NEET UG 2026: Marathi Medium Sees Sharp Decline

In 2026, a very small number of students in Maharashtra chose to take the NEET UG exam in Marathi, even though Maharashtra has one of the largest groups of NEET applicants in India.

Only 1,144 students chose Marathi, which is a big drop from 31,239 in 2019.

Most students chose English or Hindi.

The number of Marathi medium candidates has been going down every year since 2019.

Other regional languages like Gujarati, Bengali, and Tamil had more candidates than Marathi.

This shows that fewer students are preferring to take the exam in Marathi.