Overview
- The nationwide NEET‑PG exam was held on Sunday, August 30, and internal power and technical failures at two iON Digital Zone Sitapura centres in Jaipur prevented 2,445 candidates from completing the computer‑based test.
- The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences has scheduled a re‑examination for those affected on September 5 at 3:00 PM in Jaipur and will issue revised admit cards and venue details to eligible candidates.
- NBEMS and the Union Health Ministry attributed the disruption to internal power‑supply problems at the centres and have said the issue is linked to the exam technology partner, TCS Ltd, prompting calls to review vendor accountability.
- A three‑member committee chaired by Gayatri Rathore and including central and engineering officials has been constituted to investigate the cause of the outage and report back so authorities can decide next steps.
- Officials and PIB Fact Check deny any leak of the question paper, and authorities say the targeted retest seeks to give affected examinees an equal opportunity without cancelling the nationwide exam.