No.DIRECTOR/NEET-UG/2018 04.06.

2018

PRESS RELEASE

As per regulations framed under the Indian Medical Council Act-1956 as amended in 2016 and
the Dentists Act-1948 as amended in 2016, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has
conducted NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) – 2018 [NEET(UG)-2018] for
admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the approval of
Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, Government of India except for the institutions established through an Act of Parliament e.g.
AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.

An All India merit list has been prepared in percentile determined on the basis of highest marks
secured in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to MBBS/BDS courses as per
Para V(II), Chapter II of Graduate Medical Education Regulations issued under Medical Council of
India Act & Dental Council of India Act.

1. FOLLOWING WERE ALLOWED TO APPEAR IN NEET-UG, 2018:

 Indian Nationals
 Non Resident Indians (NRIs)
 Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs)
 Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) &
 Foreign Nationals

2. SEATS TO BE FILLED THROUGH NEET(UG)-2018 ARE CLASSIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING

CATEGORIES:
 All India Quota Seats
 State Government Quota Seats
 State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical/ Dental Colleges or any Private/
Deemed University
 Central Pool Quota Seats

Some of Highlights of NEET-UG, 2018 are as follows:

CANDIDATES NUMBER REMARKS

No. of candidates registered 13,26,725 16.49% increase from NEET, 2017
No of Candidates Present 12,69,922 95.71%
No of Candidates Absent 56,803 (4.28% Absentees)
Indian Nationals 13,23,673 99.78%
NRIs 1842 00.13%
OCIs 529 00.04%
PIO 60 9 candidate less from 2017
Foreigners 621 00.04%
Male 5,80,649 43.76%
Female 7,46,075 56.23%
Transgender 1 7 less from 2017
Un Reserved 4,84,480 36.51%
SC 1,81,217 13.66%
ST 80,868 6.09%
OBC 5,80,160 43.73%
Number of Cities 136 32% more from 2017
Number of Languages 11 -
Number of centres 2255 17.38 %(334 more)
Number of rooms 5,60,000+ -
Number of invigilators 1,50,000+ -
Number of Observers 4500+ -
No of City Coordinators 153 23.38%
 Language wise number of registered candidates is as follows:

LANGUAGE CANDIDATES REMARKS

REGISTERED
English 10,60,923 79.96 %
Hindi 1,46,542 11.04 %
Telugu 1,997 00.15 %
Assamese 3,848 00.29 %
Gujarati 57,299 04.31 %
Marathi 1,169 00.08 %
Tamil 24,720 01.86 %
Bengali 27,437 03.02 %
Kannada 818 02.06 %
Oriya 279 00.02 %
Urdu 1,711 0.13%
English & Hindi 12,07,465 91.02 %
Regional Languages 1,19,260 08.98 %

CBSE is pleased to declare the result of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-UG,
2018.

The statistics is as follows:-

Category Registered Appeared Absent Qualified

Candidates
Male 5,80,649 5,53,849 26,800 3,12,399
Female 7,46,075 7,16,072 30,003 4,02,162
Transgender 1 1 NIL 01
Total 13,26,725 12,69,922 56,803 7,14,562

Category wise details of the candidates are as follows:

Category Registered Appeared Qualified

OBC 5,80,160 5,56,621 3,27,575
SC 1,81,217 1,71,856 87,311
ST 80,868 75,232 31,360
UR 4,84,480 4,66,213 2,68,316
Total 13,26,725 12,69,922 7,14,562

Nationality wise details of the candidates are as follows:

Nationality Registered Appeared Absent Qualified

Candidates
Indian 13,23,673 12,67,229 56,444 7,12,635
Foreigner 621 518 103 324
NRI 1842 1651 191 1200
OCI 529 469 60 367
PIO 60 55 5 36
 Details of the candidates qualified the test on the basis of the minimum qualifying criteria of
NEET-UG, 2018 are as follows:-

Category Qualifying Criteria Marks Range No. of Candidates

OTHERS 50th Percentile 691-119 6,34,897
OBC 40th Percentile 118-96 54,653
SC 40th Percentile 118-96 17,209
ST 40th Percentile 118-96 7446
UR & PH 45th Percentile 118-107 205
OBC & PH 40th Percentile 106-96 104
SC & PH 40th Percentile 106-96 36
ST & PH 40th Percentile 106-96 12
TOTAL 7,14,562

