NEET UG 2020: More Than 15 Lakh Candidates Register For 2020 Exam; Check Last Date For Correction

The number was expected to shoot up this year because, the medical entrance exam - NEET exam has now been made mandatory for admission to AIIMS and JIPMER.

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New Delhi: A total of 15,93,452 lakh candidates have applied for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2020. In the year 2019, for the first time, over 15 lakh candidates had registered for the exam. The number was expected to shoot up this year because, the medical entrance exam - NEET has been made mandatory for admission to AIIMS and JIPMER. The website this year also witnessed a very heavy rush. A slight 4.87 per cent rise has been witnessed in the number of candidates registered this year, increasing the 2019 tally by 74,083 candidates. The last date for submission of application form of NEET (UG) - 2020 was also extended to January 6 (up to 11:50 PM), to help the candidates who were not able to apply online due to heavy rush on the website. This is being done following many requests that have been received by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in this regard. The NEET (UG) - 2020 will be conducted on Sunday, the 03 May, 2020 . The date of correction of particulars in the online application form remains the same, i.e. from January 15 to January 31 (up to 11.50 pm). Additionally, candidates from the Kashmir Valley, Leh and Kargil can submit the application form offline at the Nodal Centres fixed by the National Testing Agency . To get more information, candidates may refer to a public notice dated December 15-17 that is available on the NTA website - ntaneet.nic.in