Overview

• NEET-UG 2025 saw over 20.8 lakh candidates across 5,453 centers in India and 14 international locations, with strict security measures including biometric authentication and CCTV surveillance.
• The exam was widely regarded as exceptionally difficult, with Physics being particularly challenging, leading to predictions of lower cut-offs for medical college admissions.
• Authorities successfully prevented multiple fraud attempts, arresting individuals in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha for schemes such as selling question papers and deploying proxy candidates.
• Regions like Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir reported smooth and incident-free execution, a significant improvement from previous years marred by controversies.
• A suicide by a NEET aspirant in Kota and reports of student distress highlighted the high-pressure environment surrounding the exam.