New Delhi: The registrations for this year’s National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - Undergraduate or NEET-UG has crossed 20.8 lakh. This is 2.57 lakh more than the number of applicants last year.
With 2.8 lakh registrations, Maharashtra tops the list followed by Uttar Pradesh with 2.7 lakh applicants. More than one lakh applicants have registered from states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
Interestingly, this year marks the all-time highest number of registrations for NEET-UG which is the national-level entrance test for admission to various undergraduate medical courses. There are 1.4 lakhs MBBS and BDS seats in the country.