Health Ministry recently announced reforms in NEET-PG 2026 examination on the same day the exam date was announced. From expanding choice of test locations to allotment of centres closer to candidates’ residence, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a press release on 1 August underlining key changes in the upcoming National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG). The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), which conducts NEET-PG for admission to MD, MS, and PG Diploma courses across India, has revamped entrance examination procedure after scrutiny and public uproar over irregularities in the conduct of NEET UG by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The ministry in a statement said, “The end-to-end question paper preparation and delivery process has been further reinforced through multiple layers of encryption, secure offline preparation, time-bound finalisation of the question paper shortly before the examination, and controlled digital decryption only at the scheduled commencement of the test.” NEET-PG scheduled later this month will be held in computer-based test mode across around 340 cities and more than 1,300 examination centres. …