New Delhi: After releasing the results of the prestigious MBBS and BDS entrance exam, NEET 2020, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has now published the in detail analysis of the NEET.
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET is the gateway to MBBS and BDS admissions in the country. The students who intend to pursue MBBS and BDS in India need to qualify the mandatory test.
The result of the NEET 2020 was announced on October 16th with over 7.7 lakh candidates qualifying the exam. 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.
15,97,435 candidates had registered for the exam, 13,66,945 were present taking the percentage to 85.57 per cent and 2,30,490 candidates were absent during the NEET 2020 exam.
The NEET was conducted across 3,862 centres in 155 cities. The exam was held in 11 languages. As many as 2,66,240 invigilators and over 5818 observers, 9680 Deputy centre superintendent, 195 city coordinators were involved in conducting the test.
Of the 6,18,075 male candidates who took the exam, 3,43,556 cleared it, while of the 7,48,866 female candidates, 4,27,943 qualified. Of the 4 transgender candidates who appeared in the exam, 1 cleared it.
NEET 2020 Cutoff Percentile

Percentile stands for a number where a certain percentage of scores fall below that specific number. Hence, it relies on the candidates' performance when compared to the performance of others. For example, if the NEET Cut off is 50th percentile for particular category candidates, a candidate is required to score more than 50% of candidates belonging to that category.
General with 50th Percentile - 720-147
Unreserved - Physically Handicapped (UR PH) and EWS with 45th Percentile- 146-129
Scheduled Caste (SC) with 40th Percentile is 146-113
Scheduled Tribe (ST) with 40th Percentile is 146-113
Other Backward Classes (OBC) with 40th Percentile is 146-113
SC PH with 40th Percentile is 128-113
ST PH with 40th Percentile is 128-113
OBC PH with 40th Percentile 128-113
Qualified candidates:

The maximum number of qualified candidates are from the state of UP with 88889 NEET 2020 qualified followed by Maharashtra with 79974 and Rajasthan with 65758.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka follow the list of topper states with 59404, 57215 and 55009 candidates.
46327 aspirants qualified NEET from Bihar this year. 33841 from Andhra Pradesh. 23554 candidates from Delhi. 36398 from Gujarat and 22395 from Haryana.
20654 aspirants from Odisha passed NEET 2020 while 28093 from Telangana and 37301 candidates from West Bengal passed the test.
Assam has 11052 qualifiers, Chhattisgarh has 12792, J&K has 14743, Jharkhand has 10811 and Punjab has 8614 qualified candidates of NEET this year.
413 qualified the test from Andaman and Nicobar islands, 1642 from Arunachal Pradesh, 1096 from Chandigarh, 288 from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 144 from Daman and Diu, 1582 from Goa, 7622 from Himachal, 105 from Lakshadweep, 3548 from Manipur, 587 from Mizoram, 731 from Nagaland, 2362 from Puducherry, 317 from Sikkim, 1738 from Tripura, 7323 from Uttarakhand, 367 from Ladakh and 699 from others.
Section 14 of the National Medical Commission Act (NMC Act), 2019 provides for holding of a common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to the undergraduate medical courses in all medical institutions including those governed under any other law. Thus, admission to MBBS course in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) and all AIIMS like Institutions will also be made through NEET (UG) (NMC Act, 2019).
Mentioned below are the in detail analysis NEET 2020:
1. Admissions to all seats of Undergraduate Medical Courses will be done through NEET (UG) - 2020. Category of seats to be filled through NEET (UG)-2020 are
• All India Quota Seats
• State Government Quota Seats
• Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental /Ayurveda /Siddha /Unani /Homeopathy Colleges or any Private University
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical/ Dental Colleges or any Private/ Deemed University
• Central Pool Quota Seats
• All seats including NRI Quota as well as Management Quota, in private unaided/aided minority / non- minority medical colleges
(a) Indian Citizens/Overseas Citizens of India intending to pursue Undergraduate Medical Courses from a foreign (Medical/Dental/Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani/Homeopathy) Institute need to qualify NEET (UG) - 2020.
(b) The Counselling for successful candidates under 15% All India Quota seats and all seats of Deemed Universities/Central Universities/Seats of Employees' State Insurance Corporation(ESIC) & AFMC including Delhi University (DU), BHU, AMU, and AIIMS& JIPMER will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee of Directorate General of Health Services, Govt. of India(MCC/DGHS) for Undergraduate Medical Courses. The counselling for admission to the seats under the control of other States/Universities/Institutions shall be conducted as per the notifications issued separately by the authorities concerned.
(c) The result of NEET (UG) - 2020 may be utilized by other entities of Central/State Governments for admission purpose in accordance with their rules.
