22.79 lakh students, 1.29 lakh MBBS seats… 18 contenders for 1 seat, know how difficult it is, doctor

NEET Re-Exam 2026: The re-exam of the country’s biggest medical entrance examination NEET-UG 2026 is being conducted today on June 21, 2026, in which more than 22.79 lakh students are participating. After the paper leak controversy, it has become a big challenge for NTA to conduct the examination in a completely fair and safe manner. For this reason, before the examination, security arrangements were checked by conducting mock drills across the country. The teams of police, administration and NTA are busy ensuring that no incidents like cheating, fraud or paper leak take place during the examination.

A total of 1.29 lakh MBBS seats are available in medical colleges across the country, due to which the competition is very tough. According to statistics, on an average 18 students are vying for an MBBS seat, making the path to becoming a doctor more challenging than before. In such a situation, let us know how difficult it is to become a doctor.

Examination will be held in 565 cities, 22.79 lakh students will give the exam.

A total of more than 22.79 lakh students across the country have registered for NEET-UG 2026 re-exam. These include about 13.33 lakh girl students and 9.47 lakh boys. About 22.05 lakh candidates appeared in the first examination. This examination is being conducted in a total of 565 cities including 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. This examination, conducted on such a large scale, is considered one of the biggest medical admission examinations in the country.

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How difficult is it to become a doctor?

According to career counseling experts, at present there are a total of 823 medical colleges in the country, where 1,29,603 MBBS seats are available. Of these, there are 63,160 seats in 450 government medical colleges, while 66,443 seats are available in 373 private and deemed medical colleges. However, most of the students try to get admission in government medical colleges due to low fees, due to which the competition is very high there. The competition for MBBS seats in NEET-UG 2026 is very tough.

If we look at the total of more than 22.79 lakh registered candidates and 1.29 lakh MBBS seats, on an average around 18 students are competing for one seat. At the same time, due to limited seats in government medical colleges and low fees, government colleges are the first choice of most of the students. This is the reason why competition for government MBBS seats becomes even more difficult, where on an average 36 candidates are vying for one seat.

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