New Delhi: On 21 June 2026, more than 20 lakh candidates sat for the NEET UG re-examination across 5,440 centres in India and 14 centres abroad.

Therefore, through a notice, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has highlighted the massive nationwide effort that went into conducting the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination, describing it as a collective achievement of “Team NTA, Team Bharat".

The agency detailed the extensive coordination among government departments, security agencies, academic institutions, and state administrations to ensure the smooth conduct of the exam.

The agency emphasized that this was not the NTA It was Team Bharat - a chain of people across the country who showed up so that, for each candidate, the only thing that mattered that morning was the paper in front of them.

Extensive arrangements were made for all candidates, including more than 10,000 Persons with Disabilities. Special arrangements were put in place for around 81 candidates with medical conditions, among them a child who had been in a road accident, and a child undergoing chemotherapy, who were determined not to miss an exam they had prepared for years. Reaching each of them took planning that no candidate ever sees.

Aadhaar-based biometric and face authentication, CCTV monitoring, jammers, and twolayer frisking with the support of State Police were in place across centres. Command and control centres for CCTV monitoring were established at the national level - at the NTA and at the Ministry of Education, at 34 Centrally Funded Institutions of the Department of Higher Education, in every State, and at District Collectorates.

Source: Medical Dialogues - June 22,2026