The results announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday showed that a total of 8,70,074 candidates have qualified the NEET-UG 2021 exam for admission to undergraduate medical courses, with 56.8 per cent successful candidates.
Three students — Mrinal Kutteri (Telangana), Tanmay Gupta (Delhi) and Karthika G Nair (Maharashtra) — secured the top rank, scoring 720 marks each.
Two women are among the top 20 candidates from 11 states and one union territory.
Dr Sadhna Parashar, Senior Director, NEET (UG) said in a statement that out of 15,44,275 candidates, 8,70,074 have cleared the examination held on September 12. This shows an improvement as compared to last year, when 13,66,945 candidates appeared for the exam. appeared for the exam. And 7,71,500 cleared it.
Last year, 55.46 per cent of the qualified candidates were women.
The top 20 candidates this year include three from Uttar Pradesh and two each from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Delhi. The exam was conducted in 13 languages across 3,858 centers including Kuwait and Dubai. 883 foreign candidates qualified.
The category-wise break-up of qualifying candidates shows that 13.12 per cent are from Scheduled Caste (SC) background, 45.6 per cent are from OBC, and 4.61 per cent are ST, as against 12.8 per cent, 46.59 per cent and 4.38 per cent last year. Percent. percent, respectively.
The cut-off score in the general category is 138 this year as compared to 147 in 2020. The cut-off for ST, SC and OBC categories is 108 as compared to 113 last year.
The DGHS will conduct counseling for 15 per cent All India Quota seats, Deemed Universities, Central Universities and BHU and AMU seats, the NTA statement said.
“The counseling details and schedule will be available on the websites of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the State Directorate of Medical Education,” it said.
In case of State Quota seats and other seats falling within the purview of the States, candidates can apply for the “States of their domicile and merit list as per the rules of the State … Counseling for Private Medical Colleges also. State Counseling Authority” “Will be conducted by him,” it said.
.