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The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses concluded across the country on August 30, with more than 2.63 lakh candidates successfully completing the examination — and one conspicuous exception in Jaipur that has now put the conducting agency under scrutiny.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NEET PG 2026 was scheduled for 2,73,096 candidates at 1,111 examination centres located across 339 cities, covering all 36 states and Union territories. Of those, 2,65,980 appeared. The examination was successfully completed for approximately 2,63,535 candidates.

The Jaipur disruption, and who has been held responsible

The test was disrupted for 2,445 candidates at two examination centres in Jaipur, where an internal power supply failure prevented the examination from being completed. The affected candidates were appearing at iON Digital Zone iDZ Sitapura centres, identified by test centre numbers 41682 and 41683.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that the disruption was caused by internal power-related issues at the centres, and attributed the problem to TCS Ltd, the technological partner and examination-conducting agency.

That attribution is the most consequential line in the entire official communication. Naming the agency rather than describing a generic technical fault is not standard practice in these notices, and it shifts the question from bad luck to contractual performance.

NBEMS has announced that a re-examination will be conducted for the affected candidates. The Board expressed regret over the inconvenience caused to candidates whose examination was disrupted, and stated that immediate steps had been taken to provide them with a fair and equitable opportunity to take the test.

The security apparatus behind NEET PG 2026

The scale of the monitoring deployment this cycle deserves more attention than it has received, not least because it is the context in which a single power failure became a national story.

A total of 2,527 faculty members were appointed as independent appraisers to oversee the conduct of the examination at various centres. More than 700 senior faculty members — including deans, directors, medical superintendents and senior professors — were deployed as members of Flying Squads to monitor the examination and ensure compliance with prescribed procedures.

NBEMS established 16 regional command centres across the country to strengthen coordination and provide real-time monitoring support. Examination centres were placed under live CCTV surveillance, with feeds continuously monitored from the NBEMS Command Centre at its headquarters in Dwarka, Delhi. A dedicated team of 190 personnel drawn from NBEMS and TCS was deployed for real-time surveillance and monitoring.

At the central command facility, Board officials worked alongside representatives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bharat Electronics Limited, Electronics Corporation of India Limited and TCS to maintain continuous oversight of the examination process through the day.

As an additional measure aimed at strengthening examination security and preventing impersonation, Aadhaar-based authentication of candidates was carried out successfully at the examination centres. Various government agencies extended support to facilitate the secure and orderly conduct of the examination.

Read together, that is an integrity architecture built for a specific historical anxiety — leaks, impersonation and paper compromise, the failures that have wrecked public confidence in Indian entrance exams over the last three years. It worked. What it did not cover was the mains supply in a Sitapura server room, which is a useful reminder that examination reliability and examination security are not the same problem and do not have the same solution.

NEET PG 2026 exam review: how the paper played

Subject experts reviewing the paper after the shift closed described it as lengthy and conceptual, highly integrated, and dominated by long clinical scenario-type questions. There were very few image-based questions and no video-based questions. Previous year questions remained relevant, rewarding candidates who had worked through past papers systematically.

"Integrated" is the operative word. A single stem drawing simultaneously on pathology, pharmacology and medicine punishes siloed, subject-wise preparation, and when it is wrapped in a long vignette it converts the paper into a time-management test as much as a knowledge test. Overall difficulty is being read as moderate to difficult.

Pattern and marking

NEET PG 2026 carried 180 questions, reduced from 200 in earlier cycles, for a total of 720 marks. Four marks were awarded for each correct answer and one mark deducted for each incorrect response. In the event of a tie, merit is decided first by fewer incorrect answers, then by higher marks in the MBBS examination, and then by age, with the older candidate placed ahead.

Fewer questions under the same negative marking regime raises the cost of every guess and the value of every question. Expect lower attempt counts than last year.

Answer key, result and what comes next

Candidates will be able to access question ID numbers, the correct answers and their own marked responses through the applicant login on the NBEMS website, allowing them to verify their responses against the official key. The response sheet will be published alongside.

Any answer key circulating on coaching channels before NBEMS publishes is reconstructed from memory and unofficial. Score estimates built on those keys have historically swung widely.

Counselling for MD, MS and PG diploma seats, post-MBBS DNB, direct six-year DrNB and NBEMS diploma courses is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee after the result is declared.

For the 2,445

If you were at Sitapura on Sunday: your examination has not been written off, and the Board has acknowledged that on record. Keep your registered mobile number and email active — the venue and revised admit card will come to you directly from NBEMS. Do not act on any claim about a changed centre or date that has not arrived through official channels, and do not stop evising. The gap is short.