The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed medical colleges to not grant leave to students on June 20 and 21 to prevent them from appearing as proxy candidates in the NEET-UG 2026 retest.
The direction was issued following a request from the Department of Higher Education (DoHE) under the Union Education Ministry.
Medical students were also barred from going on leave on May 2-3 this year in view of the NEET-UG 2026 held on May 3.
Over 22.79 lakh candidates will appear for the NEET-UG re-examination in a single shift from 2pm to 5:15pm in pen-and-paper mode on Sunday across 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad.
Qualifying NEET-UG is mandatory for admission to MBBS and other UG medical courses.
More than 2.27 million candidates appeared for the May 3 examination, which was scrapped following allegations of a paper leak.
