The Indian government is considering significant changes to the NEET-UG, including splitting it into a two-tier exam with dual organizers and possibly shifting to a hybrid mode. The final decision, which is still pending due to Supreme Court rulings on petitions regarding previous exam paper leaks, may involve a preliminary exam followed by a final exam. The number of candidates advancing to the finals is likely to be four to five times the number of seats, and the eligibility cutoff will be based on preliminary scores and the total number of seats.

Based on several discussions, the new exam pattern would include the finals in a computer-based mode while keeping the prelims in pen-paper format and engaging different agencies for each stage to enhance security. This aims to prevent candidates who may have used unfair means in the prelims from advancing. The NEET-UG has facedโ€ฆ