NEET passout rate records marginal rise

A total of 8.70 lakh candidates cracked NEET 2021, recording a 1.09 percent rise in the number of successful candidates compared with the previous year's figures. This was announced by the National Testing Agency which conducted NEET.

NEET is a three-hour long exam of 720 marks divided into 3 sections for granting admission to 83,075 medical, 26,949 dental, 52,720 AYUSH, and 603 veterinary seats in India. Aspirants securing the NEET 2021 qualifying cut-off will be called for participating in the NEET 2021 counselling program to be held shortly.

This year, 16,14777 candidates had registered for the exam, 15,44275 wrote the test, and 70,502 chose not to appear.

NEET 2021 result out; know the statistics NEET 2021 registrations
CANDIDATES	2021	REMARKS (wrt 2021)
No. of candidates registered	1614777	1.09% increase from 2020
No of Candidates Present	1544275	95.63%
No of Candidates Absent	70502	4.37%

NEET 2021 cut off marks; category wise
Category	NEET 2021 cutoff	NEET cut-off marks
General	50th percentile	720-138
SC/ST/OBC	40th percentile	137-108
General-PwD	45th percentile	137-122
SC/ST/OBC-PwD	40th percentile	121-108

NEET 2021 Results: Passing marks for NEET
National Testing Agency has published the qualifying cutoff marks. Only candidates who score this are deemed qualified for admissions. The qualifying NEET cutoff is also what is known as the passing marks for NEET 2021 However, the NEET passing marks differs for each category. The NEET 2021 passing marks are as follows Passing Marks for NEET 2021
Category	Qualifying Criteria	NEET(UG) 2021
Category	Qualifying Criteria	Marks Range	No. of Candidates
UR/EWS	50th percentile	720-138	770857
OBC	40th percentile	137-108	66973
SC	40th percentile	137-108	22384
ST	40th percentile	137-108	9312
UR/EWS & PwD	45th percentile	137-122	313
OBC & PwD	40th percentile	121-108	157
SC & PwD	40th percentile	121-108	59
ST & PwD	40th Percentile	121-108	14