Aspirants search their roll number for seats allotted to them before entering an examination centre to appear for the NEET UG 2026 re-exam at the centre, in Patna on Sunday | Photo Credit: ANI

More than 20 lakh candidates took the NEET UG re-examination on Sunday across 5440 centres in India and 14 centres abroad under enhanced security and logistics measures. The National Testing Agency said Aadhaar-based biometric and face authentication, CCTV monitoring, jammers, and two-layer frisking with the support of State Police were put in place across centres for efficient and transparent conduct of the examination.

About 7 lakh officials, including police teams, observers and examination staff, were mobilised in 37 days across India to conduct this examination, it added.

“ Command and control centres for CCTV monitoring were established at the national level – at the NTA and the Ministry of Education, at 34 Centrally Funded Institutions of the Department of Higher Education and in every State, and at District Collectorates,” NTA added. During the day, Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan also visited NTA HQ to review arrangements for the smooth conduct of the NEET UG re-examination.

Multiple Central and state departments and agencies were involved as part of "the whole-of-government effort”. “The conduct of the examination drew on the support of CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces, the Ministry of External Affairs, the Department of Posts, the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NIC, MeitY, the Department of Financial Services, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Education, and our banking partners - SBI, Canara Bank, PNB and UCO Bank, alongside State Governments and many other stakeholders,” NTA stated.

Extensive arrangements were also made for 10,000 students with Disabilities and around 81 candidates with medical conditions. Among them was a child who had been in a road accident, and a child who is undergoing chemotherapy, NTA said.

Agencies reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi delayed his departure from the airport to facilitate the smooth movement of students towards examination centres.

The paper was originally held on May 3 but was later scrapped following paper leak allegations, which led to the conduct of the re-examination on Sunday.

Published on June 21, 2026