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NEET-UG is the national level entrance exam for admission into MBBS, BDS, Ayush (BAMS), Veterinary (BVSc & AH) and other allied Medical and Paramedical courses in India. The NEET-UG examination is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) for the purpose of selecting quality candidates for admission into various Medical and allied Health courses in India, NEET-UG 2021will be conducted twice from this year on online mode. The tentative dates of NEET-UG exam for the 1^st phase are *1st week of May to 3rd week of May 2021. This will be the first time that a NEET-UG medical examination will be conducted in online mode. Registration of NEET-UG 2021 will start from *2^nd  week of March 2021, the applicant can fill in their basic details in the application form after successful registration, and the last date of registration of NEET-UG 2021 will be  *1st week of April 2021. It is expected that approximately 18 lakhs students will take this test this year, due to the huge numbers of applicants this exam may take two weeks to complete. The second Phase of NEET-UG 2021 is expected in the 2^nd week of July. The NEET-UG 2021 Counselling will start thereafter separately for the 15% All India quota government medical seats in the country plus seats of deemed and central universities and state-wise counseling for 85% of government seats and all private seats of the state.

NEET UG 2021 Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must have completed 10+2 or equivalent from a recognized institute.
• The minimum aggregate required in the qualifying examination is 50% for those belonging to the general category and candidates belonging to the SC/ST category need a minimum aggregate of 40% and those belonging to the OBC category need at least 45% in the qualifying examination.
• There is no upper age limit for the candidates appearing for NEET UG 2021, however, the minimum age required to appear for the examination is 17 years.

NEET UG 2021 Application Form

Candidates will be able to fill NEET UG 2021 Application Form through online mode. The application process for NEET UG 2021 will begin from *2nd week of March 2021  . Candidates must provide a working phone number and email Id at the time of registration to get login credentials. Candidates must submit their recent passport size photograph & signature in the prescribed format. There is no need to send the printout of the application form to the board.

NEET UG 2021
Application Fee

The application fee payable for
different categories is as follows:

• General & OBC Category: Rs.1400/-
• SC/ST/PWD/Transgender Category: Rs.750/-

Candidates will be able to pay the Application Fee through online as well as offline mode. Credit Card/Debit Card/Net-banking are available as online mode. For offline mode, E-Challan facility is available at State Bank of India (SBI) branches.

NEET UG 2021 Admit Card

NTA will provide NEET UG 2021 Admit
Card by  *3rd week of April2021. NEET Admit card will be made available through online mode. The board will also send a copy of admit card in PDF format to candidates registered email ID. Along with the admit card, candidates also have to bring passport size photograph, valid ID proof and PWD category certificate (if any).

NEET 2021 Answer Key

NEET UG 2021 Answer Key will be
released in the first week of June 2021*. Through NEET answer key,
candidates will be able to check their answers & can predict their marks.
Candidates will have to login through their user ID & password to check the
answer key. The authority will also give an opportunity to the candidate to
make online challenge against the answer key. Candidates will have to pay a fee
per answer to challenge the answer key.

NEET UG 2021 Cutoff

Candidates will have to score more
than the minimum NEET UG 2021 Cutoff marks to qualify the examination.
The NEET cutoff will depend upon various factors like the number of
candidates appearing in the exam, difficulty level of the exam, performance of
the candidate, etc. The authority will also release a cutoff under 15% of All
India Quota seats for different categories.

NEET UG 2021 Result

Students who have appeared for the
NEET UG 2021 exam will be able to check NEET UG 2021 Result
through online mode. The NEET Result will be declared
on second week of June 2021. No candidate will receive their result through
offline mode. Candidates have to login with their details by entering
their Roll number & Date of Birth to check their
result.

NEET UG 2021 Merit List

NEET 2021 Merit List will be released
by NTA through online mode. The merit list of the eligible candidates
who will opt for 15% of All India Quota seats will be on the basis of marks
obtained in the NEET UG 2020 exam. Admission to MBBS/BDS within the respective
category will be based on All India Rank (AIR) as per merit list.

NEET UG 2021 Counselling

The Directorate General
of Health Services (DGHS) on behalf of Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will
conduct the NEET UG 2021 Counselling. The counselling will be held in online
mode. NEET UG Counselling 2021 will be conducted for the 15% seats of the total
intake from all the government colleges for the All India Quota candidates. MCC
is also responsible for allotment of seats in Central and Deemed Universities,
seats reserved for Wards of Insured Persons in ESIC medical colleges and
available seats at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune. NEET UG Counselling
for the remaining 85% State Quota seats of government and all 100% seats in private
colleges will be conducted by the respective state authorities i.e
Director  Medical Education (DME). NEET
UG Counselling 2021 will be conducted in two rounds for 15% All India Quota
seats while for the Central & Deemed Universities and ESIC colleges, the
counselling will be conducted in three rounds. The counselling result of NEET
UG 2021 will be released in the form of the seat allotment list and seat
allotment letter. Candidates allotted seats through NEET UG Counselling will have to report
to the allotted colleges within the stipulated time for admission purposes.1^s