Back to Markets
Stocks● Neutral
NTA Defends NEET Re-Exam After Fake Paper-Leak Video Surfaces
NTA calls social-media clip 'fabricated' and says law enforcement is tracing its source after 2M+ candidates sat NEET-UG 2026 retake under biometric and CCTV watch. The earlier leak that forced the re-test still under investigation.
Continue with
The agency that runs India's medical entrance exam moved Sunday to contain a misinformation campaign before the second wave of accusations could damage the re-test's credibility. The NTA called a circulating video 'fabricated' and said law enforcement was tracing its origin, a response that landed hours after more than 2 million candidates sat for the NEET-UG 2026 retake across 5,440 centers.
Abhishek Singh, the NTA's director general, framed the exercise as a whole-of-government effort that mobilised roughly 700,000 officials–police teams, observers, and exam staff–in 37 days. The earlier test had been cancelled following paper leaks that fueled street protests and a political firestorm. Singh cited Aadhaar-based biometric authentication, CCTV monitoring, and command centers at the national, state, and district levels as the security stack.
A single metric carries the weight of the operation: 20 lakh candidates (more than two million) appeared, including more than 10,000 persons with disabilities and 81 candidates with medical conditions requiring special arrangements. One candidate was undergoing chemotherapy; another had been in a road accident. Neither missed the exam, the NTA said.