NEET-UG final merit list has been released and now 17 have topped instead of 61

The final merit list of NEET-UG-2024 has been published. The new list now has 17 toppers, up from 61 earlier. These 17 people scored 100% (720 out of 720). Along with this, the rank has been changed from two to two and a half thousand. After the Supreme Court order, the revised results of the NEET-UG examination were released on Thursday. More than 24 lakh students appeared in this exam. Mridul Manya Anand from Delhi topped 17 (99.9992714 percentile) Students from Rajasthan dominated the final merit list. From here 4 students are ranked in the top 17 ranks. Among the top 17, 2 from Delhi, 2 from Uttar Pradesh, 1 from Bihar, 1 from Punjab, 1 from West Bengal, 3 from Maharashtra, 1 from Tamil Nadu, 1 from Kerala and 1 from Chandigarh. have received Reduction of 2 Marks: After the final merit list, the minimum qualifying cut-off is also reduced. It was 164 for unreserved category. Now it has decreased by 2 points to 162. For OBC it was 163 and now it is 161. For SC and ST categories it has decreased from 129 to 127. Candidates who appeared in the exam can check the merit list and toppers list through NTA website exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. Also Read- Who were the 17 toppers who scored 720 in NEET and which state has the most students? See list of toppers and read more – Three results in one exam, why such situation in case of NEET-UG? When will the counseling start? After the release of the merit list, the counseling schedule will be released by the National Medical Council. Successful candidates will have to go through the counseling process to get admission in other medical courses including MBBS, BDS. Seats will be allocated according to the rank obtained in the examination. Counseling will be held in 4 rounds. Do you know what happened in NEET case? On May 5, the exam was held in 4 thousand 750 centers in 571 cities. There were also 14 cities from abroad. The exam result came on 4th June. Out of this, 67 got 100 percent marks. On June 11, the Supreme Court sought a reply from the Center and the NDA on a review petition based on paper leaks and other irregularities. On June 13, the central government informed the court that the grace marks awarded to 1,563 candidates for the examination had been cancelled. On June 14, the court asked the Center and the NDA to respond to a petition seeking a CBI probe into allegations of paper leaks and other irregularities. On June 18, the court had said that even 0.001 per cent negligence in examination should be dealt with. Education department informed that 813 of those who got mercy marks on June 23 re-sit the exam. On July 1, NTA announced the revised results. After this, the number of first rankers in the exam decreased from 67 to 61. The government had told the Supreme Court on July 5 that canceling the exam would jeopardize the future of lakhs of bona fide candidates. It would not be right to do so in the absence of evidence of a massive breach of privacy. On July 10, the government told the Supreme Court that there was no indication of large-scale irregularities. The group of local candidates also did not work. On July 18, the court directed the NTA to release the exam results center wise and city wise by 12 noon on July 20. While doing this, the identity of the candidates should not be disclosed. On July 22, the court asked IIT-Delhi to constitute a panel of experts. This group had to give the correct answer to a physics question asked in the exam. And he said you have to submit your report on 23rd July. The court came up for hearing on July 23. All parties were heard. I also went through IIT Delhi and CBI reports. Along with this, other aspects were also considered. After that they refused to cancel or re-conduct the exam. Also read: What are those 5 reasons why NEET was saved from cancellation?