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New Delhi:  The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) [NEET (UG)] 2026 re-examination for medical admissions is scheduled to be held on June 21 (Sunday), the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced today (Friday). Further, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the exam will be computer-based from next year while asserting that OMR ( (Optical Mark Recognition) sheets are the root cause of the paper leak.

📢 NEET (UG) 2026 — Examination Date Announced The National Testing Agency, with the approval of the Government of India, has scheduled the re-examination of NEET (UG) 2026 on Sunday, 21 June 2026. Candidates and parents are requested to rely only on the official channels of NTA.… — National Testing Agency (@NTA_Exams) May 15, 2026

📢 NEET (UG) 2026 — Examination Date Announced The National Testing Agency, with the approval of the Government of India, has scheduled the re-examination of NEET (UG) 2026 on Sunday, 21 June 2026. Candidates and parents are requested to rely only on the official channels of NTA.…

— National Testing Agency (@NTA_Exams) May 15, 2026

The June-21 re-exam will be from 2 pm to 5.15 pm, fifteen minutes longer than usual. The fee has been waived completely. Students will get a one-week window to choose their exam city, and admit cards will be issued by June 14.

“NEET will transition to computer-based test mode from next year. OMR sheets are the root cause of the paper leak,” Pradhan said in a press conference today.

Over 22 lakh candidates had appeared for the NEET 2026 exam which was held on May 3 across 5,432........

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