Upper age limit removed for all candidates appearing in NEET UG exam

The upper age limit has been removed for all candidates in the Undergraduate Medical Entrance Exam, NEET-UG. The National Medical Commission, the apex regulatory body of medical education in the country, has given this information.

In a letter to the National Testing Agency (NTA), National Medical Commission Secretary Dr Pulkesh Kumar has asked the agency to remove the upper age condition from the information bulletin of NEET-UG.

“It has been decided in the fourth meeting of the NMC that… there should be no fixed upper age limit for appearing in the NEET-UG exam. NEET is the only entrance exam in India for admission to MBBS, BDS and some other related courses. Every year about 15 lakh students participate in it.