NEET 2021 Latest News: Exam to be conducted once a year says Education Minister: Check here for exam date and all registration details!

NEET 2021 latest news: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced on Monday that the prestigious medical entrance exam, NEET will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) only once this year.

As per a report by ANI, the Union Education Minister stated that the NTA under the Ministry of Education conducts NEET for the undergraduate programme in medical sciences in consultation with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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After a lot of anticipation, the NTA finally announced the exam date for NEET 2021 last week. This year the UG NEET 2021 will be conducted in pen and paper mode on August 1, 2021, Sunday.

The notification issued by NTA also further stated that the information bulletin containing detailed information regarding the exam, syllabus, eligibility criteria for age, reservation, categorization of seats, examination fee, cities of examination, state code and all other important information will be available soon on the official website of NEET at ntaneet.nic.in, when the submission of the application form for NEET (UG) 2021 starts.

After the application process starts, the NEET 2021 aspirants need to follow a few simple steps to complete the registration process. They are as follows:

Step-1: Apply for 'Online Registration' using your or parents unique email id and mobile number.

Step-2: Fill in the 'Online Application Form' and note down the system generated application number.

Step 3: Upload scanned images of the candidate’s latest passport size photograph (size: 10 kb to 200 kb), post card size photograph (4”X6”) (Size: 50 kb - 300 kb), the candidate’s signature (file size: 4kb - 30kb), left hand thumb impression (file size: 10 kb-50 kb) in JPG/JPEG format, class 10 pass certificate (file size: 100 kb to 400 kb) in JPG/JPEG format.

Step-4: Pay fee using SBI/Syndicate/HDFC/ICICI/Paytm payment gateway through Debit Card/Credit Card/Net-banking/UPI and keep proof of fee paid safely for future reference.

Last year, the NEET 2020 was postponed twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was finally held on September 13, 2020. An astounding number of about 13.66 lakh candidates appeared for the exam. Out of them, 7,71,500 candidates had qualified.

The NEET exam is conducted every year for admission to the undergraduate medical courses in all medical institutions. Thus, the admission to MBBS course in AIIMS, New Delhi, JIPMER and all AIIMS like Institutions will also be made through NEET.

As per the NTA notification, the NEET 2021 exam will be conducted in 11 languages this year including English and Hindi.

The NEET 2021 candidates must keep an eye on the following websites for regular updates: nta.ac.in and ntaneet.nic.in.