The NEET Postgraduate exam will be held on September 11, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Tuesday.

"We have decided to conduct the #NEET Postgraduate exam on 11th September 2021. My best wishes to young medical aspirants," he tweeted.

In view of the spike in Covid-19 cases, the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET)-PG which was scheduled to be held on April 18 was postponed.

The decision was taken keeping the wellbeing of young medical students in mind.

On Monday, the Centre announced that the NEET (UG) 2021 will be held on September 12, 2021 across the country while following the Covid-19 protocol.

The application process will begin from 5pm on Tuesday on the National Testing Agency (NTA) website, a media release issued by the Press Information Bureau had said.

Last week, the NTA had announced that the remaining two rounds of the Joint Entrance Examination-Main to select students for admission to BTech courses in NITs would be held from July 20. The third session has been scheduled from July 20 to July 25 while the fourth round will be held from July 27 to August 2. Both the rounds were scheduled in April and May.

The NTA has already held two rounds. A student can appear in all four rounds and the best performance will be considered for selection.