NEET-UG 2024 row explained: 6 students from same exam centre get top rank

Candidates get their documents verified as they arrive to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test 2024 exam at an examination centre, in Chennai, Sunday, May 5, 2024. It cited changes in the NCERT textbooks, an easier exam, a surge in registrations, a question with two correct answers, and grace marks due to “losing time at the examination centres” as some reasons for the students' higher marks. No list has been shared as per given grace marks to students,” they said in a letter addressed to Pradeep Kumar Joshi, the chairperson of the NTA. Dr Indranil Deshmukh, the National Convener IMA Junior Doctors Network, claimed that it was impossible for the students to score 718-719 marks due to the negative marking system. Maharashtra government seeks re-examination of NEET 2024 Opposition governments in several states, and the Maharashtra government, run by a Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition, alleged injustice against the students from their states.