State wise details of the candidates qualified are as follows:-

State name Registered Appeared Qualified

Jammu and Kashmir 24103 23085 12515
Himachal Pradesh 12954 12295 7528
Punjab 15606 14825 9774
Chandigarh 1344 1309 940
Uttarakhand 12570 12075 7070
Haryana 30542 29476 21398
Delhi 28463 27666 20397
Rajasthan 82000 79057 58738
Uttar Pradesh 132835 128329 76778
Bihar 66071 63003 37899
Sikkim 820 785 383
Arunachal Pradesh 3763 3475 1402
Nagaland 2171 2045 600
Manipur 6070 5780 3651
Mizoram 1398 1292 526
Tripura 3283 3150 1496
Meghalaya 2760 2515 1049
Assam 24622 23108 9931
West Bengal 58159 55888 32741
Jharkhand 15337 14838 9039
Odisha 33658 32301 19600
Chhattisgarh 25148 23773 10919
Madhya Pradesh 48774 46406 23638
Gujarat 74115 72351 32625
Daman & Diu 301 294 100
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 466 454 187
Maharashtra 182218 177353 70184
Andhra Pradesh 51229 49253 35732
Karnataka 94808 85288 54163
 Goa 3611 3338 1526
Lakshadweep 342 313 155
Kerala 114214 108907 72682
Tamil Nadu 120000 114602 45336
Puducherry 4573 4462 1768
Andaman & Nicobar Is 942 912 453
Telangana 46245 44877 30912
Other 1210 1042 727
Total 1326725 1269922 714562

Details of the top 50 candidates are as follows:

S.No Candidate Name Gender Marks Percentile All State

Secured Score India
Rank

1. KALPANA KUMARI Female 691 99.999921 1 Bihar

2. ROHAN PUROHIT Male 690 99.999764 2 Telangana
3. HIMANSHU SHARMA Male 690 99.999764 3 Delhi
4. AAROSH DHAMIJA Male 686 99.999606 4 Delhi
5. PRINCE CHOUDHARY Male 686 99.999606 5 Rajasthan
6. VARUN MUPPIDI Male 685 99.999449 6 Other
7. AGRAWAL KRISHNA ASHISH Male 685 99.999449 7 Maharashtra
8. ANKADALA ANIRUDH BABU Male 680 99.999134 8 Andhra Pradesh
9. MADHVAN GUPTA Male 680 99.999134 9 Punjab
10. RAMNEEK KAUR MAHAL Female 680 99.999134 10 Punjab
11. ADITYA GUPTA Male 680 99.999134 11 Delhi
12. KEERTHANA K Female 676 99.998976 12 Tamil Nadu
13. RITWIK KUMAR SAHOO Male 676 99.998976 13 West Bengal
14. ONTERU VENKATA SAI HARSHA
VARDHAN REDDY Male 675 99.998189 14 Andhra Pradesh
15. SAHIL SACHINBHAI SHAH Male 675 99.998189 15 Gujarat
16. MENDA JAIDEEP Male 675 99.998189 16 Andhra Pradesh
17. ABHISHEK KUMAR Male 675 99.998189 17 Delhi
18. TANUJ JATIN PRESSWALA Male 675 99.998189 18 Gujarat
19. KODURU SRIHARSHA Male 675 99.998189 19 Andhra Pradesh
20. AMULYA GUPTA Male 675 99.998189 20 Delhi
21. GUNJAN ATUL GATTANI Male 675 99.998189 21 Maharashtra
22. SANGEET Male 675 99.998189 22 Haryana
23. AADITYA VASUDEV AGGARWAL Male 675 99.998189 23 Delhi
24. SHLOK VIRAL PATEL Male 673 99.998110 24 Gujarat
25. SIDDHARTH RAVI Male 672 99.998031 25 Telangana
26. MOHAMMEDANAS
MOHAMMEDYUNUS MEMON Male 671 99.997559 26 Gujarat
27. AADHYA AKSHAY JOSHI Female 671 99.997559 27 Gujarat
 28. SHIKHAR BANSAL Male 671 99.997559 28 Uttar Pradesh
29. SHABISTA KHAN Female 671 99.997559 29 Madhya Pradesh
30. SAMEER PATRO Male 671 99.997559 30 Odisha
31. MEHAK ARORA Female 671 99.997559 31 Haryana
32. NAVYA YADAV Female 670 99.996929 32 Rajasthan
33. PRERAK TRIPATHI Male 670 99.996929 33 Uttar Pradesh
34. AMITABH PANKAJ CHAUHAN Male 670 99.996929 34 Gujarat
35. AVNIKA JAIN Female 670 99.996929 35 Delhi
36. VARADA RAVIKIRAN Male 670 99.996929 36 Andhra Pradesh
37. LOKESH PARAS MANDLECHA Male 670 99.996929 37 Maharashtra
38. VIRENDRA CHOUDHARY Male 670 99.996929 38 Rajasthan
39. ADITYA SARAOGI Male 670 99.996929 39 West Bengal
40. JINWALA VISHWA Female 669 99.996771 40 Gujarat
41. ARJUN SARASWAT Male 669 99.996771 41 Uttar Pradesh
42. NISHTHA AGRAWAL Female 668 99.996614 42 Rajasthan
43. SANKALPA KESHARI Male 668 99.996614 43 Madhya Pradesh
44. MEGHA SHARMA Female 667 99.996378 44 Chandigarh
45. KAMAKSHI MIRIYALA Female 667 99.996378 45 Delhi
46. ASHISH KUMAR Male 667 99.996378 46 Haryana
47. PARUL BERRY Female 666 99.996141 47 Punjab
48. SAMAGRA SINGH Male 666 99.996141 48 Uttar Pradesh
49. SAGAR MISHRA Male 666 99.996141 49 Chandigarh
50. AARUSHI KOLLANA Female 665 99.995748 50 Odisha

