Attempt Limit In NEET UG: After the ongoing controversy regarding NEET UG 2026 and cancellation of the examination, the National Testing Agency has now started preparing for major changes. In the coming time, age limit and attempt limit may be implemented in the medical entrance examination. This means that students can now get a chance to take NEET UG exam till the prescribed age and only a limited number of times.

The central government told the parliamentary committee on Thursday that former ISRO chief Dr. Major reforms will be made in the examination system based on the recommendations of the expert committee headed by Radhakrishnan. In its presentation before the Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by Congress MP Digvijay Singh, the NDA has put forward a roadmap of several long-term reforms.

Attempt limit may be implemented for the first time in NEET

At present, only the minimum age limit for students in NEET UG exam has been fixed at 17 years, there is no maximum age limit and students can appear for the exam any number of times. However, NTA is preparing to make changes in this system. The agency told the parliamentary committee that the number of attempts by candidates may be fixed in future. Along with this, implementation of maximum age limit is also being considered. It has not been clarified yet how many attempts the girl students will get and what will be the maximum age.

Focus on computer based and multi session examination

NTA told the committee that in the coming time, NEET UG examination can be conducted completely in computer based test i.e. CBT mode. Apart from this, work is also being done on multi-session and multi-stage examination system. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has already announced that preparations can be made to conduct NEET UG in CBT mode next year. At present, NTA has the capacity to conduct computer-based examination of about 1.5 lakh students in one shift, which has been targeted to be increased to 10 lakh next year.

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Reforms increased after paper leak controversy

This time a big controversy has arisen regarding NEET UG exam 2026. More than 22 lakh students had appeared in the examination held on May 3. Later allegations were made that about 120 questions of the viral guess paper were matching the real exam. According to NTA, the agency received information about the alleged irregularities on May 7, after which the matter was referred to the central agencies on May 8 and the examination was canceled on May 12. Now the re-examination will be held on June 21, however, in the parliamentary committee meeting, NTA directly refused to consider it as a paper leak. The agency said that irregularities and malpractices came to light in the examination process, but it would not be correct to call it a complete paper leak. In the meeting, BJP MPs also objected to the use of the word paper leak. At the same time, opposition MPs raised the question that if the paper was not leaked then why did the examination have to be cancelled.

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