(d) During counselling, the eligibility criteria, self-declaration, various documents, etc. of the eligible candidates shall be verified as per norms specified by the respective authorities and/or Medical/Dental/Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani/Homeopathy Colleges. NTA does not have any responsibility towards correctness/genuinity of the uploaded information/documents during the application process.
The category of candidates appeared in NEET-UG, 2020
• Indian Nationals
• Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
• Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs)
• Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) &
• Foreign Nationals
Highlights of NEET(UG) during 2019 and 2020
CANDIDATES
2019
2020
REMARKS (wrt 2020)
No. of candidates registered
1519375
1597435
5.14% increase from 2019
No of Candidates Present
1410755
1366945
85.57%
No of Candidates Absent
108620
230490
14.43%
Indian Nationals
1516066
1593907
99.78%
NRIs
1884
1869
0.12%
OCIs
675
732
0.05%
PIO
63
49
0.003%
Foreigners
687
878
0.05%
Male
680414
716586
44.86%
Female
838955
880843
55.14%
Transgender
6
6
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Un Reserved
534072
475534
29.77%
SC
211303
221253
13.85%
ST
96456
100519
6.29%
OBC
677544
706214
44.21%
EWS
---
93915
5.88%
Number of Cities
154
155
0.65% increase from 2019
Number of Languages
11
11
---
Number of centres
2546
3862
51.69 increase from 2019
Number of Centre / Deputy Centre Superintendent
5970
9680
62.14 increase from 2019
Number of rooms
64000
133120
108.00% increase from 2019
Number of invigilators
128000
266240
108.00% increase from 2019
Number of Observers
3600
5818
61.61% increase from 2019
No of City Coordinators
163
195
19.63% increase from 2019
05 candidates were identified using unfair practices in the examination and 02 candidates were reported by Thana Bajaria, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The result of five candidates has been cancelled,
4. Language wise No. of Candidates Registered during 2019 and 2020
LANGUAGE
NEET (UG) 2019
NEET (UG) 2020
Registered
% of Candidates
Registered
% of Candidates
ENGLISH
1204968
79.31
1263273
79.08
HINDI
179857
11.84
204399
12.80
ASSAMESE
1796
0.12
5328
0.33
BENGALI
4750
0.31
36593
2.29
GUJARATI
59395
3.91
59055
3.70
KANNADA
2305
0.15
1005
0.06
MARATHI
31239
2.06
6258
0.39
ODIA
31490
2.07
822
0.05
TAMIL
1017
0.07
17101
1.07
TELUGU
700
0.05
1624
0.10
URDU
1858
0.12
1977
0.12
ENGLISH & HINDI
1384825
91.14
1467672
91.88
Regional Languages
134550
08.86
129763
8.12
5. Gender wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2019 and 2020
Gender
NEET(UG)-2019
NEET(UG)-2020
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
Male
680414
630283
351278
716586
618075
343556
Female
838955
780467
445761
880843
748866
427943
Transgender
6
5
3
6
4
1
Total
1519375
1410755
797042
1597435
1366945
771500
6. (a) Category wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2019 and 2020
Category
NEET(UG)-2019
NEET(UG)-2020
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
OBC
677544
631473
375635
706214
607230
359447
SC
211303
193188
99890
221253
190630
98809
ST
96456
86210
35272
100519
80455
33848
UR
534072
499884
286245
475534
402831
221952
EWS
----
----
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93915
85799
57444
Total
1519375
1410755
797042
1597435
1366945
771500
6. (b) No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified in PwD Category during 2019 and 2020
Category
NEET(UG)-2019
NEET(UG)-2020
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
PwD
5411
4953
2186
5741
4922
2137
7. Nationality wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2019 and 2020
Nationality
NEET(UG)-2019
NEET(UG)-2020
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
Registered
Appeared
Qualified
Indian
1516066
1408051
795031
1593907
1365154
770201
Foreigner
687
483
315
878
424
256
NRI
1884
1612
1209
1869
854
600
OCI
675
552
441
732
481
418
PIO
63
57
46
49
32
25
Total
1519375
1410755
797042
1597435
1366945
771500
8. Category wise No. of Candidates Qualified the test, based on qualifying criteria of NEET (UG)-2019 and 2020
Category
Qualifying Criteria
NEET(UG) 2019
NEET(UG) 2020
Marks Range
No. of Candidates
Marks Range
No. of Candidates
UR
50th Percentile
701-134
704335
720-147
682406
OBC
40th Percentile
133-107
63789
146-113
61265
SC
40th Percentile
133-107
20009
146-113
19572
ST
40th Percentile
133-107
8455
146-113
7837
UR / EWS & PH
45th Percentile
133-120
266
146-129
99
OBC & PH
40th Percentile
119-107
142
128-113
233
SC & PH
40th Percentile
119-107
32
128-113
70
ST & PH
40th Percentile
119-107
14
128-113
18
797042
771500
9. State wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2019 and 2020
NEET(UG)-2019
NEET(UG)-2020
State Name
Regd.