Responsibility of CBSE is to conduct the examination and declare the result based on
eligibility criteria provided by MCI. Candidates were desired to submit category as per National
Category List. Based on the same result has been declared. CBSE has provided All India Rank to
the candidates. Admitting Authorities will draw merit list based on All India Rank for the seats
of MBBS/BDS falling under their jurisdiction. When candidates will apply to their state, they
will mention their category as per Stare Category List. State Counselling Authorities will
accordingly make their Merit List. The same is the case with the domicile. CBSE has no role in
it and no change in any data will be made by the CBSE.

Information regarding 15% All India Quota Seats:

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India will conduct the Counselling for
Online Counselling to 15% All India Quota Seats, Deemed Universities, Central Universities, Seats of
ESIC and AFMC, BHU & AMU. Candidates may visit website www.mcc.nic.in for further information.
Candidates will apply for 15% All India Quota seats as per the directions of DGHS and Counselling will be
stopped soon the seats are exhausted.
 Information regarding State Quota Seats:

For State quota and other seats falling under the ambit of States, candidates may apply to their
domicile states and a merit list as per State rules and based on All India Rank will be prepared by
concerned Counselling Authorities. The counselling for Private Medical Colleges will also be conducted
by the concerned State Counselling Authority.

NEET (UG) being the highest sensitive examination, this year, CBSE made many arrangements at
various levels and by seeking the help from State Authorities for smooth conduct of examination.

To make the candidates and their parents aware about the rules and regulations of the examination,
candidates were sent at least 02 messages (SMS) per day from 30 th April, 2018 to 6th May, 2018 on their
registered mobile. Approximately, 2 Crores SMS were sent to the candidates. A radio progamme on All
India Radio was also organized on 3rd May, 2018, wherein all the modalities about the examination was
aired and queries of the candidates replied. 11 candidates were identified using unfair practices in the
examination. The result of these candidates has been cancelled or they have been debarred from
appearing in the Medical Entrance Examination conducted by CBSE as per rule.

CBSE has adopted a transparent system wherein the scanned copy of OMR’s of all the candidates,
their responses, Answer Key and Booklet Code was hosted on website in the candidate’s login
accounts. Candidates were allowed to make challenges. Challenges received by CBSE were duly
addressed before preparation of result.

The candidates can access their result on www.cbseneet.nic.in, www.cbse.nic.in and

www.cbseresults.nic.in. CBSE will also provide NEET result through DigiLocker at
https://digilocker.gov.in/. NEET-2017 result will also be available on “Digilocker” website at
http://results.digilocker.gov.in, a CBSE initiative in collaboration with DigiLocker. This is a mobile
friendly website and can be viewed on mobile.

The Result of NEET-UG, 2018 has been declared on the basis of the qualifying criteria prescribed
by the Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India and also based on the information
submitted by the candidates in their online application forms.

The qualified candidates may please note that they have to further complete the formalities with
the respective Counselling Authorities viz DGHS, Medical Education Directorates of States, etc. for
admission to MBBS/BDS Courses.

The details and schedule of counselling would be available on the websites of Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Medical Education Directorates of States. The details of Medical Education
Directorate of States are given in Appendix-IV of the Information Bulletin available on NEET website.
The counselling would be conducted by the respective Counselling Authorities subject to prevailing
rules and norms for admission in Medical Colleges/Dental Colleges under their ambit. Candidates are
advised to be in touch with the respective Counselling Authorities and Institutions concerned for
further details.

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(DR. SANYAM BHARDWAJ)
Director (NEET)