23.06.2017
PRESS RELEASE
NEET (UG) 2017 RESULT
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) –
2017 [NEET(UG)-2017] 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 by the candidates 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, 2017:
 Indian Nationals
 Non Resident Indians (NRIs)
 Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs)
 Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) &
 Foreign Nationals
Because of above, NEET has become the first Global Entrance Examination in the country.
2. SEATS TO BE FILLED THROUGH NEET-UG 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, 2017 are as follows:
CANDIDATES
Candidates registered
NUMBER
11,38,890
Indian Nationals
NRIs
OCIs
PIO
Foreigners
Male
Female
Transgender
Number of Cities
Number of Languages
Number of examination centres
Number of rooms
Number of invigilators
Number of Observers
Number of City Coordinators
11,36,206
1522
480
69
613
4,97,043
6,41,839
8
103
10
1921
50,000+
1,50,000+
3500+
124
REMARKS
70.58% increase from NEET-I, 2016
139.37% increase from NEET-II, 2016
Allowed for the first time
Allowed for the first time
Allowed for the first time
43.64% of registered candidates
56.36% of registered candidates
Against 52 in 2016
Only 2 in 2016
Against 739 in 2016
Against 61 in 2016
Language wise number of registered candidates is as follows:
LANGUAGE
English
Hindi
Telugu
Assamese
Gujarati
Marathi
Tamil
Bengali
Kannada
Oriya
English+Hindi
Vernacular
Languages
REGISTERED CANDIDATES
9,13,033
1,20,663
1766
3810
47,853
978
15,206
34,417
712
452
10,33,696
1,05,194
PERCENTAGE
80.16 %
10.59 %
00.15 %
00.33 %
04.20 %
00.08 %
01.33 %
03.02 %
00.06 %
00.03 %
90.75 %
09.25 %
CBSE is pleased to declare the result of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-UG,
2017. While preparing the result, the orders of Hon’ble Apex Court with regard to
declaration of result have been complied with.
The statistics is as follows:Category
Male
Female
Transgender
Total
Registered
Candidates
497043
641839
8
1138890
Appeared
Absent
Qualified
473305
616772
8
1090085
23738
25067
48805
266221
345313
5
611539*
Details of the candidates Nationality wise are as follows:
Nationality
Indian
Foreigner
NRI
OCI
PIO
Registered
Candidates
1136206
613
1522
480
69
Appeared
Absent
Qualified
1087840
391
1370
426
58
48366
222
152
54
11
609820
245
1106
321
47
Details of the candidates qualified the test on the basis of the minimum qualifying
criteria of NEET-UG, 2017 are as follows:Category
OTHERS
OBC
SC
ST
UR & PH
OBC & PH
SC & PH
ST & PH
Qualifying Criteria
50th Percentile
40th Percentile
40th Percentile
40th Percentile
45th Percentile
40th Percentile
40th Percentile
40th Percentile
Marks Range
697-131
130-107
130-107
130-107
130-118
130-107
130-107
130-107
TOTAL
No. of Candidates
543473
47382
14599
6018
67
152
38
10
611739*
* Difference in number is because of 200 PH candidates have been placed in their actual
categories as well as in PH category.
As per the information available on MCI & DCI websites, in 470 medical colleges, there
are approximately 65,170 seats of MBBS and in 308 Dental colleges, nearly 25,730 seats in
BDS are available. For more details may logon to the websites- www.mciindia.org &
www.dciindia.org.in.
The details of the top 25 candidates are as follows:
S.
Candidate Name
NO.
Gender
Marks
Percentile
Secured Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Female
Male
Male
Female
Male
Male
Female
Male
Male
Female
Female
Male
Female
Female
Female
Male
Female
Male
697
695
695
692
691
691
691
690
690
686
685
685
685
685
685
685
685
684
683
682
682
682
681
681
681
Navdeep Singh
Archit Gupta
Manish Mulchandani
Sankeerth Sadananda
Dogra Abhishek Veerendra
Deric Joseph
Kanishh Tayal
Nikita Goyal
Aryan Raj Singh
Tanish Bansal
Nishita N. Purohit
Lakkimsetti Arnav Thirinath
Anuj Gupta
Narreddy Manvitha
Harshit Anand
Harsh Agarwal
Chavi Harkawat
Nada Fatima
Bhuvensh Sharma
Vanshika Arora
Mariya Biji Varghese
Aditi Goyal
Vishnu Singhal
Mangani Deepika
Abhineet Mathur
99.999908
99.999725
99.999725
99.999633
99.999358
99.999358
99.999358
99.999174
99.999174
99.999083
99.998440
99.998440
99.998440
99.998440
99.998440
99.998440
99.998440
99.998349
99.998257
99.997982
99.997982
99.997982
99.997523
99.997523
99.997523
All
India
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
State
Punjab
M.P.
M.P.
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Kerala
Haryana
Punjab
U.P.
Punjab
Gujarat
Telengana
M.P.
Andhra
West Bengal
Bihar
Rajasthan
Kerala
U.P.
Delhi
Kerala
Haryana
Gujarat
Telengana
Delhi
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.
Information regarding 15% All India Quota Seats:
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India will conduct
the Counselling for 15% All India Quota seats as done earlier. Candidates may visit website
www.mcc.nic.in for further information regarding cut off marks, etc. 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.
CBSE made elaborate arrangement for the smooth and fair conduct of examination
across the nation. Candidates and their parents are also informed to assist CBSE in the fair
conduct of examination. In NEET-2017, 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.
Before declaration of result, CBSE has hosted the OMR Answer Sheets of all the
candidates on website for their information and to make challenges if they found any
discrepancy in the responses made by them. Also, the answer keys were hosted on website
for challenges. All the 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 rank letters format 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, 2017 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.
(DR. SANYAM BHARDWAJ)
JOINT SECRETARY & OSD (NEET)