New Delhi, May 19 -- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday reviewed preparations for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination on June 21, and directed officials to ensure that all gaps in the examination process "must be comprehensively addressed and eliminated".

The directions came days after the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the previous edition of NEET-UG 2026 on May 12 after at least 120 questions in a "guess paper" overlapped with the May 3 examination, affecting more than 2.2 million students.

"The minister emphasised that the Re-NEET examination must be conducted in a secure, seamless and foolproof manner under stringent security protocols. Directions were a...