Re-NEET UG 2026: NTA shares update on OMR sheets as answer key objection window opens

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has confirmed that candidates who appeared for the Re-NEET UG 2026 examination will receive their individual OMR response sheets separately. The clarification comes after several students questioned why the OMR sheets were not made available along with the provisional answer key.According to NTA, the scanning of OMR answer sheets is still underway. Once the process is completed, candidates will be given a separate opportunity to view and download their individual OMR response sheets. This will allow them to verify the responses recorded during the examination.Meanwhile, the agency has already opened the provisional answer key challenge window. Candidates can raise objections to the answer key from June 25 to June 28 by paying a processing fee of Rs 200 per question. NTA has said the fee will be refunded if the expert panel accepts the challenge.Explaining the move, the agency said it deliberately started the answer key challenge process before the OMR scanning was completed. “This has been done deliberately, in the interest of transparency, so that every candidate has an early and open opportunity to review the provisional answer keys for all four sets and to flag any question that, in their view, deserves a fresh look,” NTA said.The agency added that allowing experts to examine objections while the OMR scanning continues will help speed up the overall evaluation process. Candidates have been advised to challenge questions only from their own Question Paper Series Code printed on the cover of the test booklet taken home after the examination.After the OMR sheets are released and all objections are reviewed, NTA will prepare the final answer key. The Re-NEET UG 2026 result will be declared on the basis of this final answer key.