Appd.
Qualified
% Qualified
w.r.t Appd
Regd.
Appd.
Qualified
% Qualified
w.r.t Appd
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
1063
987
512
51.87
914
816
413
50.61
Andhra Pradesh
57798
55200
39039
70.72
62051
57721
33841
58.63
Arunachal Pradesh
4509
3716
1619
43.57
4110
3276
1642
50.12
Assam
27183
24228
10716
44.23
29973
23648
11052
46.74
Bihar
83814
76536
44092
57.61
95150
83038
46327
55.79
Chandigarh
1657
1562
1144
73.24
1631
1449
1096
75.64
Chhattisgarh
28391
25984
12456
47.94
31027
26030
12792
49.14
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
619
604
261
43.21
776
671
288
42.92
Daman & Diu
321
312
125
40.06
386
317
144
45.43
Delhi
32048
30215
22638
74.92
34520
31202
23554
75.49
Goa
3776
3465
1677
48.40
3824
3135
1582
50.46
Gujarat
78318
75889
35177
46.35
79228
64791
36398
56.18
Haryana
33047
30649
22499
73.41
34163
30719
22395
72.90
Himachal Pradesh
13868
12646
8003
63.28
14565
12694
7622
60.04
Jammu and Kashmir
26595
24744
13295
53.73
34615
31479
14743
46.83
Jharkhand
18285
16934
10297
60.81
19847
17214
10811
62.80
Karnataka
115931
102735
64982
63.25
118978
89359
55009
61.56
Kerala
117255
110206
73385
66.59
115480
92911
59404
63.94
Lakshadweep
306
262
136
51.91
300
239
105
43.93
Madhya Pradesh
58059
53391
26773
50.15
64110
55461
27134
48.92
Maharashtra
216176
206745
81171
39.26
227659
195338
79974
40.94
Manipur
6402
5794
3672
63.38
7049
5976
3548
59.37
Meghalaya
3421
3016
1094
36.27
3149
2149
978
45.51
Mizoram
1892
1654
592
35.79
1784
1359
587
43.19
Nagaland
2465
2057
710
34.52
2356
1805
731
40.50
Odisha
35093
32378
19244
59.44
38494
33945
20654
60.85
Puducherry
4911
4684
2281
48.70
4925
4474
2362
52.79
Punjab
14847
13783
9456
68.61
15070
13182
8614
65.35
Rajasthan
98757
93149
64890
69.66
104173
95752
65758
68.68
Sikkim
895
788
348
44.16
855
650
317
48.77
Tamil Nadu
138997
123078
59785
48.57
121617
99610
57215
57.44
Telangana*
51114
48996
33044
67.44
54872
50392
28093
55.75
Tripura*
4070
3702
1697
45.84
4273
3536
1738
49.15
Uttar Pradesh*
155556
144993
84982
58.61
174523
156992
88889
56.62
Uttarakhand*
13587
12531
7602
60.67
13933
12047
7323
60.79
West Bengal*
66924
62050
36846
59.38
74490
61887
37301
60.27
Ladakh
---
---
---
---
906
744
367
49.33
OTHER
1425
1092
802
73.44
1659
937
699
74.60
Total
1519375
1410755
797042
56.50
1597435
1366945
771500
56.44
*Typographical error corrected over Release dated 16.10.20
11. 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, 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 once the seats are exhausted.
The details and schedule of counselling would be available on the websites of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education Directorates of States.
12. 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 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.
Candidates are advised to be in touch with the respective Counselling Authorities and Institutions concerned for further details.
The responsibility of NTA is to conduct the examination and declare the result based on eligibility criteria provided by MCI. Candidates submitted their category as per National Category List and based on the same the result has been declared.NTA has provided All India Rank to the candidates and the admitting Authorities will draw merit list based on All India Rank for the seats of MBBS/BDS falling under their jurisdiction. When candidates apply to their State, they will mention their category as per State Category List. State Counselling Authorities will accordingly make their Merit List. The same is the case with the domicile. The NTA has no role in it and no change in any data will be made by the NTA.
The NEET (UG) is one of the most sensitive examinations, this year, NTA made elaborate arrangements at various levels and took 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 various messages (SMS) on their registered mobile.SMS was also sent to all the candidates to download "Important Advisory for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2020" along with the Admit Card.
NTA 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 NTA were duly addressed before preparation of result.
The Result of NEET-UG, 2020 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 as applicable. 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.
The NTA would like to express its deep gratitude to MOE, especially the Secretary (Higher Education), MoHFW, all State Governments,NMC, NIC, DGHS, MCI, DCI, VCI, CBSE, AICTE, Banks associated with NTA and various other stakeholders associated with us. The NTA would like to place on record its appreciation towards the support extended by all these organisations.
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