New Delhi, India

The NEET-PG exam, which is held for admissions to students in postgraduate medical courses, is likely to be held this month, as reported by NDTV, 

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The government's anti-cybercrime body officials had met with the home ministry over the NEET row.

According to the report, after the alleged incidents of leak, now the question paper will be prepared just two hours before the exam. 

Earlier, the NEET-PG exam was postponed hours before it was about to start when it was embroiled in a row over alleged irregularities, which included a leak of papers for the UG exam.

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At that time, the government said that it would "undertake a thorough assessment of the robustness of processes of NEET-PG, conducted by the National Board of Examinations for medical students".

The government said that the decision was taken while considering the best interest of the students. A committee was constituted by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to probe complaints.

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Irregularities in NEET-UG exam trigger public outcry

After the exam was scrapped, in which lakhs of aspiring medical professionals had to appear, led to furious protests from students, especially those who had travelled from afar to appear in the exam.

The minister had last month said that NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams had suffered from possible indiscretions like question papers being sold on the darknet, as was alleged by the students which also highlighted how the National Testing Agency has been conducting both tests.

Meanwhile, the NET re-test, which was declared void two days after it was held, will be conducted on July 25-27.

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The Supreme Court has also sent a notice to the NTA which needs to submit its reply on July 8.

The NEET exam was embroiled in a controversy after nearly 24 lakh students took the May 5 exam and the results were declared. 

The unusually high number of perfect scores achieved by 67 students raised eyebrows. Questions were also raised on the 'grace marks' awarded, which was not an exam protocol, to 1,563 students.

(With inputs from agencies)