MP Gets NEET-Ready: CM Says Even Officials' Cars Must Carry Students if Needed

Bhopal June 16, 2026

Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav on Tuesday held a detailed review of preparations for the NEET-UG 2026 examination scheduled on June 21 across Madhya Pradesh. Addressing officials through video conference from the Mantralaya in Bhopal, he made one thing clear from the start. There should be no room for error at any level. The national-level medical entrance test will be conducted at 283 centres across 30 districts of the state. The exam runs from 2 pm to 5:15 pm in pen-and-paper mode. Candidates get an additional 15 minutes this year as per examination guidelines.

With paper leak controversies still fresh in public memory, the state government has put multiple layers of security in place. The Chief Minister directed that biometric machines, CCTV cameras and signal jammers be installed at all centres by June 19 and a full trial run be done on June 20, a day before the exam.

June 21 is not going to be a simple day to manage. President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Jabalpur that day and the city alone has 24 NEET centres. It is also International Yoga Day with public events planned across cities. The Chief Minister told officials to plan traffic carefully so that neither the presidential visit nor the yoga programmes create any difficulty for students reaching their centres.

Dr. Yadav also had an unusual instruction for district and police officials. If any candidate faces trouble finding transport to reach the exam centre, officials must step in and help. A government vehicle should be arranged. And if that is not possible, officials should not hesitate to use their own cars.

Question papers have already reached the state through five airports and are secured in NTA-designated banks. Balaghat is receiving its papers by helicopter given the logistical challenges of the region. On exam day, district administration vehicles will carry the papers to centres and vehicle details will be shared with NTA by Monday evening.

Security at every centre will work in two rings. The outer layer will be managed by state police and home guards. The inner layer will be handled by an NTA

appointed agency. Separate frisking arrangements have been made for female candidates with women police personnel deployed in sufficient numbers. District-level coordination committees have been formed and control rooms are operational. One nodal officer has been assigned for every three to four centres. Sector magistrates and duty magistrates are also in place across all exam districts.

Inside the centres, generators will keep lights and fans running. Drinking water, ORS and glucose will be available. Each centre will have a health worker and a first aid kit. A medical team with doctors and paramedics will be on standby at the control room with minimum response time. For parents waiting outside, tents and mobile toilets will be arranged. A clock room will be set up at every centre for students to leave their belongings.

Indore has the highest number of centres at 57, followed by Bhopal at 32 and Gwalior and Jabalpur at 24 each. Other districts include Rewa, Ujjain, Sagar, Chhindwara, Betul and Balaghat among the 30 where the exam will be held. Every protocol, every checklist and every system being followed for NEET will now become the standard for all state examinations in Madhya Pradesh. students across the country. Their confidence in the system. The MP government is determined to restore students' confidence in the examination process.