New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has barred medical students from taking leave on June 20 and 21 to prevent them from appearing as proxy candidates in the re-examination of NEET-UG 2026 scheduled for June 21.
The move is aimed at discouraging any potential misuse and ensuring the fair conduct of the examination, as per a notice issued by NMC secretary Dr Raghav Langer.
This measure follows a direction from the department of higher education (DoHE) under the Union ministry of education, which has also recommended denying leave to students on June 20-21 except in justified cases.
The re-examination of NEET-UG 2026 will be conducted in a single shift from 2pm to 5:15pm in pen-and-paper mode on Sunday across 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad for over 22.79 lakh candidates.
Qualifying NEET-UG is mandatory for admission to MBBS and other UG medical courses.
Over 200,000 personnel have been deployed nationwide to ensure the secure conduct of the examination.
