{"id":183380,"date":"2026-06-20T22:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183380"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:09:53","slug":"22-8-lakh-to-take-neet-ug-re-test-today-across-india-mumbai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183380","title":{"rendered":"22.8 lakh to take NEET (UG) re-test today across India | Mumbai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131885156,imgsize-113793,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/data-from-the-national-testing-agency-shows-that-81-of-the-candidates-are-in-the-age-group-of-17-to-20-17-are-between-the-ages-of-21-and-24-years-and-4133-are-above-35.jpg\" alt=\"22.8 lakh to take NEET (UG) re-test today across India\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MUMBAI: A total of 22.8 lakh students from across India, who were issued hall tickets for NEET (UG) 2026 re-exam, will take the medical entrance test on Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Data from the National Testing Agency shows that 81% of the candidates are in the age-group of 17 to 20, 17% are between the ages of 21 and 24 years and 4,133 are above 35. <!-- -->The pool of retest takers comprises 13.3 lakh female and 9.5 lakh male candidates.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Uttar Pradesh once again accounts for the largest share of candidates at 3.6 lakh, followed by Maharashtra\u2019s 2.2 lakh. Rajasthan, Bihar, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu each have well over one lakh aspirants. Together, these six states account for nearly half of the total number of candidates.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The figures also underline the growing prominence of Rajasthan as a medical coaching hub. <!-- -->With more than 2 lakh candidates, the state ranked third nationally, ahead of several larger and more populous regions. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Bihar\u2019s share of 1.6 lakh candidates further highlights the intense demand for medical education across northern India, where competition for limited govt medical seats remains exceptionally fierce.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Southern states continued to maintain a strong presence. Karnataka has registered 1.5 lakh candidates, closely followed by Tamil Nadu (1.4 lakh), Kerala 1.1 lakh and Telangana more than 73,000 aspirants. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Perhaps the most striking trend, however, emerges from the language data. Of the 22.8 lakh candidates, nearly 18.1 lakh, that is almost four out of every five aspirants, will take the examination in English.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Hindi was a distant second with 3.5 lakh candidates. All other languages together accounted for a relatively small fraction of registrations. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Gujarati recorded the highest number among regional languages with nearly 50,000 candidates, followed by Bengali (38,577) and Tamil (29,845). Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kannada and Odia together accounted for only a few thousand candidates.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>At the other end of the spectrum, UTs and northeastern states contributed modest but significant numbers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/22-8-lakh-to-take-neet-ug-re-test-today-across-india\/articleshow\/131885152.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI: A total of 22.8 lakh students from across India, who were issued hall tickets for NEET (UG) 2026 re-exam, will take the medical entrance test on Sunday.Data from the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782014994_photo.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":181991,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181991","url_meta":{"origin":183380,"position":0},"title":"NEET Re-Exam 2026 Admit Card (Out) LIVE: Fee refund correction window link, Telegram paper leak updates","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"LiveNTA re-NEET admit card 2026 can be accessed on neet.nta.nic.in; Updates on hall ticket, Telegram ban, paper leak, refund process, new guidelines, counselling, cutoffs, pattern, and more NEET UG Re-Exam Date 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the re-exam for National Eligibility- cum- Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET UG 2026)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/re-neet-ug-2026-hall-ticket-paper-leak-news-updates-telegram-ban-featured-image.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/re-neet-ug-2026-hall-ticket-paper-leak-news-updates-telegram-ban-featured-image.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/re-neet-ug-2026-hall-ticket-paper-leak-news-updates-telegram-ban-featured-image.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/re-neet-ug-2026-hall-ticket-paper-leak-news-updates-telegram-ban-featured-image.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/re-neet-ug-2026-hall-ticket-paper-leak-news-updates-telegram-ban-featured-image.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":173891,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173891","url_meta":{"origin":183380,"position":1},"title":"Indian Air Force likely to oversee transport of NEET-UG re-test papers &#8211; The Hindu","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Indian Air Force likely to oversee transport of NEET-UG re-test papers\u00a0\u00a0The HinduUnion Education Minister, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan along with Dr. K. 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