has not been scheduled yet and is expected to begin only after the result, likely towards the end of July 2026. States will run separate schedules for the 85 percent state quota.

Because the cycle has slipped by roughly two months, keep your scorecard, Class 10 and 12 certificates, category and domicile papers scanned and ready. Counselling registration windows on mcc.nic.in are typically short, and no separate reminder is sent to candidates.

NEET UG 2026 was conducted by NTA on May 3, 2026 for approximately 22.79 lakh candidates. The provisional answer key was released on May 6, 2026 — within three days of the exam — at neet.nta.nic.in.

The answer-key challenge window is open with a non-refundable fee of ₹200 per question. NTA will release the final answer key and declare the NEET UG 2026 result in the second or third week of June 2026.

Initial exam analyses rate the paper as moderately difficult — Physics was the toughest, Biology was scoring but lengthy. Expected qualifying marks (50th percentile) for UR/EWS are 135–144, with safe scores for government MBBS seats around 620–650+.

Candidates should download their response sheet, OMR image and provisional answer key for all four code sets (11, 12, 13, 14) from neet.nta.nic.in. Counselling for MBBS/BDS through MCC and state quotas will begin after the final result.