India, May 11 -- India's largest undergraduate medical entrance examination - NEET UG 2026 - is at the centre of a controversy over alleged irregularities, less than two years after the NEET UG 2024 scandal that triggered nationwide protests, Supreme Court hearings, and a CBI investigation.

With just over 1 lakh MBBS seats available against over 22 lakh applicants, a difference of a few marks determines whether a student secures a government college seat, pays crores at a private college, or gets no seat at all.

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The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET UG, is the single gateway to admission into MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, and other undergraduate medical programmes across...