NEET PG 2026 Re-Exam for Jaipur Centres: What Happened and What's Next for 2,445 Candidates

NEET PG 2026 was conducted nationwide on August 30 without major incident — except at two centres in Jaipur, where a technical disruption meant thousands of candidates couldn't complete their exam. Here's exactly what happened and what NBEMS has announced for those affected.

What Happened

NEET PG 2026 could not be completed at the iON Digital Zone (iDZ) Sitapura centres in Jaipur, Rajasthan — specifically test centres numbered 41682 and 41683. According to NBEMS, an internal power supply failure at these two centres prevented candidates from completing the computer-based exam. Reports from the affected centres described repeated technical and power-related problems during the examination window itself, not a single momentary outage.

Who's Affected

The disruption affected 2,445 candidates specifically — everyone whose exam at these two Jaipur centres could not be completed due to the failure. This is a narrow, identifiable group, not a broader national issue: the exam otherwise proceeded as scheduled across NBEMS's full network of 1,111 centres in 338 cities.

The Re-Exam

NBEMS has scheduled a re-examination for the affected candidates on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 3:00 PM, in Jaipur. NBEMS has said it will communicate the exact examination venue and further instructions directly to the candidates concerned — if you were affected, watch for direct communication from NBEMS rather than relying on a specific venue announced elsewhere until it's confirmed to you directly.

A Separate Investigation Is Underway

NBEMS has also constituted a three-member committee specifically to examine the circumstances behind the power failure and determine its root cause. This is distinct from the exam-content and difficulty-level review processes that have applied to other exams this cycle — this committee's scope is specifically the technical/infrastructure failure at these two centres.

Some students at the affected centres reportedly protested over the disruption at the time, understandably seeking a fair resolution given the disruption to a high-stakes, once-a-year exam. NBEMS has acknowledged the disruption and said it is taking steps to ensure affected candidates receive an equal opportunity to complete the examination.

The Broader Context

NEET PG 2026 was conducted for 2,73,096 registered candidates, with 2,65,980 appearing and approximately 2,63,535 completing the exam successfully nationwide. NBEMS deployed 2,527 independent appraisers, more than 700 senior faculty members as flying squads, and 16 regional command centres to monitor the exam across the country. Against that scale, a two-centre technical failure is a genuinely isolated incident — but if you were one of the 2,445 candidates affected, that context matters less than knowing exactly what happens next for you specifically.

What to Do If You Were Affected

• Watch for direct communication from NBEMS — application number, registered email, and phone are the channels they've indicated they'll use.
• Confirm your re-exam venue only once NBEMS communicates it to you directly, not from unofficial sources.
• Treat September 5 as a real, fixed date to plan around — travel and logistics for a re-exam deserve the same seriousness as the original exam day.
• If you have concerns or haven't received communication as September 5 approaches, use NBEMS's official communication channels rather than waiting passively.

What to Bring to the Re-Exam

Treat the September 5 re-exam with exactly the same preparation as the original exam day, not as an informal makeup session. Bring your original admit card (the one issued for the August 30 attempt, unless NBEMS issues a fresh one specifically for the re-exam — confirm this in whatever communication you receive), an original government-issued photo ID, and a photocopy of your permanent or provisional medical registration certificate. If NBEMS issues updated instructions or a fresh admit card specifically for the re-exam, that supersedes anything printed for the original date — don't assume the original paperwork is automatically valid without checking.

Why Centre-Level Technical Failures Are a Recognized, if Rare, Risk

Running a computer-based exam simultaneously across 1,111 centres nationwide carries an inherent, if small, risk of a centre-level technical or infrastructure failure — power supply issues, server problems, or similar disruptions have occurred at individual centres in past large-scale CBT exams across various national testing bodies, not just NEET PG. What matters most in these situations isn't that a failure never happens — at this scale, near-zero failure rates across a thousand-plus centres is itself a strong operational outcome — but how quickly and fairly the affected candidates are made whole. A scheduled re-exam within roughly a week, with a dedicated investigation into the cause, is a reasonably prompt response by that standard.

What the Investigating Committee Is Likely Examining

While NBEMS hasn't detailed the investigating committee's exact methodology, a technical failure investigation of this kind would typically examine whether the power failure was a genuinely unpredictable infrastructure fault at the centre itself, or whether it reflects a gap in NBEMS's own centre-vetting or backup-power requirements that could recur elsewhere. The distinction matters for future cycles — an isolated, unforeseeable local fault and a systemic vetting gap call for different fixes, even though both produce the same disruption for the candidates directly affected this time.

For the full picture of how NEET PG 2026 was conducted nationally, see our complete attendance and centre details, and for exam-day logistics generally — centre allotment, what to carry, and what to expect on the day — our NEET PG 2026 exam centre and exam day guide covers what to expect.