New Delhi: The NEET-PG 2026 examination was successfully conducted for more than 2.63 lakh candidates across the country on Sunday, officials said.
The NEET-PG was scheduled for 2,73,096 candidates at 1,111 examination centres across 339 cities, covering all 36 states and Union territories, the health ministry said.
A total of 2,65,980 candidates appeared in the NEET-PG, with the examination successfully completed for approximately 2,63,535 candidates, the ministry said.
The nationwide examination was supported by extensive real-time monitoring and stringent security measures, it added.
A total of 2,527 faculty members were appointed as independent appraisers to oversee the conduct of the examination. In addition, more than 700 senior faculty members, including deans, directors, medical superintendents and senior professors, were deployed as Flying Squad members.
To strengthen coordination and monitoring, 16 National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) regional command centres were made operational across the country, the ministry said.
The examination centres were also placed under live CCTV surveillance, which was continuously monitored from the NBEMS Command Centre at its headquarters in Delhi's Dwarka.
A dedicated team of 190 personnel from the NBEMS and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was deployed for real-time surveillance and monitoring, the ministry said.
At the dedicated Command Centre at the NBEMS headquarters, officials from the board, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) and TCS maintained close and continuous oversight of the examination process throughout the day, it said.
As part of the measures to further strengthen examination security and prevent impersonation, Aadhaar-based authentication of candidates was successfully undertaken at the examination centres.
Government agencies extended their full support towards the secure and orderly conduct of the examination, the ministry said.
However, the examination could not be completed at two centres in Rajasthan's Jaipur due to an internal power failure, officials said.
The NBEMS has scheduled a re-examination for the affected candidates in Jaipur at 3 p.m. on September 5, according to a notice issued by it.
