Tripura NEET Counselling 2024: Extended Online Stray Vacancy Round Merit List (Out), Registration & Choice Filling (Over), Result, Dates

The Tripura NEET counselling 2024 process started on August 19, 2024. DME Tripura released the dates for Round 1, which concluded on September 5, 2024. The Tripura NEET 2024 counselling Round 2 was conducted from September 11 to October 5, 2024. The Tripura NEET 2024 counselling Round 3 was held from October 4 to October 23, 2024. The Round 4 or the Stray Vacancy round is being conducted from October 28 to November 5, 2024. The NEET 2024 result was declared on June 4, and the result of the retest was out on July 1. NTA released the re-revised NEET 2024 scorecards on July 26, 2024. The MCC NEET 2024 counselling for the 15 per cent AIQ seats will begin on August 14, 2024. DME Tripura released the schedule for Tripura NEET counselling 2024 on August 13, a day before the commencement of the national level counselling process. 

Tripura NEET counselling is conducted by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) Tripura. The state counselling authority for Tripura conducts the admission process for various medical and paramedical courses offered in the state under the 85 per cent State Quota seats. Candidates who qualify for the NEET exam are eligible to participate in this state counselling. 

Tripura NEET counselling is the gateway to admission for the following medical and paramedical courses:

• MBBS
• BDS 
• BHMS
• BAMS
• BASLP

During the counselling process, candidates will have to select the course and respective colleges for getting the preferred seat allotment.  

The Tripura NEET counselling process is hosted by the Directorate of Medical Education, Government of Tripura. The official website to refer for the Tripura NEET UG counselling is that of the DME Tripura. The URL or the link of the Tripura NEET counselling website is dme.tripura.gov.in. Therein, candidates will get the important notifications, documents, registration and login windows.

NTA re-released the NEET cutoff for 2024 on July 26, 2024, which states that two marks is reduced for each category as compared to the original NEET 2024 cutoff released on June 4, on the day of the result. As compared to last year, there has been an increase in the NEET cutoff across categories. The following table brings the NEET 2024 cutoff.

If a candidate has already taken admission to a medical college either through the All India NEET Counselling conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) or through any other State Counselling for NEET, he/she will not be allowed in the Tripura NEET counselling. In fact, the candidate will not be eligible to participate in the further rounds of that particular state or national level counselling as well. This is done to ensure that a single candidate does not occupy multiple seats and all aspirants get a fair chance of admission. 

Yes, candidates can participate in both the national level NEET counselling for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats and the 85 per cent State Quota seats. However, if a candidate has already joined an institute, then he or she will no longer be eligible to participate in other state/national level counselling. Moreover, they will also not be eligible to participate for the next round of NEET state counselling once they join an institute.

The Tripura NEET counselling registration process is completely online. Candidates or participants will have to follow the steps given below to register for the exam.

• Visit the official website of Tripura NEET counselling

• Select the course

• Enter NEET 2024 Roll Number and Application Number

• Click on Get Details

• Login using the registration credentials

• Fill up the mandatory details and upload documents

• Pay the application fee and security deposited

The application fee has to be paid online using Credit/Debit Card or Netbanking. 

Eligible candidates willing to participate in the Tripura NEET UG counselling process will have to fill and lock the choice of seats based on the seat matrix. If a candidate fulfills the cutoff or admission criteria of the institute of their choice, they will be allotted the seats. The factors which are considered for the seat allotment are cutoff and availability of seats.

The Tripura NEET counselling registration fee varies for each category. The following table brings the category-wise registration fee.

As compared to last year, the application fee has increased for each category. The fee has to be paid in online mode only, through Credit Card, Debit Card or Net Banking modes. 

As per the reservation criteria of the Tripura NEET counselling, there is 15 per cent and 30 per cent reservation for the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories. However, there is no reservation for the Other Backward Clsses (OBC) category in the Tripura NEET counselling process. 

The Tripura NEET counselling document verification process is conducted offline. Candidates will have to visit the allotted institutes for document verification and admission fee payment. This will confirm the admission process. DME Tripura will specify the venue for the document verification or institute reporting process after the seat allotment result is declared for each round. They will either have to report to the allotted institutes, or have to visit the venue mentioned by the counselling authority for Tripura NEET counselling. 

The application form for the first two rounds of Tripura NEET counselling will be available in online mode only. However, the mop up round registration form for Tripura NEET counselling will be released on the official website, which has to be filled and submitted offline at the DME Tripura office. The application or the registration fee also have to be paid offline through Demand Draft. Candidates must note that this process was followed last year and the application method may change this year. Hence, candidates are advised to follow the instructions provided by the counselling officials carefully. 

Yes, it is mandatory to carry the original documents at the institute reporting process of the Tripura NEET UG counselling process. Although candidates can carry the photocopies as a backup, but during document verification, or the institute reporting process, they will have to present the original documents.